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To honor the first edition of World Edible Insect Day (the 23d of October 2015) Bugburger has composed a list of entopreneurs around the world. That is companies, organisations and individuals who either are working on an edible-insect product, are planning to deliver one or are just advocating the benefits of eating insects. (Update: To honor the second edition of WEID Bugburger wrote an article about how entopreneurs are treated in Sweden…)
Normally Bugburger.se primarily covers the Swedish ento-scene, and the posts are usually written in Swedish. This time we make an exception.
The list is not complete (that is an almost impossible task), and it will probably loose its actuality in a couple of months, but it shows in a good way what is happening out there, and what kind of products start ups go for!
Please post comments if you would like to add a company to the list.
The list was updated 2017-11-14, 215 companies/organisations.
Protein-bars/insect bars
Protein shake/nutrition supplements
Insect candy/snacks
Insect/cricket flour/powder
Insect pasta
Special insect products (unique products hard to categorize)
Insects as food (generalists)
Insect restaurants/insect chefs/insect catering
Insects as pet food
Insects as animal feed
Online stores selling insects for human consumption
Whole sale – edible insects
Professional insect farmers
Home farming insects
Insect farming for the poor
Research projects
Insect eating advocates and business organisations
Here is a list of startups that seems to have stopped existing (they are not inclued in the company count)
Please contact Bugburger if that is not the case.
Protein-bars/insect bars:
There are lot of people out there that think Patrick Crowley really came up with a great way of serving crickets as food when he founded Chapul (Aztec for crickets). The Chapul bars have been sold for a couple of years and as you can see in the list below they are getting more and more competition!
Jungle bar (www.junglebar.co) (Iceland)
Gathr foods (gathrfoods.com) (UK)
Makes the Crobar.
BeEnto (https://twitter.com/entofoods) (UK)
SEQ Foods (www.seq-foods.eu) (Netherlands)
Getsharp (www.getsharp.eu) (UK)
Gryö Bars (www.gryobars.com) (France)
Edible Bug (edible-bug.co), (South Korea)
uKa Protéine (www.ukaproteine.com) (Canada)
La View Eye (www.lavieweye.com) (US)
Crick bar (www.crickbars.com) (Sweden)
Yumpa (www.yumpabar.co.uk) (UK)
Näak (naakbar.com) (Canada)
Zoic bar (www.zoicbar.com) (UK)
Dare to eat (www.daretoeat.dk) (Denmark)
Crickstart (crickstart.com) (US)
The IQ bar
The Cricket Effect (thecricketeffect.weebly.com) (Australia)
Jimini's (www.jiminis.com) (France)
Read test (in Swedish) here >>
Swarm Protein (swarmprotein.com) (Germany)
Protein-shakes/nutrition supplements:
Insects contain a lot of protein. So why not make protein shakes out of them? Or Omega-3 supplements?
Ronzo (www.ronzo.co) (Poland)
A polish start up now focusing on their coming product: cricket capsules >>
Bugeater Foods (www.bugeaterfoods.com) (US)
CrikNutrition (www.criknutrition.com) (Canada)
Bug Muscle (bugmuscle.com) (US)
(At the moment its not clear what kind of product they will release, but they want to turn insect protein into muscles 😉
Jurassic Snacks (www.jurassicsnacks.com)(US)
Hotlix are the pioneers of "insects candy" and started their business in the 70:s. They sell the classic lollipops with a worm, dried grasshoppers etc. They have relied a lot on the scary/yuck factor of insects, and maybe they won't do that well when insects become more mainstream. The new startups like Sixfoods selling their Chirps and Crickers selling their Crickers crackers have a different more serious agenda.
Hotlix (www.hotlix.com/candy) (USA)
Crickers (www.crickerscrackers.com), (USA)
Six Foods (www.sixfoods.com) (USA)
The company behind the cricket chips: "Chirps.
Snack Insects (www.snackinsects.com) (Germany)
Crispizz (twitter.com/crispizzfood) (France)
Insecteo (www.insecteo.com) (France)
Eat:em (www.eatem.se) (Sweden)
Seek (www.seek-food.com) (USA)
Cricket snack bites.
Griyum (griyum.com.mx) (Mexico)
Mexican grasshopper crisps.
Kafka of Sweden (www.kafkah.com) (Sweden)
Protein enriched crisp bread.
Crickster (www.crickster.dk) (Denmark)
Wicked Cricket (www.wickedcricket.de) (Germany)
Roasted cricket snacks.
Insect/cricket flour/powder:
Making flour/powder out of insects is big business, and will become an even bigger business as it its the bases of many insect products.
Bitty Foods (bittyfoods.com) (USA)
Sells cookies and their own cricket flour mix (mixed up with coconut and cassava)
One of the ento-preneur pioneers. Bugburgers has written about Bitty (in Swedish) here >>
Qvicket (www.qvicket.se) (Sweden)
Swedish startup who imports cricket flour from Thailand and sells under own brand. Unfortunately Swedish authorities have haltered their business awaiting regulation from the EU. BUT: From April 2016 they are selling again, but from Belgium.
AllThingsBugs (allthingsbugs.com) (USA)
Thinksect (www.thinksect.com) (USA)
Cricket Flours (www.cricketflours.com) (USA)
Entolution (twitter.com/entolution) (USA)
Eco Insect Farming (www.eif-th.com) (Thailand)
Griopro (cricketpowder.com) (USA)
Primal Future (www.primalfuture.co.nz) (New Zealand)
Acheta (acheta.no) (Norway)
Norwegian startup selling cricket powder under its own brand.
Grilo Protein (www.griloprotein.com.au) (Australia)
Australian company selling cricket powder (with different flavours) and soon also bars.
Insect pasta:
Nutribug (www.nutribug.com), (UK)
Nutribug has been working on two products: Pro pasta with cricket flour, and Pro crackers. So when they deliver they deliver in two categories 😉
Going Bugs (twitter.com/GoingBugs), (Italy)
It feels good that an Italian startup is working on an insect based pasta.
Goffard Sisters (www.goffardsisters.com), (Belgium)
Kinjao (www.kinjao.com) (France)
High protein pasta with cricket flour and spirulina!
Bugsolutely (www.bugsolutely.com) (Thailand)
Have launched their cricekt pasta!
