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WIZARDS YOUTH RUGBY CLUB AN EMERGING POWERHOUSE
By Mike May
The Wellington Wizards Youth Rugby Club is not looking for just one back-to-back state championship this coming rugby season. Instead, the club will be looking for a quartet of back-to-back state titles — in four different age groups. Last April, at the Hobe Sound Polo Club, the Wizards won Florida Youth Rugby age division state titles in the Under 9s, Under 13s, Under 15s and Girls Under 19s. And in every state champi-
onship game, Wellington defeated a team from the Okapi Wanderers Rugby Club from Weston, its new arch rival. It’s worth noting that since the Wellington Wizards Youth Rugby Club was
founded in December 2014, the club has actually won a total of seven Florida age division state titles — one each in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and then four more state crowns earlier this year. Looking back to last spring, the Under 9s, coached by Wellington’s Mack Andrew, actually won two state titles last season, going undefeated during the regular season and then winning the state championship game against the Okapi Wanderers. In the champi-
The Wellington Wizards Under 15 squad celebrates after winning the state championship.
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