The new head coach at Lafayette College Men's Rugby team loves to talk about the sport's values and benefits and is always promoting upcoming rugby events. With 22 years as an active player and another 7 as a coach, he has given the team the guidance and support it needed.  

One promotional tool for area rugby was Benedict's 2007 Lehigh Valley Area High School Rugby team.

This local youth team was determined to put rugby on the local sports map and earned some recognition for themselves and the sport by winning the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union High School Championship.

Benedict started the local High school team seven years ago and currently coaches the high school team in the spring and also the Lafayette men in the spring and fall.

"It's amazing that we recruited some players at Lafayette that already have some high school rugby experience. Rugby is growing in leaps and bounds."

Benedict plans on building a strong team by not only recruiting from his high school team, but also finding players from over 2000 high school teams located in the United States alone.

"We are looking for players to attend Lafayette College that want to pursue a top level education and also play rugby for a team that will be developing into a power house in the EPRU," said Benedict.

What is the EPRU?  Check out the web:  EPRU -Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union    www.epru.org

''It has been a fantastic coaching experience at Lafayette", said coach Benny. "All of the parents and alumni are very enthusiastic about rugby and have seen the value of this great sport".  

Lafayette men's rugby is a fine sports organization that has a board of directors and president. These Lafayette students donate their time and effort to run a top notch rugby club both on the field and on campus.

WE NEED PLAYERS IN THE SPRING!

Lafayette College Men's Rugby

Building Character "one athlete at a time"

Head coach Daniel Benedict| Coach "Benny"

 E-mail - Bennyinthescrum@aol.com

Phone: 610-432-8281