Insects & vous (on Kickstarter) (France)
Crické (www.crickefood.com) (Italy)
Special insect products (unique products hard to categorize):
Some products are harder to categorize then other. Here are some extra interesting insect products.
Critter Bitters (www.critter-bitters.com) (USA)
Cocktail bitters made out of crickets!
Bug Foundation (bugfoundation.com), (Germany)
Has just released their own bug burger: The Bux Burger! Something Bugburger really must try out!
C-FU Foods (cfufoods.com), (Canada)
Extracts the protein from crickets and makes their own cricket-tofu: C-FU.
Gran Mitla (granmitla.us), (Mexico)
"Sal de Gusano is a traditional Oaxacan spice made from sea salt, toasted and ground agave worms and chile costeño. A distinct Oaxacan flavor to accompany your Mezcal, Tequila or Michelada, on fruits and salads, or in signature Mexican dishes."
Damhert Nutrition, (www.damhert.be/nl/shop/insecta) (Belgium)
One of the first brands selling burgers, nuggets, and schnitzels where the protein comes from insects!
One Hop Kitchen (onehopkitchen.com) (Canada)
Seems to be working on a pasta sauce with crickets and mealworms.
Anti Gin (www.cambridgedistillery.co.uk/antygin/)(Denmark/UK)
A unique drink from Nordic Food Lab!
Syngja (Denmark)
Read more about their cricket shot here >>
Gryllies (gryllies.com), (Canada)
Are now focusing on selling a cricket-enriched tomato sauce.
Nutrient (nutrient.se) (Sweden)
The first Swedish entopreneur breeding its own mealworm. Working on some really interesting products that soon will be revealed…
Insects as food (generalists):
There are also a lot of startups/companies who have a more general approach to insects as food and don't rely on one product.
Grub (www.eatgrub.co.uk) (UK)
Grub will soon also launch their own insect bar, but until now their main focus have been selling freezedried insects , collecting recipes and advocating insect eating. They also sell fudge and chocolate so they could also have made it into the snack category 😉
Bugalicous (www.bugalicious.nl) (Netherlands)
Patricia Stevens company Bugalicous could have been placed in several categories. She gives lectures, do catering, produces an insect bar ("the first Dutch insect-based bar ever") and drives around her Insect van, "De Buggy".
ento (www.eat-ento.co.uk/) (UK)
Founded in 2012 Ento had really ambitious plans on how to make insects mainstream food (se video). Unfortunately we haven't heard from them for a while.
Green Kow (www.greenkow.be) (Belgium)
Claim to be "first in Europe to offer products containing insects (mealworms), to be distributed in regular stores (organic and nature food stores)".
Their products: 2 salty spreads: carrot- and tomato-mealworm, and 2 chocolate spreads: dark chocolate-mealworm and milk chocolate-mealworm spread.
Entomo Farms (entomofarms.com) (USA)
Previously known as Next Millenium Farms. Has a lot of interesting products.
Next Protein (www.nextprotein.co) (France)
Dybri – Edible insects from Cornwall (dybri.com) (UK)
Myldregard (myldregard.no), (Norway)
Ben's Bugs (www.bensbugs.be), (Belgium)
Bugburger likes the fact that Bens makes a hamburger "Great Burgondy". They also sells an insect wok-dish.
Inspiro Foods (www.insprofoods.com) (Canada)
Bugzz (bugzz.nl), (Netherlands)
Entotech (www.entotech.fr), (France)
Creators of Insectéo snacks and Kinjao.
Viur (www.fodurskordyr.is), (Iceland)
Have plans to breed the soldier fly.
Steak TzarTzar (www.tzartzar.biz), (Israel)
Little food (littlefood.org), (Belgium)
Spieseplan (www.speiseplan.wien), (Austria)
Bugs World Solution Food (www.bugsworldsolutionfood.com) (Belgium)
Entomo Foodafrica (www.facebook.com/entomo.foodafrica) (D.R. Congo)
Nordic Insect Economy (nie.fi) (Finland)
essento (essento.ch) (Switzerland)
Finsect (www.finsect.fi) (Finland)
Italibugs (www.italbugs.com) (Italy)
Italian food (pasta) and sport supplements (protein powder and bar)
Imago insect products (www.imago-insects.com) (Germany)
Protein flour, dried crickets and proteinbars.
Detroit Ento (US)
Entosense (www.entosense.com) (USA)
Entovida! (www.entovida.com) (USA)
Tiny Foods (www.tinyfoods.nl) (Netherlands)
Earth and me (www.earthandme.co.uk) (UK)
Insekten Essen (insektenessen.at) (Austria)
Enorm (www.enormfood.com) (Denmark)
Danish company working on products using mealworms.
Flying Spark (www.theflyingspark.com) (Israel)
Israeli company working with fruit fly larvae. The currently produce whole powder, reduced-fat powder, dry larva and larvae oil.
Bug biters Corporation (www.facebook.com/Bug-Biters-162802594219573/) (Mexico)
Farming Insects (farming-insects.com) (Germany)
Ïhou (ihou.fr) (France)
" The houhou products are exclusively from our breeding based in the East of France . Our insects are born there and live in an environment created to be as close as possible to their natural ecosystem."
Entis (www.entis.fi) (Finland)
Jiminy Co. (www.jiminyco.com) (USA)
The Bug Buggy (www.thebugbuggy.com) (USA)
Small Chomp (www.insetticommestibili.it/) (Italy)
Proento (www.proento.com) (Netherlands/Mexico)
Insect restaurants/insect chefs/insect catering
In the list below I include companies/chefs focused on insects. I've not included restaurants that have one or two dishes with bugs on the menu. If you know Swedish or do a google translate you can read Bugburgers article on gourmet restaurants like Noma in Denmark and D.O.M in Brazil. Bugburger has also have visited Archipelago in London, and Mexican restaurant Ty y Yo in Boston.
Don Bugito (www.donbugito.com) (USA)
"The prehistoric snackeria", serving mexican bug food.
Grub Kitchen (www.grubkitchen.co.uk) (UK)
The first dedicated insect restaurant in Britain.
Entomochef (www.entomochef.be) (Belgium)
Does a lot of events, and also sells their own products. Chris Derudder from Entomochef founded the World Edible Insect Day.
The Bug Chef (www.davidgeorgegordon.com) (USA)
The guy behind the classic "The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook".
Bug Appétit (USA)
The restaurant at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium.
