College rugby championship preview: Saint Mary’s men, Stanford women will compete in Houston this weekend.
MORAGA – Saint Mary’s fly-half Inoke Waqavesi leads the team in postgame celebration. Saint Mary’s College rugby team defeated BYU 48-31 in the 2024 College Rugby Division I-A national semifinal playoff game at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif. on April 20, 2024 The college rugby Division I-A championships in Houston will have a Bay Area representative on both the men’s and women’s side.
Dom Besag provides the muscle, a battering ram of a player who has the breakaway speed to take any pass from Waqavesi to paydirt. Saint Mary’s is in its second title game against a service academy in three years, and hope the showdown with the Midshipmen goes better than their 20-8 defeat at Army’s hands in 2022.
“We’re just a bunch of random misfits coming to Saint Mary’s,” O’Brien said. “But you know, I don’t want to overdo the misfits part, because we have some very talented misfits.” A fast and physical runner with the motor to make tackles, she’s translated her relentless play in the pool onto the pitch.
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