Toss The Burner: Nov. 17, 2008
Posted on November 17th, 2008 by Mike under toss the burnerThe New York Times posted a video report on the high school rugby team that has been called the Real All Blacks.
The team from the Hyde School, in D.C., was the first all-African American high school rugby team in the country, and remains one of the only inner city programs that exists.
The team went 0-12 their first year, and in the last four, Hyde has gone undefeated in 7-man play. They have even had one of their original members go on to represent the U.S. on the National team. And each player who completed the rugby program has gone on to college.
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November 18th, 2008 at 6:33 am
[...] The first all black high school rugby team. [Steady Burn] [...]
November 18th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Great story. I found the school’s website;
http://www.hydedc.org
http://www.hyde.edu
http://www.onlyathyde.org
May 21st, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Check out the Hyde profile on ur7s.com - http://ur7s.com/teams/hyderugby
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