The Bug Banquet (UK)
"The Bug Banquet is a culinary and aesthetic exploration of entomophaghy which aims to redefine the parameters of food through the art of presentation."
The Black Ant (theblackantnyc.com)(USA)
Mexican restaurant serving insects in New York.
Insect-o-shi (twitter.com/insectoshi) (Netherlands)
The company's primary objective is to create a sushi bar with just edible insects.
Chirp cuisine (chirpcuisine.wixsite.com) (Canada)
Catering and workshops.
Bugs Café (www.bugs-cafe.com) (Cambodia)
Insects in the backyard (www.insectsinthebackyard.com) (Thailand)
Insects as pet food:
Why not give your best friend an insect snack?
Hexa Foods (www.hexafoods.com) (Canada)
Produces: Bugbites, (on Kickstarter)
EntoBento (entobento.com) (USA)
On Kickstarter >>
Chloes treats (www.chloestreats.com) (USA)
Conscientious cat (www.conscientious.cat) (USA)
Sustainable, ethical cat food.
Cricket Kitchen Pet Treats (www.cricketkitchen.com) (USA)
Insects as animal feed:
Several companies see the potential in feeding livestock, fish, pigs and poultry with insects instead of other protein sources. Not as energy efficient like eating the insects our selves but more environmentally friendly then shipping soya beens all over the world and feeding fish with fish. Especially if you can feed insects with leftovers from for instance the food industry.
Protix (www.protix.eu) (Netherlands)
Ynsect (www.ynsect.com) (France)
Entomo Farm (entomo.farm), (France)
PROTEiNSECT (www.proteinsect.eu)
Diptera (www.dipteranutrition.com), (Italy)
Entobel (www.entobel.com) (Vietnam)
Agriprotein (www.agriprotein.com) (South Africa)
Hipromine (www.hipromine.com) (Poland)
Entofood (entofood.com) (Malaysia)
Enviroflight (www.enviroflight.net) (USA)
Grubbly Farms (grubblyfarms.com) (USA)
Bugimine (bugimine.com) (Estonia)
Goterra (goterra.com.au) (Australia)
Nutriinsect (www.nutrinsect.it) (Italy)
Online stores selling insects for human consumption:
For Swedish readers of this post, please check out Bugburgers shopping guide >>
Another important notice: Most of the companies above have their own shops selling directly to their customers. Below are company who sell a range of different insect products.
Thailand Unique (www.thailandunique.com) (Thailand)
The shop with the widest range of insects. Many of them also sold in shops in the US and Europe.
Hakuna mat (www.hakunamat.se) (Sweden)
Swedish webshop that has been closed down awaiting directives from Swedish food authorities (Livsmedelsverket).
Next Food (www.next-food.net) (Thailand)
A farm that sells their home grown insects. And they also sell them wholesale if you want to start a restaurant or consume a lot of insects.
Crunchy Critters (www.crunchycritters.com) (UK)
MiniFood (www.minifood.be), (Belgium)
Edible Bug Shop (www.ediblebugshop.com.au) (Australia)
Delibugs (www.delibugs.nl) (Netherlands)
Jiminis (www.jiminis.com) (France)
Insectes comestibles (www.insectescomestibles.fr) (France)
Sexy food (www.sexyfood.fr) (France)
Haocheng MealWorm Inc (www.hcmealworm.com) (China)
Cricket Protein Store (cricketproteinstore.com) (USA)
Entomarket (www.entomarket.com) (USA)
Extreme food (www.extremefood.se) (Sweden)
The first shop in Sweden that sold insects as food (Hotlix products). At the moment they have been stopped by Livsmedelsverket (read more about the regulations in Sweden).
Crawlers. (crawlers.co.nz) (New Zealand)
Insektenlutcher.de (Germany)
Sell insects since 2002 in Germany.
They also have their own cookbook, and hold cooking classes.
DinInsektButik (www.dininsektbutik.dk) (Denmark)
21 Bites (21bites.com) (Italy)
"21bites is the first European online shop where you can buy edible insects products from the best European companies today on the market, carefully-selected to ensure the highest quality and safety."
Whole sale – edible insects:
Here is a list of companies who works primarily wholsesale selling insects to restaurants, shops etc.
Anteater (www.anteater.co.nz) (New Zealand)
Big Bugs Inc (bigbugsinc.com) (USA)
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Professional insect farmers:
Here a list of companies that are rearing insects for human consumption. In Sweden we have one farm (Cricket Express) that unfortunately only is allowed to farm insects for pets.
Big Cricket Farms (www.bigcricketfarms.com), (USA)
Micronutris (www.micronutris.com) (France)
Proti-Farm (protifarm.com) (Netherlands)
Kreca (www.krecafood.com) (Netherlands)
Part of Proti-farm
Rainbow Mealworms (www.rainbowmealworms.net), (USA)
Sahakhun Bug Farm Ltd.,Part, (Thailand)
Edible Bugfarm (www.ediblebugfarm.com) (UK)
Ozark Fiddler Farms (www.ozarkfiddlerfarms.com) (USA)
Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch (rmmr.co) (USA)
Zophobas Red (twitter.com/zophobas_red) (UK)
Coalo Valley Farms (www.coalo.farm) (USA)
CrickEatz (twitter.com/Crickeatz) (UK)
Armstrong Cricket Farm (www.armstrongcrickets.com) (USA)
Eco Insect Farming (eif-th.com) (Thailand)
Chapa farms (www.chapafarms.com) (Mexico/Canada)
Next Food (www.next-food.net) (Thailand)
Six legs farms (www.facebook.com/sixlegsfarm) (UK)
Insagri (www.insagri.com) (Spain)
Established in 2012, offers edible insects (mealworms and crickets) of premium quality in Europe, fed with organic products only.
Nordic Food Supplements (www.nordicfoodsupplements.no) (Norway)
Norweigan startup who is breeding mealworms with the plan of making petfood, plants nutrition and human nutrition.
Bugging Denmark ( buggingdenmark.dk) (Denmark)
Heimdal Entofarm (entofarm.dk) (Denmark)
Chirpy Crickets (www.chirpycrickets.com) (US)
Entofactory (entofactory.wordpress.com) (Chile)
Cowboy Cricket Farms (cricketcookie.com) (US)
"We have a family farm in Montana called Cowboy Cricket Farms. We raise crickets, do research, and sell 3 cricket products: Chocolate Chirp Cookie, Cricket powder, and Cricket flour."
