In the First Annual Wake Forest High School Rugby Showcase, Unionville High beat the Derwood Stags 21-0 and East Mecklenburg High beat Gilbert High 22-12 to set up a North-South showdown for the inaurgural title on Sunday morning at 11:30am. Derwood will face Gilbert at 10am in the third place match.
After the high scool matches, on Senior Day, the Wake rugby team bested University of Richmond 48-0. Wake Forest was paced by a brace from senior winger David Hobson, and singles from juniors Timo Kawira and Critter Commins, as well as touchdowns from sophmore flanker Trenton Justice and freshmen scrumhalf Dante Merlino. Senior flyhalf Tyler Eure notched three penalties, a dropped goal, and three conversions to round out the scoring.
