USA Rugby South vs. Austria

The USA Rugby South Panthers squad is traveling today to Vienna, Austria and will train before playing the Austria national team tomorrow at Meiereistraße 20, 1020 Wien in Vienna. The team is fresh off a 35-12 win over the Hungarian National team on August 26. The team’s final match will be on September 1 against the Czech Republic National team.

For anyone who has gone on a rugby tour, it bonds players together for life. The cultural aspects of a tour provide lifetime memories and the exposure to diversity also proves to be invaluable. Some of these aspects will be addressed by players as the tour continues.

On August 27, the team was able to have a taste of Budapest, touring some of the historical sites and ending up the day cruising day the Danube River. Today the team will travel to Vienna by train and then have a training session. Tomorrow is the match against Austria, which is coached by David John Conyers, who previously coached the USA Rugby South Panthers. Prior to leaving Vienna, the team will be able to see some of the sites prior to leaving for Prague.

Photos: Pete Redmond & Jody Hensley

Budapest

Hein Erasmus, USA Rugby South captain discusses match against Hungary on August 26 & Tour (Click on bottom of video and move arrow up for sound)

Danube Cruise

Travel to Vienna

USA Rugby South Players At Budapest Train Station

USA Rugby South Scrumhalf Zach Miller discusses Hungary and Austria (Click on bottom of video and move arrow up for sound)

USA Rugby South Squad

Amro Gouda NOLA Gold
Austin Dacanay Tampa Krewe
Ben Foley Fort Hood
Bradley Yandle Austin Blacks
Brendan Smith Birmingham
Calvin Storey Raleigh
Cameron Tompkins Western Kentucky U
Colton Cariaga Life U
Cormac Kenan Southern Pines
David Coleman Denver Barbarians
David Williams Chattanooga
Hein Erasmus (c) Miami Tridents
Ian Lehn Atlanta Old White
Irving Carcamo Charlotte
Jamal Hadley Old Blue
Jarrett Gartin Atlanta Old White
Jason Riekena Life U
John Bryant Charleston
Jordan Gunderson Denver Barbarians
Keenan Kayser U of Tennessee
Lucas Baistrocchi Atlanta Old White
Michael Martinez Nashville
Nathan Ring Nashville
Ross Depperschmidt U of Alabama
Stephen Cappello Mystic River
Trey Eason Southern Pines
Waymon Cassell Nashville
Willis Hardaway University of Memphis
Zach Blalock Birmingham
Zach Jessell Pittsburgh Harlequins
Zach Miller Southern Pines

Staff

Rene Daniel Head Coach USARS
Francesco Balsas Coach Atlanta Old White
Renaldo Arroyo Coach Valdosta St U
Pete Redmond Coach Augusta
Shawn Elms Coach Morehouse College
Jody Hensley Coach Middle Tennessee State
Fred Reynolds Medical Philly/Whitemarsh
Kevin Kitto President USARS
Gary Kent Mgr Columbus/Fort Benning

Austria Squad

1 Omar El Agrebi
2 Michael Klaffenböck
3 Mark Adam
4 Simon Hofstätter
5 Bernhard Schärer
6 Paul Hrus
7 Frederik Olivanti
8 Thomas Oppl
9 Anatol honest
10 Daniel Walker
11 Christopher Graf
12 Laurence Edwards
13 Alex Marka
14 Clemens most
15 Stephan trip
16 Alexander Rado
17 Adi Krishna Prapsilo
18 Hubertus Strachwitz
19 Lukas breakfast
20 Tobias Habré
21 Moritz Chop
22 Christopher Hauzeneder
23 Lorenz Hammerschmidt
24 Roland Kober
25 Florian Ortis
26 Bogdan Mihajlovic