Cricket farm (cricketfarm.org) (US)
Cricket Farm is a tiny indoor farm in Brooklyn NY that raises crickets for people to eat & also offers tiny residencies for people to work on projects while learning about cricket farming.
Harmony Micro Farms (harmonymicrofarms.com/) (US)
Hargol Food Tech (hargol.com) (Israel)
Grasshopper farm
Global Bugs (globalbugs.asia) (Thailand/Sweden)
Swedish/Thai company building a big modern insect farm in Thailand called Insect City.
The Cricket Depot (thecritterdepot.com) (USA)
Cricket farm selling insects (super worms, crickets and BSF larvae) as pet food.
Home farming insects:
Open Bug Farm (www.openbugfarm.com), (US)
Tiny farms great open source project where insect farmers share their experiences and practices for insect farming. They have also set up an open source kit on GitHub.
Livin Farms (www.livinfarms.com), (Hong Kong/Austria)
Katarine Ungers beautiful project Farm 432 has turned into a real product that you now can fund on Kickstarter!
Back it now!
Cricket Man (thecricketman.com), (US)
The Cricket Man, Marc Sanchez, has helped setting upp micro farms and larger farms since 2007.
Insect farming for the poor:
Some companies main focus is to come up with solutions that can help poor people in poor countries breed insects and give them a cheap source of protein.
Aspire FG (www.aspirefg.com), (Ghana, Mexico, US)
Aspires wants to save the world with insects, and they have started by establishing farms in Ghana, Mexico and USA.
EntoCube (entocube.com) (Finland)
EntoCube insect farm works well almost everywhere, but the original idea was to provide a solution for poor people in developing countries.
Read Bugburgers interview (in Swedish) with one of the founders >>
Khepri (khepri.eu), (France)
Working on a breeding case that can be used by poor communities.
MealFlour (www.mealflour.org) (Guatemala/USA)
MealFlour is a social enterprise founded in 2015 to promote better nutrition through sustainable farming of protein-rich mealworms.
Research projects:
Wageningen University (www.wageningenur.nl) (Netherlands)
The university responsible for the FAO report: Edible insects – Future prospects for food and feed security
On their webpage you can find a list of all edible insects in the world!
éntomo (www.entomoproject.eu) (Ireland)
GREEiNSECT (greeinsect.ku.dk) (Denmark)
MIGHTi (mighti.co) (US)
Dr Beynons Bugfarm (www.drbeynonsbugfarm.com) (UK)
Nordic Food Lab (nordicfoodlab.org) (Denmark)
Insect eating advocates & business organisations:
Bugburger.se isn't the only website promoting insect eating. Here are some other insect advocates that don't sell stuff, just the message: Eat insects 😉
International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (www.ipiff.org) (based in Belgium)
IPIFF is a non-profit organisation founded in 2013 which represents the interests of the breeders associated to this organisation.
IPIFF gathers the main private players in the insect industry.
Woven Network (woven-network.co.uk) (UK)
Woven Network is set up to directly benefit, through a set of membership services, entrepreneurs and researchers working in the role of insects in the human food chain. Indirectly, through supporting its members, the company will also benefit the wider public across the Globe that need sustainable, alternative sources of protein.
Belgian Insect Industry Federation (www.biif.org) (Belgium)
Unite all actors working in Belgium on the breeding and/or use for commercial purposes of insects and other arthropods.
Exchange and spread the knowledge regarding of insects and other arthropods, more specifically about their breeding and different commercial applications, to the general public, public authorities, the academic world and at a corporate level.
To promote Research & Development regarding the breeding and commercial use of insects and other arthropods, or parts/extracts thereof.
Marcel Dicke, (twitter.com/DickeMarcel) (Netherlands)
His TED Talk on the topic "Why not eat insects" from 2010 is an important milestone in the entomophagy movement. See it here >>
4ento (4ento.com), (Switzerland)
Entomove Project (www.entomoveproject.com), (France)
Florian Nock is an environmental engineer, certified nutritionist and a great advocate of eating insects.
Bug Vivant (bugvivant.com) (USA)
Insects for starters (insectsforstarters.com) (Sweden)
Little Herds (www.littleherds.org), (US)
entonote (www.entonote.com) (Italy)
Girl meets bug (www.girlmeetsbug.com) (USA)
International Society for Food and Feed Insects (www.facebook.com/ISFFI) (USA)
Bugible (www.bugible.com) (USA)
Entoblog (www.entoblog.com) (USA)
Tastebugs (www.tastebugs.net) (Australia)
Bugsfeed (www.bugsfeed.com) (Denmark)
Impressive website made by the team behind the danish documentary "Bugs – will eating insects save our Earth?"
Insect cuisine (insectcuisine.jp) (Japan)
A group that get together once a month to enjoy edible insects.
Oh my bug recipes (www.ohmybugrecipes.com) (Netherlands)
Insect startups that disappeared:
Unfortunately not all make it. Here is a list of some of the startups that seems to have stopped existing.
Please contact Bugburger if that is not the case.
Sustainable gains (www.sustainablegains.net) (US)
Crunchy Critter Farms (crunchycritterfarms.com) (US)
Jacuna (jacuna.mx) (Mexico)
bodhi (www.bodhiprotein.com) (UK)
Insectios (www.insectitos.com)(USA)
Cookies and seasoned dried insects.
Edible Unique (www.edibleunique.com) (UK)
Slightly nutty (www.slightlynutty.com) (USA)
Esculent (www.esculentinsects.com) (USA)
Mophagy (mophagy.com) (UK)
BugGrub (www.buggrub.com) (UK)
Poda foods (podafoods.com) (USA)
Jumping Jack Snack (jumpingjacksnack.com) (Netherlands)
ofbug (www.ofbug.com), (Canada)
Entoeats (entoeats.ca) (Canada)
Ecobar (www.ecobars.com.au) (Australia)
Dimini Cricket (diminicricket.com) (France)
Bugs on the menu (Canada)
Buggies (buggies.dk) (Denmark)
The End… but its far away from complete! Please write a comment below if you want to add a company!


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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by snake_fist_gung_fu, Sep 29, 2010.
Just got a nasty text bill cause verizon charges for Google voice. Any one else run into this?
