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2003 South High School Championship
Nashville Claims Inaugural Championship
Nashville claimed the inaugural
USA Rugby South High School Championship held on May 3 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
This event was hosted jointly by the University of Tennessee Rugby Club
and the Smoky Mountain Athletic Club. Nashville, a collection of players
from the Middle Tennessee area, defeated the Smoky Mountain Athletic Club
and Pineville-Matthews High School in earning the first ever high school
championship of the South.
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
3:30 PM
5: 00 PM
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Nashville 21, SMAC 0
Exhibition Match - Powell (SMAC) 7, Upperman (Nashville) 7
Nashville 29, Pineville-Matthews Hoggs 12
Exhibition Match - Pineville-Matthews B 17, Carter (SMAC) 5
Pineville-Matthews Hoggs 19, SMAC 15
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Pineville-Matthews Advances to National Tournament
Siting a schedule conflict with high school graduation
and travel concerns, Nashville forfeited the right to advance to the USA
Rugby National Championship Tournament. PIneville-Matthews will advance
to the USA Rugby High School National
Championship to be held on May 18 & 19 in Dallas, Texas.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinic for providing excellent
on the field medical support throughout the day; the MidSouth Referee's
Society for providing the officiating; The Smoky Mountain Athletic Club
and the University of Tennessee Mens Rugby Club for venue preparation
and facility management for the event.
As youth rugby grows throughout the South, this tournament
will be expanded to include all areas that have compliant and established
high school rugby programs.
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