USA All Star Squad vs. NZ Police Fencibles announced

Philadelphia Fight Rugby News and Press

August 23, 2008

Two Philadelphia Fight members have been selected to represent the USA in the prelude to this years Grand Final on Saturday August 23rd, 2pm at Fort Dix Air Force Base.

Fight club captain Alan Chmielewski, and club ceo Ryan McGough have both played together in years past with the USA squad, and this will be the final match for each player as they will be retiring from both International and Domestic competitions after this match. The rest of the USA Squad is as follows: 1. Erik Hollingsworth (Bulls) 2. Fred Backhaus (Sharks) 3. Martin O'Donahue (Slayers) 4. Rob Balachandran (Knights) 5. Rich Portale (Wildcats) 6. Adam Nable (Knights) 7. David Niu (Bulls) 8. Matt Astill (Knights) 9. Gareth Baxendale (Knights) 10. Justin Zadnik (Sharks) 11. Marcus Vassilakopoulos (Bulls) 12. Shayne Mains (Bulls) 13. Jeff Preston (c) (Bulls and Fight) 14. Daryl Howland (Axemen) 15. Ryan McGough (Fight) 16. Steve Thompson (Sharks) 17. Phil Shipos (Sharks) 18. Sal Rannielo (Sharks) 19. Zac Padgett (Sharks) 20. Hayden James (Knights) 21. Alan Chmielewski (Fight and Mantarays) 22. Joel Venables (Raiders) 23. Alex Plowman (Bulls) The Allstars coaching staff: Bill Hansbury David Bowe Ron Artingstall Marcus Maffei Dan McCaffery

Contact: David Niu-AMNRL CEO, Philadelphia Fight Rugby
Email: d.niu@amnrl.com

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