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Sean Faris (“Reunion”, “Life as We Know It”) stars as Rick Penning, a talented-but-troubled rugby player who must play against the team his stern father (Neal McDonough) coaches at the national championship.
Based on actual events connected to the dominant Highland Rugby program, Rick’s road to turning his life around begins at the juvenile detention center he has been sent to. It is there that a counselor (Sean Astin – “Rudy”) gets the confused teen heading in a new direction. When well-respected coach Larry Gelwix (Gary Cole) recruits Rick for his storied rugby squad, training for sports success takes on a deeper meaning.

Because their needs range all over the field especially on the defensive side where they ranked dead last in the league for two years running, rumors abound about what the Detroit Lions will do with the top pick of the 2009 NFL Draft tomorrow.

Ever since the Wizard of Westwood brought magic to the hardwoods, UCLA football has had to play in the long shadow of the school’s great basketball tradition. Nevertheless, the Bruins have produced some great gridiron teams and players. For example, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of Bruin quarterback Troy Aikman being selected