I suspect it's something else. I use GV heavily, text and voice. In fact 90% of my voice calls go in and out via GV and I send/receive 50-60 text messages daily with GV and I have not been charged anything other than my plan from Verizon.
i'm guessing gv is still forwarding a copy of your gv txt to your phone...
-=< aaron >=-
does it say text from GV?
isn't texting included in the $29 package?
Just check my account and it stopped listing texts the day I started using GV, so seems to be working
If you are receiving GV texts through a messenging app, then you are actually forwarding them to your phone from GV. If you turn this off and just use the GV app, then you will no longer be charged for texts. Sorry for your mishap, hopefully you can get it fixed before the next bill.
PS - Check out the My Verizon app, it will show you your data/text/minutes usage so you can better manage these sorts of things.
IIRC I saw something like this in the past here and in fact, the person had either signed up for that "premium" text messaging package or it was because someone - a buddy - had gotten their phone and called or text'd one of those korny late night numbers (88joke) and it put them on some billable plan.
I do not believe 1 bit VZW is charging for GV text or usage.
When I canceled my 250 msg plan (as well as Visual Voicemail) at a Verizon store, the guy asked me why and I said 'I have Google Voice, why pay for something I can get free' and he basically said... 'whoa, whoa whoa... how are you getting free text messages, it's still gonna cost you... just letting you know so you don't get some outrageous bill.' I just rolled my eyes and ignored him.
Who knows whether he was ignorant or assumed I wasn't using the Google Voice app (perhaps he assumed I was only using Google Voice's voice mail feature.)
In any case, since people use my GV number now (for calls and text) my text usage on Verizon has been exactly ZERO. So, as others have said... it's got to a be configuration problem with your GV account or people are still sending message to your cell number instead of your GV number.
Ok so today I called verizon and it was double texting. It was going threw handcent and verizon will charge you for that and it dose not matter if its to a verizon customer or not. So they charge you for the google number that comes in. I did not know this but heads up to anyone that uses GV. Make sure to not allow any messages to go to any app but GV.
So to be clear. What I was told that any sms that goes threw the phone is loged and charged. So GV is free from Google but not from verizon.
So you don't have unlimited text? You also had GV forwarding each SMS to your phone instead of just using the GV app? In that case an SMS was sent to your phone, regardless of it being specifically a GV SMS, it was an SMS sent to your phone. Verizon will bill you for SMS (unless you have an unlimited plan) from any source, it being a Google Voice SMS has nothing to do with it.
"It was going threw handcent" - huh? no charge to go thru handcent. handcent is just an SMS app like the stock app. so it is not something handcent specific.
this still makes no sense as you explain it. texts via GV are not charged. it is because you used forwarding in GV and that is counting as a text.
Not disagreeing... just maybe re-wording.
First, can Handscent even access TRUE GV text messages? I thought it merely tapped into the built in text messaging? If so, any messages received or sent via Handcent are using VERIZON'S text messaging service not GV's.
Or am I wrong about Handcent?
Within the GV settings you can set to receive text messages on your phone, the GV app is not required. I used this for a year with my AT&T Blackberry. (SETTINGS -> PHONES -> EDIT -> Check "Receive text messages on this phone")
When this setting is enabled, GV will send the text received to your phone number as an SMS just as though the sender originally sent it to your Verizon number. The proper setting when the GV app is installed on your phone is to have that unchecked. Otherwise, you will receive two SMS notifications, one via GV app and one via Verizon messaging, which we suspect is where the OP is getting charged.
Handscent is just a shell app for the Verizon Messaging built into your phone. It doesn't work independently.
I've read that the newest version of Google Voice counts texts towards your bill. That's why I haven't updated mine.
It does not. The uproar is over Google now using a different number for each number dialed. When you place a call through the GV app it will reroute that call via a number (in most cases a 504 area code) that in Googles server corresponds to the number you originally dialed. In th eold version that number was the same for every number you dialed from your GV app. This made it easy to place the number in your Friends & Family list and have unlimited calling to any call placed via GV. The updated app now dials a different number for each number you dial out making it not as easy to get the unlimited via Friends & Family. Texting is unaffected.
Dap nailed these both in his last 2 responses.
Yeah, Dap is correct. If you are using Handcent to view you GV texts, then its because you have GV setup to forward (ie send a text, which costs money) to your phone. Handcent has no way to access GV texts otherwise. So like I said, use the Google Voice app to view/send texts and your problem will be solved.
BTW, Google Voice currently has no way to send MMS messages, so you'll have to stick with email or pay for each MMS. Might get costly if you have alot of people who send you pictures, as they wont know/wont care that you no longer have a texting plan. AFAIK, there is no way to block unwanted, incoming texts. I would recommend going with the 250 text plan, just as a failsafe for people who still text your VZW number.
IIRC, there are apps that place all outbound calls via your GV number for you so you can add it to F&F. I don't have first hand experience as we have a ton of minutes anyway as I can't get the better half to switch to GV.
Or not worry about it. I just don't send or receive MMS.
There are apps to block but it's important to understand that if an app is used then you have technically received the message already. It's only a useful solution if you don't want to see the message but not useful if you don't want to be billed for it.
As always, consider the source. I wouldn't trust the one you're referring to.
Is it necessary to have the Friends & Family option with your google voice number added to it to get free texts with google voice?
I don't have a text plan or friends & family. Am I able to use google voice for free texting?
NO, Google Voice does texts inside of their own app for free. As long as your Google Voice settings do not say to forward a copy of the text to your phone, then you are fine. No need for Friends and Family. That only benefits you using Google Voice if you are trying to get free phone calls.
People, let's boil this down to a simple list:
1. Messages sent to your actual cell phone number will cost you money; either per message or part of a text msg plan
2. Messages sent to your Google Voice number:
Can be accessed free using Google Voice App
Can be accessed free by forwarding to your email (although the data plan needed to access email obviously isn't free)
Not free if you configure Google Voice to 'forward' to your actual cell number
Remember, the first key issue is to what number the SENDER sends the text message; cell phone or Google Voice number. Second, is how you configure and thus access messages sent to your Google Voice number.
Are we clear, everyone?
Here is the setting which may screw people up:
If I understand this setting correctly, enabling this means you don't have to use the GV App to receive text messages sent to your Google Voice number. However, it will use the pay for use service of the provider, as it 'forwards' the message to your cell phone number.
