Austin Elite Rugby & Reece Czarnecki
Austin Elite Rugby has added several talented recent College graduates for the 2018Major League Rugby season. Reece Czarnecki is from Wyoming, Michigan and is 25 years old, 5’11”, and weighs 200 pounds.
Czarnecki went to West Catholic High School and after graduation in 2011, went to Davenport University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Management in 2015. He then attended graduate school there in 2016-2017.
While at Davenport University, Czarnecki played rugby as a wing and was a USA Rugby Collegiate Sevens All-Americans in 2013-2014, as well as being selected to the 2013 Collegiate Sevens National Championship All-Tournament team. In 2017 he was selected to the second team Sevens All-Americans. In August 2017 he played at the Rugbytown Sevens for the USA Rugby Collegiate All-Americans. In rugby 15s, he was selected as an April 2015, D1A Rugby co-player of the week.
In 2017 he also played club rugby for the Austin Blacks and is looking forward to playing for the Austin Elite in 2018.
Austin Elite Rugby
- Alain Hyardet – Head Coach
- Peter Malcolm – Hooker
- David LeMasters – Hooker
- Chris Schade – Hooker
- Siaosi Finau – Prop
- Tim Fitzgerald – Loosehead Prop
- Mason Pedersen – Loosehead Prop
- Robert Drummond – Prop
- Paddy Ryan – Tighthead Prop
- Kyle Breytenbach – Lock
- Ben Mitchell – Lock
- Hanco Germishuys – Flanker
- Dylan Goulding – Flanker
- Deon Minnaar – No. 8
- Knute O’Donnell – Scrumhalf
- Michael Reid – Scrumhalf
- Timothée Guillimin – Flyhalf
- Zac Mizell – Flyhalf
- Sione Fangaihuia – Center
- Andrew Suniula – Center
- Roland Suniula – Center
- Reese Czarnecki – Wing
- Vetekina Malafu – Wing
- Sani Taylor – Wing
- Antonio Winn – Wing
- Zinzan Elan-Puttick – Fullback
- Allan Hanson – Fullback
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