Final NCRU College All-Star Selections Named

Former U-20 Eagle Matt Hughston Leads a Talented Group of NCRU College Players to Furman this Weekend

The North Carolina Rugby Union's College All-Star program has finalized the 34 man roster that will attend the Carolinas Challenge this weekend at Furman University in Greenville, SC. The weekend will consist of joint and individual training sessions with the NCRU and Palmetto Rugby Union Squads, a Saturday night banquet, and games on Sunday between the NCRU and Palmetto Emerging sides and the NCRU and Palmetto Elite sides. Notably missing from the NCRU selections are any players from University of North Carolina and Appalachian State University. A total of 14 players from those teams were invited to participate and all declined the opportunity. The NCRU team is led by Head Coach Jeremy Linne (UNC-G), Forwards Coach Josh Sutcliffe (UNC-G) and Backs Coach Mike Groeneweld (UNC).


NCRU 2010 College All-Stars


Mark Addison, Prop, NCSU
Mark Williams, Prop, UNCW
Ty Pierce, Prop, WFU
Corey Valentine, Prop, ECU
Shane Kelly, Prop, UNCG
Stephen Bahner, Hooker, NCSU
Jared Walklet, Hooker, UNCW
Matt McCurdy, Lock, WFU
Kurt Kochanski, Lock, UNCW
Eddie Youngs, Lock, NCSU
Pat LaPaglia, Lock, ECU
Kyle Waters, Lock, UNCW
Tim Zage, Flanker, WFU
Liam McIntyre, Flanker, WFU
Omar Rutti, Flanker, ECU
Matt Pace, Flanker, NCSU
Steven Sredzienski, Flanker, UNCW
Colin Fadero, #8, ECU
Andrew Birch, #8, NCSU
Crawford Miller, Scrumhalf, UNCG
Max Coar, Scrumhalf, Duke
Shane McBride, Scrumhalf, ECU
Will Teague, Flyhalf, NCSU
Graham Joseph, Flyhalf, UNCW
Matt Hughston, Center, ECU
Ryan Tacon, Center, WFU
Justin Bourgeois, Center, ECU
Brad Welch, Center, Duke
Brandon Turner, Wing, WFU
Matt Aronowitz, Wing, UNCG
Todd McFadden, Wing, WFU
Tom Luciano, Wing, Duke
Uki Dean, Fullback, Duke
Eric Vozzo, Fullback, ECU