Thanks for including the graphic. So many people just simply stated that the OP would get charged for having SMS forwarded to the phone, and one person gave instructions om how to disable it, but everyone forgot that some people aren't as savvy when it comes to setting up applications like this.
The pic makes all the difference in the world.
google settings
edit: just noticed the cleaner version above...
Do you have to set up a Google Voice number in order to do GV texts? The reason I ask is because I tried to set up a GV number and it said not are available for my area.
Yes, you need a GV to set it up. Try a different area code maybe? That's one of the many good things about GV, it can be set up for any area code you want. It won't make a difference for texts or voicemail. It may make a difference if you are going to have people call you on it though, if they get charged for long distance or toll calls.

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Thursday 2 October 1958
It was Thursday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Alain Soral and Robbie Nevil.
In that special week of October people in US were listening to It's All In The Game by Tommy Edwards.
In UK When by The Kalin Twins was in the top 5 hits.
The Old Man and the Sea, directed by John Sturges, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1958
while Anatomy Of A Murder by Robert Traver was one of the best selling books.
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- French Republican Calendar - Pomme de terre (Potato) Day, eleventh day in the Month of VendTmiaire
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Many people say Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should run against President Barack Obama next year. That is the conventional-wisdom way of looking at the first-term governor. And it is dead wrong.
It is wrong because the rules are changing. The 2012 race is not the one for Christie.
That is because he is conducting a national seminar demonstrating that the politics of tough love are now the key to earning voter respect. He has not perfected it yet, but he is way ahead of everybody else in understanding this reality, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
But Christie needs to finish the job he is in now, which he cannot do if he seeks the White House in 2012. Most voters just want the unvarnished truth from leaders who actually do what they promise. Christie promised to finish the job in New Jersey. Failing to do so would seriously damage his credibility, perhaps irretrievably.
The latest Internet video of Christie responding to an unhappy New Jersey police officer during a recent town hall meeting illustrates the appeal of the politics of tough love. The cop was upset because Christie's reforms mean he now has to pay one-third of the cost of his health insurance and his automatic pay raises are capped at 2 percent.
"How am I supposed to afford ... paying those health care costs," the officer said.
"You're not," Christie quickly responded. "You're going to have make choices among health care plans ... like everybody else is having to make choices. Everyone is having to make those choices."
The crowd erupted in applause.
Christie then laid out the stark facts about the fiscal situation facing every New Jersey jurisdiction: "Three out of every four dollars that are spent in every jurisdiction now is for labor costs. We can't afford it anymore," he said. It is the same scenario for most states and the federal government too.
Christie pulled no punches, noting that 45 Camden police officers were recently laid off "because that contract with the police union in Camden is obscene. Shift differentials, people getting an additional 11 or 12 percent just for showing up to work. Paid birthday off."
He pointed to a similar contract in Parsipity that let union members accumulate sick leave and be paid for the days they do not use when they retire. "You had four police officers in Parsipity the other day that cashed out their sick leave for $900,000 at their retirement," he said, drawing gasps from the audience, then sustained applause when he said government employees should not be paid for sick leave they did not take.
It used to be that challenging government employee unions was not worth the political sacrifice, except in solidly Republican districts. Not anymore. The politics of tough love require calling the unions' bluff, as when Christie said the mayor of Camden told the police union it had to make concessions or face multiple layoffs as the city confronted a massive budget deficit.
"They said you'll never do it." Christie said. "She did it because she's got no choice." Again his audience applauded, at length.
"We have to reorient our expectations here. This isn't 10 years ago, this is not a booming economy with 5 and 6 and 7 percent growth. We can't afford this stuff anymore, we can't," he said.
It is the same everywhere in America.
Christie's timing is unfortunately off for a White House run, but he can still give the nation an invaluable gift if he finishes his work in New Jersey — a road map for restoring sanity in government from top to bottom.
Mark Tapscott is the editorial page editor of The Washington Examiner.


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Within the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing PhD program, you'll have the opportunity to work with outstanding student nurse researchers with a diverse range of research interests and career experiences.
Teresa Getha-Eby
Teresa Getha-Eby recently defended her doctoral dissertation, "Concept-Based Teaching and Meaningful Learning in Associate Degree Nursing Students." Her study was a mixed methods explanatory sequential design study that investigated meaningful learning outcomes of first semester associate degree nursing students at a private nursing college in the Midwestern United States.
Teresa was the recipient of the Beta Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau research grant and the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing research grant. She currently works as the program director and department chair of the BSN program at the Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Misty Richmond
"It is my belief that this work will inform understanding regarding individual psychotherapy, social policy and the human condition/existence in modern society. I sincerely hope to try to make a difference in some of the social ills that I see plaguing American life."
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"Early in my nursing education, I set a goal for myself to become a professor in nursing," says Othman. "I like teaching and I wanted to become a faculty member. I realized that there was a need for a change in the way nursing was perceived in Jordan. A PhD degree seemed a necessity to be in a position that enables achieving these goals."
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"My focus is the use of workplace bullying towards nurses by nurses with new employees," says Berry. "I believe our mixed methods study on chronic bullying, my dissertation, will forward some ways of explaining how these behaviors have become embedded in some health care organization culture and continue unrecognized as social norms, initiation rites or structural empowerment issues. My hope and my message is that all employees deserve a psychologically and physically safe work environment."
Tara Konicki
"I liked the inquiry courses, which encourage you to use your background and imagination to develop research for dissertation," says Konicki. "Dr. Beery's courses provide different perspectives and philosophies - many advancements in science come from challenging status quo. I was also introduced to instructional design and think that this should be mandatory for future nursing educators."
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Angela Clark is currently evaluating community responses to opioid overdoses for her PhD research study. She is working alongside an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the colleges of nursing and medicine. With over nine years of experience in clinical and public health, Clark has honed her skills at identifying and assessing at-risk communities to provide them with solutions. She was also one of 25 applicants who received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Summer Genetics Institute (SGI) award.
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"Nursing has been an extremely fulfilling career and I wish I had discovered it sooner," says current PhD student Cassie Wardlaw. "I knew for a long time that I wanted my PhD but I had no idea how to get there."
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Danny Hopgood is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar and calls himself "fortunate" to receive the mentorship and resources offered by UC College of Nursing. Hopgood plans to study life-saving heart devices for children and how he can improve their quality of life.
"I started the BSN-PhD program last year, and I feel fortunate for this, because I was able to "zero in" on researching quality of life changes for children who have implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)," he says.
