Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Monday, 25 April 2011 14:04    PDF Print Write e-mail
NCRC Names All-Conference Team
Colleges - Men's DI College

The Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference has named its all-conference 1st and 2nd team.

This was the first season of the NCRC, which included a CPD 2nd team (Central Washington), a 2nd team from British Columbia (UBC), and a 1st team from British Columbia (Simon Frasier) as well as six DI teams from Washington and Oregon.

Oregon State won the league and a seed to the national playoffs with a 7-1 record, just edging out UBC. Eastern Washington center Eric Populus led the league with 79 points, and also led the league with nine tries scored.

He headlines the all-conference team, as voted by coaches and the league commissioner:

 

All-NCRC 1st Team:

Prop: Alex Knapp - Western Washington University (3 Tries)

Hooker: Zach Heath - Oregon State University (5 Tries)

Prop: Charles Voekler - Eastern Washington University (3 Tries)
Lock: Connnor McDonnell - Oregon State University (2 Tries)

Lock: Cameron Soller - Washington State University (2 Tries)

Flanker: Mitch Farghar - Oregon State University (8 Tries)

Flanker: Rowan Ringer - Washington State University (4 Tries)

8-Man: Jarred Riffe - Washington State University (5 Tries)

Scrumhalf: Miles Gardner - Eastern Washington University (3 Tries)

Flyhalf: Connor Fuller - University of British Columbia (2 Tries, 48 Points)

Wing: Nathan Kimmel - Oregon State University (5 Tries)

Inside Center: Dafydd Samuel - University of British Columbia (6 Tries)

Outside Center: Eric Populus - Eastern Washington University (9 Tries, 79 Points)

Wing: Paul Spoering - University of British Columbia (6 Tries)

Fullback: Sean Ferguson - University of British Columbia (4 Tries, 36 Points)

 

All NCRC 2nd Team:

Prop: Pat Farrell - Central Washington University (3 Tries)

Hooker: Jesse Evans - Washington State University (31 Points)

Prop: Robert Marquez - Washington State University (1 Try)

Lock: Cliff York - Central Washington University (2 Tries)

Lock: Tyler Bartlett - University of Oregon (2 Tries)

Flanker: Mike Gamm - Oregon State University (2 Tries)

Flanker: Geoff Coleman - University of British Columbia (4 Tries)

8-Man: Jake Helbling - Oregon State University (5 Tries)

Scrumhalf: Sean Ostlund - Oregon State University (34 Points)

Flyhalf: Gavri Grossman - Western Washington University (3 Tries, 19 Points)

Wing: Francois Du Toit - University of British Columbia (4 Tries, 32 Points)

Inside Center: Tys Litsky - Western Washington University (2 Tries)

Outside Center: Justin Santos - University of Washington (3 Tries)

Wing: David Turner - University of British Columbia (4 Tries)

Fullback: Jeremy Ling - Washington State University (2 Tries)