Manase Tu’ungafasi to the BYU football family!

[EM_Puma]

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THIS...is something to get me excited. The guy looks like a beast. I don't know much outside of that, but I guess we'll find out how well rugby translates to a OL.

[scott715]

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[snoscythe]

For perspective, that's Kai Nacua on the right.

[scott715]

With these island recruits we are getting. All the more reason for BYUtv to televise Rugby overseas. This kid is non-LDS and had pro rugby contracts offered to him.

[EM_Puma]

That's a surprise that he's non-LDS. I thought that was the connection and our new pipeline as the other pipelines have all been breached.

I guess the tie then is the national champion Cougar rugby team.

What I love is that he's signed, so it's not like a P5 team can touch him now, but I bet they will start to investigate the possibility of finding what others are down under.

[Brayden Green]

His physicality will translate almost directly, but we'll see if he can figure out the offensive or defensive game well enough to contribute. If not, oh well. It's a good "shot in the dark" type gamble, but I don't like the idea that we are depending on some of these long shot guys to be direct contributors, almost instantly.

[scott715]

They could always play on the rugby team.

[scott715]

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Will compete this Fall at the OT position.

A second 2015 Kingdom Bowl will be played in Tonga on July 4. It will be interesting to see if any coaches from BYU or another college football team will spend the holiday weekend in the Pacific islands in hopes of discovering the next round of Tongan athletic talent.

[scott715]

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TV interview from NZ.

[snoscythe]

Am I the only one who's a bit concerned that our most high-profile signees are two guys who've really never played the game? Fun, yes. But it doesn't really get me excited about where we're headed...