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Seyi Aiyegbusi

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Chad Almquist

"CHADDLES"

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Ryan Armida

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Chris Beacher

"BRIEFCASE"

Height: 6'4" Weight: 228

Office Held: President

Position: Lock, #8

Occupation: Salesman for Goodyear Wholesale

Experience: 3 years in Army, 3 years on Toledo Celtics in Ohio, 3 years on NORFC

Why Rugby: Camaraderie

Marshall Bergeron

"PISTOLITO"

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Position: Hooker

Occupation: School Teacher

Experience: 5 years, 3 years with NORFC

Why Rugby: Because anyBODY can play but not everyMAN

Tony Breaux

"B-SIDE"

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Why Rugby: I like to run the beep test.

David Buckingham

"BUCK"

Height: 5'9" Weight: 175

Office Held: Social Chair

Position: Wing / Fullback

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Experience: 2007-present NORFC, 4 years at Wake Forest

Why Rugby: Rugby is my 2nd family

Ed Coleman

"DA COL"

Height: 5'10" Weight: 190

Office Held: Military Liason

Position: 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Occupation: Operations & Plans Officer, 4th Marine Division

Experience: 2 years UTEP; 2 yrs El Paso Scorpions; 1 year Albuquerque Brujos, 1 yr. Ft. Sill Gunners; 2 yrs. Quantico RFC; 3 yrs. NORFC

Why Rugby: Because!

Jimmy Courtenay

Height: 6'3" Weight: 299

Position: Lock, Prop

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: 1999 New Orleans Smiley Faced Warriors; LSU Football Team 2000-2003, NORFC 2008-present

Why Rugby: I didn't like wearing a facemask.

Ricky Decastro

Height: 6'0" Weight: 195

Position: Flyhalf, Center

Occupation: Medical Sales Rep

Experience: 2 years Crusader RFC, Louisiana U-19 All Stars, Baton Rouge 7's, LSU RFC 2004-2008, NORFC 2008-present, Deep South All Stars

Why Rugby: Because Jeff Reuther plays!

Kevin Delaney

"Smooch"

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Brent Demspter

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Gregg Dinicola

"HURRICANE"

Height: 6'0" Weight: 200

Position: Prop,Lock, Flanker

Occupation: Chemical Operator

Experience: 1998-Present NORFC

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Chase Donaldson

"RECON"

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Mike Eller

"Michigan Mike"

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Wes Eustis

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Office Held: Vice-President

Position: Prop, Hooker, Flanker, #8, Center

Occupation: Civil Engineer

Experience: New Orleans U-19 Smiley Faced Warriors, LSU, Baton Rouge, NORFC

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Jarrett Falcon

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Tim Falcon

"Swamp Creature"

Height: 5'11" Weight: trying to keep it under 260

Position: Prop

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: playing since 1978, started at L.S.U., then NORFC

Why Rugby: After completing my football career, rugby was the best option to continue in sports, became a passion which has brought me innumerable friends around the world, and now I am enjoying teaching the game to a new generation

Todd Fitzgerald

Height: 5'10" Weight: 175

Office Held: Ombudsman

Position: Flyhalf

Occupation: Doctor of Chiropractic

Experience: 15 years

Why Rugby: can't quit

 Maurizio Francescon

"GROUT"

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Gary Giepert

Height: 6'0  Weight: 225

Position: Flanker

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: LSU  1981-1985, Baton Rouge 1985-1987, NORFC 1988 -Present, USA Jr Eagles 1985-1986, ERU 1983 - 1994, Team America 1994-2001, Coach: Crusader Rugby 2002 - Present

Why Rugby: I haven't found any other sports activity that gives me as much pleasure and I have met some of the nicest people I know through rugby.

Jose' Gonzalez

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Harold Griffin

"BUTCH"

Height: 6'1" Weight: 250

Position: Lock, Prop

Occupation: Investigator

Experience: NORFC since 2001, Georgia Tech '88-'91, Okinawa Exiles 99'-'00, All-Navy Rugby '00, '02, '03

Why Rugby: Because I still can

Brad Guarisco

"B-rad"

Height: 5'10"   Weight: 150

Position: Wing, Fullback

Occupation: Botanist

Experience: LSURFC 2003-2007

Why Rugby: Whitey's All-Stars

Michael Guarisco

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Position: Lock, #8

Occupation: Drilling Engineer

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Trey Harper

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Rob Hoffman

"Scare/Robbish"

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Position: Wing / Center

Occupation: Sales Engineer

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Jim Hotard

"JIMBO"

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Kevin Kern

"KK"

Height: 5'6" Weight: 200

Office Held: Captain

Position: Flanker / Hooker

Occupation: Medical Sales Rep / Bartender / Coach

Experience: L.S.U. 1998-2001, NORFC 2003-present

Why Rugby: Why Not??

Ed Land

Height: 5'9"  Weight: 185

Position: Hooker

Occupation: Network Engineering Consultant

Experience: Miss. State Univ. - 1977; Houston RFC - 1978; Baylor
Strikers RFC - 1986-1990; Dallas Reds Australia Tour - 1988; New Orleans
RFC - 1990-Present

Why Rugby: Got hooked in college when a couple of Air Force Academy
drop-outs decided to start a club.  More fun, less bullshit than
grid-iron football or soccer.

