Aug. 11,2013 New Orleans Royale Makes a Run for the National 7s Championship

By mulletwrapper@gulftel.com on August 24, 2013

The premier 7s side associated with the New Orleans Rugby Club (Royales) started a determined effort to win a national championship by capturing the Atlanta MidNight 7s on .June 16^th . They went 4-0 through the tournament defeating the Atlanta Renegades 41-17 in the championship game,

On July 11^th the New Orleans Royale drew national attention when they dominated the Cape Fear 7s.

Going undefeated through the pool play they won the semi-final 35-5 over Kenya Exiles and then defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the final 40-5.

From a StarNews Online article “New Orleans had been a constant dominating force throughout the weekend, and the championship game was no different.

Scoring in the first 30 seconds of the game and then again almost a minute later, they quickly racked up 14 points.

The Trinidadians tried their best to run through the Royale’s tight defense, but the size comparison between players for Trinidad and Royale just didn’t match up.

New Orleans was in sync through every play, and ended up with a crushing defeat over Trinidad 40-5.”

The victory was also reported in RugbyMag.com http://rugbymag.com/news/clubs/club-sevens/8555-new-orleans-royale-dominates-at-cape-fear.html

Royale members were:

Saade Bou-Mikael, Andrew Larkin, Nick Raziano, David Ross Buckingham, Jeffrey Reuther, Bobby Johns, Chance King Doyle, Will McSweeney, Jason de Leaumont, Zach Miller, Adam Ducoing, & Amir Khan.

The Royale romped at Baton Rouge Redfish 7s and set their sites on qualification at the US South qualifying tournament in Atlanta on the weekend of July 27^th. Only 3 teams were competing from the South – Daytona, Atlanta Renegades, Atlanta Old White & New Orleans Royale.

New Orleans qualified for the nationals as 2^nd seed from the south. Atalanta Old White defeated the Royales in the final,

At the Nationals Championships in Pittsburgh on August 10^th the Royals lost their 3 pool matches to Old Blue, San Fransico Golden Gate, and 1823 (Columbus) with 40 points for and 57 against. On the 2^nd day the Royales went undefested to gain the Bowl trophy (9^th place) . In the Bowl final they defeated 1823.