• 2011 Tours to IRB Junior World Championships & the Rugby World Cup
• Jack Cranor & 1973 Tulane Mardi GrasTournament
• Churchill Cup 2010 Finals
• LSU - 2010 40th Anniversary of the Winning Tradition
• Deep South Rugby 2009-2010 Season Report
• DeepSouthRugby.Net Starts Its Fourth Year
• The Early Years of Rugby in Louisiana
• A Brief History of Deep South Rugby
• All Time Deep South Team

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 Sept. 15th-20th, 2010      Aspen Ruggerfest

Aspen, Colorado

(LSU Old Boys interested in playing should contact Gary Giepert at giepert@cox.net.)

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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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October 2nd, 2010     LSU 40th Anniversary Alumni Tailgate Party

LSU Parade Ground, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Info: Paul Rogers at Paulsr11@comcast.net

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October 9th, 2010   LSU 40th Anniversary Alumni Match

(Current LSU side vs Alumni All-Stars)

Baton Rouge

For alumni info on playing contact Gary Giepert at giepert@cox.net

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Oct. 16-17, 2010     USA Rugby Coach Development Program

Montgomery, Alabama

Info: www.usarugby.org to register go to  https://membership.usarugby.org/Courses/OnlineSignup/SelectCourses.aspx?Category=EVENTCAT_COACH

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March 5-6, 2011   31st Annual "Throw Me Something, Rugger!" Women's Mardi Gras Rugby Tournament

New Orleans

info: president@halfmoonsrugby.org or kdicke@halfmoonsrugby.org

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June, 2011         IRB Junior World Championships

Italy

For tour info contact: deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com

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

New Zealand

For Tour Info Contact: deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com

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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