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"I have noticed a disconnect between the hospice philosophy and the needs and desires for end-of-life care in African American culture," he says. "I believe hospice is a vital service that can greatly improve the difficult transition to death for patients and their families, but also acknowledge that hospice, as it is now, may conflict with dearly-held beliefs."
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When you turn on the Television News or listen to Talk Radio you can't help but to think that the "Sky is Falling" and the "World is coming to an End!" But are we? I say we are not. Yes, we have some very serious problems that need immediate attention like.
- Fix Federal Government Budget and Fiscal Problems.
- Re-start the Economy.
- Restore the Constitution.
- Reverse 100 years of Progressive Socialism.
- Global Financial Problems
- Turmoil from Europe to the Middle East to China
These are very daunting problems that are not easily fixed. No wonder people feel like the "Sky is Falling." There are a number of crisis that our people had to deal with throughout our history that were just as bad or worse. Here are just a few.
- The American Revolution (our first civil war)
- The Civil War (our second Civil War)
- World War I
- The Great Depression
- World War II
- Vietnam War
- 1968
Hopefully you watched all of the videos because if you did you will see that 1968 came very close to becoming our third Civil War. You can also see the roots of the problems we face today. The far left infiltrated the young people protesting the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Democratic Party. We can now find the very same people responsible for the protest in 1968 are now in the bureaucracies of the local, state and federal governments, Universities & Colleges, Congress, State Legislatures & Governorships and one of their students occupies the Presidency of the United States.
By the end of 1968 the left had all but completely taken over the Democratic Party. This caused many moderate and conservative Democrats to flee to the Republican Party. The Democrats have been fighting class warfare ever sense. The modern Big Spenders got their Big Start in 1964 and with a few exceptions has continued until 2008 when it got a shot of steroids from the Progressive Democrats and Obama.
As bad as the country and the world appears to be it could be a lot worse. America "The Sky is not Falling." We will fix the problems. It will take imagination, innovation, time and a lot of hard work but, it will happen. We started to turn this huge ship around in 2009 (Virginia & New Jersey) and continued the turnaround in the Mid-Term Elections of 2010. Now it is up to us to continue our efforts in 2012 by flipping the Senate and kicking Obama out of the White House.
Have faith in your fellow Patriots, Tea Partiers and Conservatives!
November 2012 is Coming!!!
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @95SVTCobraVA


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Over 30 D1A players named to Academic Honor Roll
Alex Solomon | August 4, 2017
The 206-17 Academic Honor Roll also includes four D1A student-athletes who were named to the 2016-17 Collegiate All-Americans.
D1A standouts look to impress at Eagles Incubator Camp
Alex Solomon | July 27, 2017
The Eagles 7s coaching staff invited a group of less than 30 athletes to a week-long training camp, including eight players from D1A Rugby.
College All-American honorees include 75 D1A student-athletes
Alex Solomon | July 21, 2017
USA Rugby recently announced the selections for the 2016-17 Men's Collegiate All-Americans, and the list of 122 players includes 75 student-athletes representing 22 different D1A Rugby programs.
Cariaga takes over as head coach of Men's Rugby program
Life University Press Release | June 28, 2017
Life University Director of Athletics Jayme Pendergast is pleased to announce the promotion of Colton Cariaga to Head Coach of the men's varsity rugby program.
Cal raises the CRC Cup for Robert, D1A dominates Dream Team
Alex Solomon | June 6, 2017
For a Cal squad that had been preparing for the tournament with heavy hearts since teammate Robert Paylor suffered a spinal injury during the Bears' win against Arkansas State in the Varsity Cup final, the CRC title gave the program reason to smile.
No lack of talent on Mid-South All-Conference Teams
Alex Solomon | May 31, 2017
Life, which won the Mid-South Conference title in undefeated fashion for the fourth consecutive season, leads all teams with seven 1st Team selections.
Over half of recently announced U20 All-American squad hails from D1A
Alex Solomon | May 24, 2017
A 28-player AIG Men's Junior All-American team has been selected, and the squad includes 15 players that represent D1A schools.
Saint Mary's beats Life in classic affair, wins third D1A National Championship
Alex Solomon | May 6, 2017
In a fifth consecutive D1A Rugby National Championship meeting between the two schools, Saint Mary's College defended Saint Mary's Stadium Saturday in a 30-24 defeat of Life University.
May 6 D1A National Championship to decide best-of-five series between Life, Saint Mary's
Alex Solomon | May 4, 2017
The May 6 D1A Rugby National Championship game will be aired live on CBS Sports Network starting at 4 p.m. PT.
Saint Mary's Stadium – inside the D1A Rugby National Championship venue
Nick Salen | May 2, 2017
Updates to this year's championship site have helped staple rugby's presence in the Bay Area.
Life protects home turf, defeats BYU on way to fifth straight D1A Final
Alex Solomon | April 29, 2017
Life University will have an opportunity to defend its 2016 D1A Rugby National Championship after defeating No. 3-ranked BYU in the Semifinals.
Running Eagles welcome Cougars to Life University for exciting Semifinal fixture
Alex Solomon | April 28, 2017
A Semifinal contest between Brigham Young University and Life University will determine one of the finalists for the May 6 D1A Rugby National Championship.
D1A Rugby Playoff update: Semifinals await
Alex Solomon | April 24, 2017
The race for the 2017 D1A Rugby National Championship is down to four teams following four April 22 Quarterfinals.
Running Eagles back in semifinals, down Lindenwood 37-20
Nick Salen | April 22, 2017
Running Eagles use 26 points in the first half to cruise to third win over Lions this spring.
Mid-South rivals Life, Lindenwood battle for Semifinal spot
Alex Solomon | April 21, 2017
A Mid-South rivalry will be one of four April 22 D1A Rugby Quarterfinal matches, as Lindenwood University is preparing for a trip to Marietta, Ga., to face Life University.
D1A Playoff update: Onto the Quarterfinals
Alex Solomon | April 17, 2017
Victories by Arizona and San Diego State Saturday, April 15 solidified the matchups for D1A Rugby's 2017 Playoffs.
All four finalist for the Scholz award hail from D1A Rugby
Alex Solomon | April 14, 2017
The four finalists for the 2016-17 Rudy Scholz Award, given to the best player in men's college rugby, have been announced and each player hails from D1A Rugby.