Justin Lucas

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Position: Scrumhalf

Occupation: Med Student

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Eric Mackintosh

"E-Mack"

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Position: Center, Flanker

Occupation: Grad Student / Teacher

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Seth Magden

"Playmaker"

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Sean Malek

"BUS"

Height: 5'9.5" Weight: a svelte 280

Office Held: Webmaster / Blogging Chair

Position: Tight Head Prop

Occupation: Electrical Engineer / Computer Mongrel

Experience: 1999 New Orleans U-19 Smiley Faced Warriors, 1999-2003 LSU, 2008 Glendale Raptors, 2006-Present NORFC

Why Rugby: Scarewithrob.com

Brad Marchese

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Position: Wing, Fullback

Occupation: Student/Urban lumberjack

Experience: U-19 Louisiana Exiles 2004, 2005, UNO 2005, New Orleans Rugby Club 2006-present

Why Rugby: In any other situation, hitting random people gets you arrested. Free Beer

Adam Massey

Height: 5'9.5" Weight: 230

Position: Flanker, #8, Prop

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: Temple University RFC (1995-1997), Northeastern RFC (1997-2000), Singapore Wanderers (1998), Old Blue RFC (2000), Tulane Med RFC (2001-2004), New Orleans RFC (2004-present)

Why Rugby: Better than softball

Ben McCabe

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Trip McCormick

Height: 5'11" Weight: 185

Office Held: Recruiting Chair / Match Secretary

Position: Flyhalf, Fullback

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Experience: Tulsa RFC, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Desire
RFC, 6 years with NORFC

Why Rugby: Because I was late signing up for the ultimate frisbee club in college

Matt McClure

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Occupation: Teacher / Coach

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Joel McLain

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Ian McNulty

Height: 6' Weight: 240

Office Held: Public Relations Chair

Position: Prop, Lock

Occupation: Journalist, Author

Experience: Rutgers University RFC 1992-93, New Orleans RFC 2006-present

Why Rugby: This hair will not fit under a football helmet.

Jeff Merchant

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Bogdan Negulescu

"Ro-Bob"

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Joey Nieto

Height: 5'11" Weight: 165

Office Held: Match Secretary

Position: Wing / Fullback

Occupation: Communications Specialist

Experience: NORFC 2007 - present

Why Rugby: Pulling flags is too hard.

Matt Oertling

"Fertile Oertle"

Height: 6'3" Weight: 230

Office Held: Treasurer

Position: Lock

Occupation: entrepreneur

Experience: NORFC 2005 - Present, Deep South Selects 2009, World 15's

Why Rugby: I want to look good naked

Geoff Ormsby

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Position: Scrumhalf, Flyhalf

Occupation: Attorney

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Joe Palermo

"POOH BEAR"

Height: 6'2" Weight: 215

Position: Wing, Center

Occupation: Electrical Engineer

Experience: 2006-Present NORFC

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Marsh Perry

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David Phillips

"BUZZ"

Height: 6'2" Weight: 190

Position: Lock, #8, Flanker, Wing

Occupation: Insurance Adjuster

Experience: L.S.U. 3 years, 18 years with NORFC

Why Rugby: Because I love to win

Ethan Porter

"COOL"

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Andrew Quackenbos

"QUACK"

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Position: Wing

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: Rookie

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Jeff Reuther

Height: 6'1" Weight: 210

Position: Center, Flyhalf

Occupation: Chemical Engineer

Experience: '97-'99 Smiley Face Warriors, '00-'03 Texas A&M Univ., '04-'06 Charlotte RFC, '07 Fort Worth RFC, '08 Baton Rouge RFC, '09 NORFC - present

Why Rugby: Every little bit counts.

Patrick Shubert

"SHUBIE"

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Position: Flyhalf, Center

Occupation: Contractor

Experience: 5 years with NORFC

Why Rugby: 'cause real men don't wear pads

Dale Thayer

Height: 6'5" Weight: 230

Position: Lock

Occupation: Environmental Consultant

Experience: Quad City Irish 92'-93', Southern Illinois University 93'-97', Denver Barbarians fall 97, Steamboat Springs RFC 98-01', Denver Highlanders 01' - 05', Knoxville Possums 05 - 07', NORFC 08' - present

Why Rugby:

Dave Thorburn

Height: 1.77m Weight: 12.9 stone

Position: Hooker / Flanker

Occupation: Wayward Youth

Experience: North Berwick Primary (1990 - 1997), North Berwick High (1997 - 2003), East Lothian Falcons U-16 (1995), Edinburgh Integrated U-18  (1996-1997), North Berwick RFC (2003 - Present) NORFC (2008-present)

Why Rugby: For da hoes

Matt Upton

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Office Held: Field Chair

Position: Prop

Occupation: Traveling Rugby Whore

Experience: Jesuit Dallas College Prep 1999-2002, Texas U-19 Selects 2001-2003, USA U-19 2003, University of Oklahoma 2004-2007, Gentlemen of Aspen 2006, Western Selects 2005, Western Collegiate All-Stars 2006, NORFC 2007-present

Why Rugby: Cause football pads made me look fat

Mike Vincenzo

"VINNY"

Height: short Weight: fat

Position: Hooker, Prop

Occupation: Attorney

Experience: 15 years, 8 years with NORFC

Why Rugby: The pay is phenomenal!