Our All-Time All-Deep South Rugby Team
by Fran Thompson

We've had some good ones. Loiusiana boys Big Red Causey and Gary Lambert were capped, and Shelby Smith, Boyd Morrison and Joey Husband were others with LSU ties that were that good. Pensacola's Mark Pitcock played a game with the Eagles. I played with Mark, a character to boot, and am not so sure he was better than English Gary and Dominique, Pensacola's other top number 9's circa 84-87. My point is that this list is subjective and open to debate. I'll take the five mentioned plus Charlie Fontenelle from Baton Rouge, John Friend from Battleship, Peabody from Jackson, Bear Conroy, David Van Winkle and Tom Miller from Okaloosa, Rick Gary and Lewis Bumgardner from Tulane, Andy from Gulfport, Ducky and T.A. Carey from Pensacola, Tim Falcone, Eddie Murray, J.R., Tom Crosby and Pat McDavid from New Orleans and Sammy Morrow from Lafayette.

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I was a B-side fullback/center/wing during the early years of LSU rugby.  I can testify that Boyd Morrison was a beast.  When he broke through in practice I would just about crap my pants.  Great combination of speed and power.  Always played hard and had a great time doing it. 
He was older than dirt when he played for LSU, but Rob Haswell was always one of the best players on the team.  He definitely played smarter than the rest of us.  In big games, he always came up big!
George Turner
LSU rugby-1971 through 1974