January 27th, 2007

Under 18s
(Born on or after January 1, 1990)

The Nomads U18s had a very good season. Bolstered by some of the more experienced U16s, the squad provided many very exciting rugby games.

The U18s finished at the top of their league losing in the playoffs to a very strong Alliston team.

The U18s are composed of players from over a dozen Toronto schools including Northern Secondary, North Toronto, Humberside, Riverdale, Oakwood, UTS, Leaside, Crescent and more.

The Nomads provided coaching assistance at Northern, North Toronto, Humberside, Oakwood, UTS, Lawrence Park, Leaside, Riverdale, and others.

Led by coach Dave Robb and assisted by Sean Brooks and Norm Stalker, the U18s were a very competitive team in a very competitive league.

Coaches Dave Robb and Bill Brown are looking forward to the coming season. 2008 will carry on and build on last year’s successes. There is a very strong contingent of last year’s U16s moving up and they are very keen to play hard solid rugby.

As mentioned above, the U18s will train as a squad but in tandem with the U16s. The final details of dates, times and locations will be published on the Nomads website.

The U18s were a very talented group of athletes and rugby players; it made it very difficult to select those who best represented their team and their teammates..

U18 Trophies 2007:

Most Valuable Player:	Steve Rowlands
Coach’s Award:	Malcolm Payne, Andrew Pomroy
Best Forward:	Nathan Robb
Best Back:	Karl Bechmann
Most Dedicated:	Carl Xu
Most Improved:	Morrow Oxley

Bill Brown with Andrew Pomroy

Nathan Robb with Bill Brown

Morrow Oxley with Bill Brown

Steve Rowlands with Bill Brown

Carl Xu with Bill Brown

Karl Bechmann with Bill Brown

Ken Draper with Bill Brown

Ontario U18s: Steve Rowlands, Graham Mahar, Matt Kelly

Canada U17s: Matt Kelly

U18 Trophies 2006:

Most Valuable Player:	Malcolm Payne
Coach’s Award:	Kadeem Stephenson & Andrew McNab
Best Forward:	Ryan Abbott
Best Back:	Nate Fried
Most Dependable Player:	Lee Nevitte
Most Improved:	Dan Coren