2022 Rugby Tens Championship
October 7 – 8,
Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
October 14 – 15,
Cape Town , SOUTH AFRICA
Equality. Rugby. Entertainment.
The Rugby Tens Championship brings an exciting new era for professional and youth rugby with a fast paced, hard-hitting and exciting laws game, for both 15s and Sevens players alike.
A diverse mix of culture, backgrounds, experience, talent and personalities, all in one Rhinos team. Check-out the squad from Bermuda 2020 that included players from the Rhinos HP Program, US colleges and MLR players!
SQUAD
2020 RHINOS TENS TEAM
A California native, Aaron is a Rhinos and Seattle Seawolves (MLR) player, and a St. Mary's College and Rhinos Rugby Academy alumni.
A product of Connacht Academy in Ireland, Conor is a Rhinos and New England Free Jacks (MLR) player, as well as youth coach.
Courtney was the Sharks U21 Player of the Year in 2017, and is a Rhinos and Southern Kings (Pro14) player.
Cyrille's accomplishments include U23 USA National Team Camp, LA Giltinis appearance, Rhinos HP Program, Rhinos Rugby Academy, as well as an Academy youth coach and former football player at St. John Bosco.
Eric is a Rhinos, USA Falcons Sevens, UCLA Rugby and Ramblin' Jesters player, born on the East Coast in Connecticut.
Carl is a Rhinos and New Orleans Gold (NOLA) (MLR) player, having played in Wales for the Dragons before his move to the US.
Jack is a Rhinos and Houston Sabercats Academy (MLR) players, and a graduate of the rugby program of University of Arkansas.
Jax is a Rhinos and Houston Sabercats Academy, after having played for Chicago Lions and Indiana University.
Jacques is part of the Rhinos and a graduate of the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) Sevens program.
Jake is part of Rhinos and played for the British Army Rugby, Westcliff RFC and the USA Dallas Reds.
Juli is part of Rhinos, New Orleans Gold (NOLA Gold) (MLR), and played for Argentina Sevens and Argentina XVs.
"Van Fire" is part of Rhinos, Utah Warriors (MLR) and has played for the Stormers, Eastern Province Elephants and Southern Kings.
Kevin is a part of Rhinos, New Orleans Gold (NOLA Gold) (WTS) and graduated from the St. Mary's College rugby program.
Luyolo is part of Rhinos and played for the Southern Kings (Pro14), as well as Free State XV and Cheetahs U21.
Mikey is part of and captain of Rhinos and has played for the USA Eagles XV and USA Sevens, as well as London Scottish.
Nick is part of the Rhinos and Seattle Seawolves, after graduating from the Lindenwood University rugby program.
Ollie is part of the Rhinos as well as Canada National Senior Men, and played for Canada Maple Leaf Sevens and University of Victoria.
Patrick is part of the Rhinos and a graduate of the UCLA rugby program where he was selected to the PAC All-Conference Team.
Fuji is part of the Rhinos, Rhinos U23 HP Program, and played for the Rhinos Rugby Academy and Las Vegas Blackhawks.
Will is part of the Rhinos and Rugby United New York (RUNY) (MLR), after having played for Shannon RFC and Munster U20.
Zach is part of the Rhinos, having graduated from both Life West and UCLA Rugby programs, and finishing his chiropractic and physio degrees.
SQUAD
COACHES
Tournament
Bermuda 2020 (World Tens)
BERMUDA 2020
The first tournament that the Rhinos Rugby professional team participated in took place in 2020 in Bermuda. The tournament (World Tens Series) was a amazing success for the Rhinos team, who came 2nd in the overall rankings. We look forward to the Rugby Tens Championship, the annual series-format starting in Lisbon 2021.
BERMUDA 2020
League Rankings
| RANK | TEAM | P | W | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Royals | 12 | 9 | 5 | 32 |
| 2 | Rhinos | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Asia Pacific Dragons | 12 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Ohio Aviators | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Miami Sun | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | SX10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Phoenix | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
WTS BERMUDA 2020
ROUND 2
Rhinos
18 – 5
Phoenix
| Miami Sun | 12 – 14 |
Rhinos |
| Ohio Aviators | 11 – 10 |
Rhinos |
| SX10 | 24 – 5 |
Rhinos |
| Asia Pacific Dragons | 5 – 11 |
Rhinos |
| London Royals | 12 – 0 |
Rhinos |
WTS BERMUDA 2020
ROUND 1
Rhinos
7 – 6
London Royals
| Miami Sun | 5 – 7 |
Rhinos |
| Phoenix | 10 – 38 | Rhinos |
| Ohio Aviators | 0 – 12 |
Rhinos |
| Asia Pacific Dragons | 5 – 16 |
Rhinos |
CULTURE is the “talk you walk”. CULTURE needs to be the STAR!
“They say there is no “I” in a team, but I believe there is an “I” in a team because it is about a group of individuals that need to align to form a team. Our players can really be commended for how they stuck together and the sign of their relationship over a short period of time was their defensive effort, they really had to put their bodies on the line together.”