Houston SaberCats Rugby Sabercats Academy
Player Pathway Day
Summer Youth Camp
We would like to congratulate 3 Sabercat U18 players, Neel Menon , Marcus Harris and Erben Birkhoff on their selections for the USA Under 18 Team down in South America.
Tomorrow Neel and Erben will be playing against Uruguay and Marcus will be playing against Chile.
2 other players, Zane Smith and Ilen Menon were also selected to the USA Under 18 team but were unavailable for the tour.
It is always a honor to represent your country. Please wish them all good luck and the Sabercat organization is behind you!
Well done to the U18 Sabercats on finishing 2nd place at the Mid Atlantic Academy Championships this past weekend in DC!
The team went undefeated in pool play and lost in the championship against a talented San Diego Legion side. Well to done to @legion.academy on their 1st place finish. The competition was a 2 day tournament and had MLR Academies all over the US.
Thank you to @younggloryrugby and @mountrugby for hosting the tournament. The boys had a fantastic time and many great memories were made.
Congratulations to the Sabercats U18s on their 2nd place performance!!
Final from our final pool play game. Chicago scores at the final whistle
Try: Tate Standridge
That put the Sabercats first play in their pool and will be facing San Diego Legion at 4:30est on the Rugby Network! Wish them good luck in the finals!
Final from our 2nd tournament game.
Tries: Zane Smith, Grant Devos, Sky Tua’one and Nick Hernandez
Penalty: Shaundre Bekker
Conversions: Neel Menon (3)
Next game is 11:30am EST tomorrow against Chicago Thunderbirds
Final from our first tournament game.
Tries : Zane Smith (2), Sebastian Infante
Conversions : Neel Menon (2) , Shaundre Bekker
The U18 boys play the Ohio Aviators Rugby Academy at 3:30 EST.
Introducing your Sabercats U18 Summer 2024 Squad who will be taking part of the U18 MLR tournament in Washington DC this Friday and Saturday.
The team will be playing 4 matches against other MLR Academies. All matches can be streamed on Mount St Marys Rugby Youtube Channel.
The Sabercats U18 Squad consists of 26 players from 6 different Houston programs. These players were selected based on their performances in the high school season as well as our Pathway Days and our Fall Academy Sessions.
Please congratulate these players on their accomplishment of being selected and wish them good luck this weekend!
Edit: Ethan Marx from Woodlands was also selected but unavailable
We like to congratulate Alex Null, Julian Lawhorn, Joesph Curran, Lucas Staggs and Zach Ekey on being selected to play for @rhinos.rugby this weekend against both @rugbyfcla Academy & @legion.academy teams out in California.
Thank you to @rhinos.rugby for the collaboration with us and letting these players continue their rugby development against other MLR Academies. We hope they come back to us as better players and play very well this weekend. Best wishes gentlemen, keep climbing!
#Upthe2s
Final from Houston yesterday.
Great season for the 2s! Unfortunately this game did not go their way however there has been some great progress as well very bright futures ahead for this core group of players! Well done!
#Upthe2s
Here’s your Sabercats 2s 23 man lineup tomorrow against the Austin Blacks.
Come out and support the 2s as this is their last game of the season!
2 pm KO
Practice Field 1
Streamed: Texas Rugby Union YouTube
#UpThe2s
Final Score yesterday from Houston.
This was an historic day for the Academy. This was the first time in the Academy’s history that the club beat Dallas RFC. Dallas RFC is a recent defending club National Champion and a great side. Give the boys a big congratulations as they keep climbing!
#UptThe2s!
Here’s your Sabercats 2s 23 man lineup tomorrow against Dallas RFC.
Come out before the MLR game and support the future Cats!
1 pm KO
Practice Field 1
Streamed: www.Houstonsabercats.com
#UpThe2s
