Superstar Next Door
Video: Superstars Next Door: Rugby Players All About the Love of the Game
Not quite football, not quite soccer... but this Hopkins rugby team is all heart.
Editor's Note: 'Superstar Next Door' highlights notable athletes and teams in community sports leagues from Golden Valley and the west metro. New editions of Superstar Next Door appear every Tuesday. By the time most American athletes are in high school, they have years of experience with their sport. Not so for rugby. Hopkins Rugby is filled with players whose experience with the sport ranges from moderate to none at all. Team Captain Marty Broberg has played just four years. Yet their relative newness to the sport is just one more piece of evidence that these athletes are truly playing for the love of the game. The Hopkins girls rugby team launched in 1999, while the boys team began in 2001. The teams remain club sports, not part of the …
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