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Chance Wenglewski
Chance Allen Wenglewski (born April 9, 1997) is a rugby union player who plays at prop for Rugby New York of Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States men's national team. He previously played for Lindenwood University. Wenglewski has also played for the USA Selects and multiple age-grade sides representing the United States. He is married to wife, Mariah Wenglewski. Though he has no children, he has a white lab, Betsy. Early life Wenglewski was born on April 9, 1997, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wenglewski attended Union High School in Tulsa, where he played football. , Wenglewski attends Lindenwood University where he has been a member of the Lindenwood Lions men's rugby team. International career USA Junior All-Americans Wenglewski was first named to the United States national under-20 rugby union team (Junior All-Americans) ahead of two qualification matches for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy against Canada. Upon the Junior All-Americans qualification for the tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklahoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Rugby
USA Rugby (officially the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby."USA Rugby, 2010 Audited Financial Statements, https://assets.usa.rugby/docs/about/financials/2010_Audited_Financial_Statements.pdf USA Rugby is responsible for the promotion and development of the sport in the U.S., and promotion of U.S. international participation. USA Rugby was founded in 1975 as the United States of America Rugby Football Union, and it organized the first U.S. national team match in 1976. Today, USA Rugby has over 130,000 members, the largest segment being college rugby with over 32,000 members. USA Rugby oversees 1,200 high school teams, 900 college teams, 700 senior club teams, and 400 youth teams. It administers all United States national teams: senior men's and women's teams, sevens teams for both men and wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas' Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV. The Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games. Participants Table Squads Fixtures The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017. The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier match for Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were: Pool A * * * Pool B * * * Table Final standings for combined pools: Fixtures All times are local UYT ( UTC-03) The matches were announced on 22 August 2018. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 See also * 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals * Americas Rugby Championship * World Rugby Pacific Challenge The World Rugby Pacific Challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were: Pool A * * * Pool B * * * Table Final standings for combined pools: Fixtures All times are local UYT ( UTC-03) The matches were announced on 14 September 2017. Round 1 ---- ---- ---- Round 2 ---- ---- ---- Round 3 See also * 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals * Americas Rugby Championship * World Rugby Pacific Challenge The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The Americas Pacific Challenge (APC) is a rugby union tournament funded by World Rugby that serves as a development competition for Americas and Pacific island nations. It provides a way to prepare players for participation with their senior national men's teams during international tests and in the Rugby World Cup qualification cycle. The competition has been hosted by the Uruguayan Rugby Union since 2016, with all games played in Montevideo. Prior to its creation, two teams from the Americas had played in the Pacific Challenge, hosted by Fiji in 2015. This was reversed in 2016 with two Pacific Island teams joining the inaugural APC which effectively replaced the previous format of the Americas Rugby Championship. History The APC was first contested in October 2016 by the national 'A' teams of Argentina, Canada, Fiji, Samoa, Uruguay and United States. Tonga took the place of the Fijian team for the 2017 competition, and retained that place in 2018. The competition had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides. The World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge, Americas Pacific Challenge provides the Pacific nations a chance of further competition outside their own region, as the World Rugby Pacific Challenge, Pacific Challenge is reduced to just the Pacific nations when Rugby World Cup qualifiers are played. For national 'A' teams from the Americas, this new tournament replaced the pre-2015 format of the Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status. The tournament was hosted by Uruguay, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford University RFC or OURFC) is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham. History Men's team The University of Oxford RFC was founded in 1869, fifteen months before the creation of the Rugby Football Union. The first Varsity Match was played in February 1872 in Oxford at ' The Parks', the following year the return game was played in Cambridge on Parker's Piece. In 1874 it was decided that the game be played on a neutral ground. Oxford, like rivals Cambridge, have supplied hundreds of players to national teams, and was key in spreading the sport of rugby throughout Britain as past students brought the game back to their home counties. The very first international player to be capped whilst at Oxford was Cecil Boyle, who represented England in 1873, one season before Cambridge University. In 1951 OURFC became the first Western rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The event was held at the Estadio Charrúa and Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 August until 10 September and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Qualified teams A total of 8 teams played in the tournament. The host (Uruguay) and the Junior World Cup relegation country (Japan) qualified automatically. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania). ;Host (1) * ;Relegated from 2016 JWC * ;Asia Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Africa (1) * ;Sudamérica Rugby (1) * ;Rugby Americas North (1) * ;Rugby Europe (1) * ;Oceania Rugby (1) * Pool Stage Pool A : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Finals ; 7th place ; 5th place ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, the capital of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada National Under-20 Rugby Union Team
The Canada under 20 rugby team is the junior national rugby union team from Canada. It replaced the two former age grade teams, the under 19s and under 21s, in 2008. The team competed at the IRB Junior World Championships in 2008 and 2009 but were relegated to the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy for 2010. The team has yet to make their way back to the top competition. History 2008 and 2009 IRB Junior World Championships In June 2008 Canada participated in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championships held in Wales. The team competed in Pool C with all of their pool games being played at Rodney Parade in Newport. Canada lost their matches to Australia 81–12 and to England 60–18 but were able to earn a 17–10 win against Fiji which placed them 3rd in their pool. Canada would go on to lose their next two games to Scotland 15–10 and to Italy 33–10. The team ended the tournament in 12th place. The following year Canada competed in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championships hosted by Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
