By
the time Brad Allen finished his first-half scoring run, the Houston
Athletic Rugby Club had the game in the bag. Now they're headed to the
first Sweet 16 playoff berth in club history.
"It's
a really big deal," says club president Will Wornardt, who searched
records dating to the inception of Houston rugby in the mid-1960s and
couldn't find anything to suggest it has ever made it this far.
The
United States doesn't have a professional rugby league. Houston, along
with the club