Youth rugby programs got a little notice in the Boston Globe this weekend, as writer Martine Powers explores the program exposing the game to South Boston 6th-graders.

The Globe attended the first Middle School tournament for the region, hosted by the Massachusetts Youth Rugby Organization, and noted how rugby is being taken up by a variety of schools, including those from less affluent areas. This is part of the evolution of the game in recent years, as coaches have succeeded in accomplishing rugby outreach in financially-strapped areas.

“We’re in the infantile stages of bringing this sport to the youth of Massachusetts,” David Colli, marketing and fund-raising chairman for the Massachusetts Youth Rugby Organization about the Boston program, told the Globe. “And these guys are really pioneers and trailblazers.”

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