• Steve Parrill - Chair of Southern Refs
• The Early Years of Rugby in Louisiana
• Louisiana High School Spring 2010 Schedule
• DeepSouthRugby.Net Covers USA v Uruguay
• Billy Goodell - The Early Years
• 2010 Deep South Spring Schedule
• Battleship Tournie, Rugby, Black Crowes, & Mike Duggan
• Baton Rouge Redfish 7s 2009
• Deep South Slogan Poll - The Unique Manners of Rugby
• Fond Memories of Wayne & Other Ramblings
• 2009 Fall Deep South Schedule
• Best Pensacola Road Trip Stories
• Deep South Rugby 2008-09 Season Report
• The (Ever-Changing) Laws of Rugby - 2009
• NORFC Captures 2009 Okaloosa Summer 7s Title
• A Brief History of Deep South Rugby
• Invictus, Apartheid, Bob “Big Red” Causey, & the Springbok’s 1981 Tour
• All Time Deep South Team

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Jan. 30, 2010   SFA's Deep East Texas High School Tournament

Nacogdoches, Texas

Info: Jim Dachelet   Dachelet@gmail.com  or 936-465-8868

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Feb. 11-12, 2010  4th Annual New Orleans Rugby Recovery Effort & Mardi Gras Women's Rugby Tournament

New Orleans

For info on volunteering for Rugby Recovery Effort: volunteer@uswrf.org

For info on rugby tournie: www.halfmoonsrugby.org

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March 13-14, 2010    U-19 Boys & Girls Nash Bash

Nashvile (Vaderbilt University), Tennessee

Info: mhaverstick@charter.net or mgower@comcast.net

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April 9th-11th, 2010  French Quarter Masters Rugby Tournament

(in coordination with the major, free music festival "French Quarter Fest"

Info: David Buckingham at David@TheRugbyPub.com

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May 1-2, 2010      U-19 South Regional Championships

TBD

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May 21-23, 2010      USARFU  National U-19 Championships

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June 10-13, 2010      10th European Golden Oldies Rugby Festival

Caernarfon, Wales

Info: http://www.ygogs.com/2008/01/22/10th-european-golden-oldies-rugby-festival-caernarfon-2010/

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Sept. 18-25, 2010    Over 35's Tournie

Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia

Info: Gail Russell at tournament@cairnsoldcrocs.com.au

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Sept. 26-Oct 3, 2010      Golden Oldies Sydney, Australia

Info: rugbydan@bellsouth.net

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Sept. 9th - Oct. 23rd, 2011    Rugby World Cup

New Zealand

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If you have tournament dates and info you would like listed send it to deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com

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. But check back next month after I've seen some current DSR sides play.

Send in your comments and picks to deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com.

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