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Legends of Hilton Head Rugby-The Atlanta Renegades

Although we haven’t played them for a long time, we’ve have lots of great games against the Atlanta Renegades, they’ve blown us out a few times but we’ve won more times than you’d think.... Once, playing in Atlanta (maybe it was ’99) we showed up with 16 or 17 players and, of course, the ‘Gades had 50 plus. As usual, they were bigger, faster and more experienced. We were locked in a tight game, up by a couple of points late, when their flyhalf, a Frenchman whose name I can’t remember, flew into a rage when one of his forwards criticized him. He ripped off his jersey and stomped off the field.... As it turned out, he was their only kicker. His replacement wiffed a few easy penalties and we escaped with a win. We selected the Atlanta flyhalf as our man of the match.

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About RickyC

Started playing rugby as a freshman at Clemson in 1974. Came to Hilton Head after graduation in 1978 because my rugby heros, Ed Hughes and Paul Kyserling, played here. "Officially" retired in 2007, still available in a pinch, just don't tell Lynn.
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