High school boys rugby program rebuilding

The 24 players on the 2015 version of the Fallbrook High School boys rugby club included 21 who were seniors last year, and long-time Fallbrook coach Mike Majewski retired from that capacity at the end of the 2015 season. New coach Liam Harnett has the task of rebuilding the program.

"We had to go out and recruit," Harnett said. "A lot of guys were in their first year playing."

The Warriors play in the Varsity Red Division high school league. Last year, Fallbrook won the league championship, and the 2010 and 2011 Warriors also won league titles. The 2016 Fallbrook squad finished 1-3 in league play, taking a 20-5 victory over Poway while losing to Cathedral Catholic, St. Augustine, and La Costa Canyon.

Harnett looks forward to registration for the 2017 team. "We're going to have to get the word out," he said.

The seniors from this year's team include flanker Kenneth Wallace, who was one of 160 Southern California Rugby Football Union applicants for a six-week rugby scholarship in South Africa and one of two players selected. Wallace will leave for South Africa on June 23 and will have professional training from a first-division club in South Africa.