by thepom02 | Aug 16, 2022
What’s something you love about rugby? Chip kicks, grubbers, up and unders, box kicks, drop-kicks, kicking for touch, kicking for fun.
What is something you love about living in Chicago? The deep dish pizza from Lou Malnatis
What hobbies do you have outside of rugby? I toss axe on Monday nights and enjoy playing a multitude of sports including volleyball and hockey.
Where have you lived before moving to Chicago? I lived in Nashville for 2 ½ years before moving back to Chicago and Tempe, AZ for 4 years in college.
What neighborhood do you live in? Bucktown
What about you makes you an absolute weapon on the rugby pitch? My ability to just be an athlete.
What’s one rugby skill you’ve had the most difficulty learning in your career? Increasing my vision of the field. It is easy to get tunnel vision when you first start out but as I have gotten more comfortable playing I am now starting to see gaps and plays I haven’t seen on the pitch before.
by thepom02 | Jul 31, 2020
Experience: 10 years
What’s your favorite thing about playing for LPRFC? My second favorite part of playing with Lincoln Park Rugby is the 3 minutes before each game when the captain and coach speak to the team right before they take the field. My favorite part is drinking beers after a Win.
What are your favorite memories from your playing with LPRFC? Some of my career highlights have include playing in 4 years of back to back playoff clashes with Wisconsin & Detroit, winning the Captains Keg Punt Competition and leading the Flying 40’s to an Illinois State Title.
by thepom02 | Jul 31, 2020
Experience: 8 years
Whats your favorite thing about rugby? There is a place on the pitch for almost anyone. Also the global nature of the game, made a lot of friends from outside of the US during their time with LP.
Is there anyone on the team you would call a mentor, rugby or otherwise? Former captain Kyle Toombs. My first practice with the club we knocked heads and his wife Kelsey took us both to the ER to get stitches. I couldn’t join another club after that. Also Caleb Stein, he was the D3 captain for a number of memorable seasons leading the way at 10.
What is something you love about living in Chicago? Always something going on during the non-winter months.
What’s your favorite bar in Chicago, currently? Galway Bay, a nice little basement bar with darts/pool/N64.
What’s your favorite memory from your LPRFC career? 33-31 Flying Forties win over Oconomowoc in a league game fall of 2015. Might have been my first full 80 for LP and I remember leaving it all on the field. Great team win.
by thepom02 | Jul 31, 2020
Experience: 4 years
Whats your favorite bar in Chicago? Galway Bay
What’s your favorite book? The Young Lions
What’s your favorite Chicago Museum? Museum of Science and Industry
What’s your upcoming goal for the season? D2 playing time
by thepom02 | Jul 31, 2020
Experience: 3 years
What’s your favorite book? “The Catcher in the Rye”
What’s your favorite rugby team? Connacht rugby because they play in a very competitive league and my family is from the west of Ireland.
