NOLA Gold Signs Tabo Maree
By Grant FeeleyNOLA Gold Rugby Club signed Tabo Maree for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The soon to be 23-years-old back row is 6’1″ and 235 lbs.
Tabo is from Amersfoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa. and played both 1st XV and 2nd XV (Cherries) for Gray College in Bloemfontein.
From 2014-2018 he attended Arkansas State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. He helped the team gain a Varsity Cup Final in 2017. He was honored with the selection to the USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate All-American Second-Team. in 2018. He also played for the Collegiate All-American that year against the Glendale Raptors at Infinity Park.
When not playing rugby, Tabo enjoys returning to South Africa where he hunts.
Ryan Fitzgerald, General Manager said that “Tabo has come in this offseason ready to work and take on the 2020 season. He is a great teammate and has done everything we have asked of him. He has the toughness and physical style of play that you need in this league. Getting here early this offseason has really helped him get more and more consistent around the pitch with his overall game.
Excited for his opportunity as we come into camp and compete. A good, young player to have on our side.”👑 #GoldReign