2017 D1A Rugby Playoff field unveiled
Alex Solomon | April 10, 2017
The postseason competition which two schools will play for the May 6 D1A Rugby National Championship at Saint Mary's College in a match that will be televised live on CBS Sports Network.
Life, Lindenwood victorious in Mid-South
Alex Solomon | April 3, 2017
Life already owned the rights to the 2017 Mid-South title before getting on a bus for Michigan, but its 45-11 win over Davenport earned the Running Eagles its fourth consecutive undefeated conference season.
March's D1A Rugby Players of the Month
Alex Solomon | April 3, 2017
Players of the Month for March have been determined in the Mid-South, PAC and Red River conferences.
Undefeated Life visits winless Davenport; Clemson, Lindenwood seek rebound performances
Alex Solomon | March 31, 2017
The contests will be the final conference games for Life and Clemson, while Davenport and Lindenwood will complete the 2017 Mid-South season next week.
Mid-South Player of the Month – March: Sam Cowley
Alex Solomon | March 30, 2017
"What's probably not shown in the stats is his defense. He's been very good on that front, too" – Life Assistant Coach Colton Cariaga
Arkansas State, Life prevail in the Mid-South
Alex Solomon | March 27, 2017
Neither Clemson or Lindenwood were able to protect their home pitch over the weekend when Arkansas State went to South Carolina and pummeled the Tigers, while Life traveled to Missouri and earned a victory against the Lions.
Four Mid-South ranked teams back in action this weekend
Nick Salen | March 23, 2017
Clemson and Arkansas State meet after cancelled match, and top ranked Life visits surging Lindenwood.
Running Eagles make life on the road look easy, crush Clemson
Alex Solomon | March 20, 2017
The Running Eagles, after having played their first three Mid-South games at home, went on the road to easily tame the Tigers, 81-12.
Four ranked teams set for Mid-South battle as conference hits midseason point
Alex Solomon | March 17, 2017
The Red Wolves welcome Davenport to Jonesboro, Ark., while Life heads to South Carolina to face the Tigers.
Clemson, Life pull out late victories in Mid-South play
Nick Salen | February 27, 2017
Tigers last minute score propels the program to first D1A win. Running Eagles hold off late surge by Lindenwood.
Mid-South rolls on with two conference games this weekend
Nick Salen | February 23, 2017
Clemson gets first big taste of D1A action versus Davenport. Lindenwood seeks to end drought against Life.
Life uses 57-point shutout to retain Huckaby Cup
Alex Solomon | February 20, 2017
The match not only lends a title for one of college rugby's best rivalries, but more importantly used to generate awareness for ALS – a disease Huckaby lived with until his passing in 2016.
Conference Preview: Mighty Mid-South gets tougher with addition of Arkansas State, Clemson
Alex Solomon | February 17, 2017
Four of the five members of the Mid-South currently reside in the D1A Top 20, making it the most challenging conference to navigate and one that college rugby fans will want to keep an eye on.
Eagles start ARC 2-0 with help from D1A stars
Alex Solomon | February 15, 2017
Veterans of the squad like Chris Baumann and Todd Clever have shown well, but so too have a handful of D1A Rugby's brightest players.
Eagles ARC roster includes five from D1A
Alex Solomon | January 25, 2017
In preparation of the Americas Rugby Championship, Eagles Head Coach John Mitchell has tabbed 35 players to compete in five international matches, including five D1A Rugby players.
D1A Rugby produces 19 players for upcoming MJAA Camp
Alex Solomon | January 14, 2017
Fifty U20 athletes have accepted invitations to the Men's Junior All-American Developmental Camp and 19 of the attendees will represent eight different D1A Rugby schools.
Over half of College All-Americans at ID Camp represent D1A Rugby
Alex Solomon | January 11, 2017
Thirty-three of the 57 AIG Men's Collegiate All-American hopefuls attending the Jan. 14-16 identification camp in Chula Vista, Calif.
Newly formed MJAA Developmental Team calls on seven from D1A
Alex Solomon | December 19, 2016
The seven MJAA Developmental selections from D1A Rugby represent five different programs, with Arkansas State and top-ranked Life each generating a pair of attendees.
Thirty-one D1A Rugby players earn MJAA camp invite
Alex Solomon | December 9, 2016
Over a dozen of D1A Rugby's up and coming stars will attend either the West or Central AIG Men's Junior All-American Evaluation Camp.
Four from D1A selected for Americas Pacific Challenge
Alex Solomon | September 30, 2016
USA Rugby has called on 26 players to represent the Selects in Uruguay, and the roster includes four players from D1A Rugby.
Life announced latest recruiting class
Life U Athletics | September 20, 2016
The 2016 recruiting class is the proud result of a thorough search for student-athletes who are service-oriented, academically focused and talented rugby athletes with the ability and potential to compete.
D1A stars in pursuit of RugbyTown glory
Alex Solomon | August 26, 2016
Some of D1A Rugby's brightest stars from the 2015-16 season will be on display at the Aug. 26-28 Serevi RugbyTown 7s.
D1A attracts attention of Eagles coaching staff
Alex Solomon | August 2, 2016
Men's Eagles Head Coach John Mitchell and his staff have drafted the latest Eagles Elite Training Squad and Eagles Development Training Group, and the list of athletes includes nine players from D1A Rugby.
Over 30 D1A players named to Academic Honor Roll
Alex Solomon | July 27, 2016
USA Rugby recognized more than 250 student-athletes as members of the 2015-16 Collegiate Academic Honor Roll and the list includes 33 players from D1A Rugby.
Sixteen from D1A to tour Australia with Collegiate All-Americans
Alex Solomon | July 15, 2016
Twenty-nine players have been selected for a three-match tour in Australia with the Collegiate All-Americans, and 16 of the athletes on the roster represent teams from D1A Rugby.
Forty-four players from D1A recognized as All-Americans
Alex Solomon | July 12, 2016
USA Rugby announced the Men's Collegiate All-Americans for the 2015-16 season last week, and the list includes 44 players from D1A Rugby.
Mid-South's All-Conference Team: The best of college rugby's best conference
Alex Solomon | May 13, 2016
The Mid-South Conference might only be three teams deep, but there is no shortage of outstanding rugby players amongst the trio of elite programs.
Life's National Championship 'drought' ends at Saint Mary's
Chad Wise | May 7, 2016
It's been three years since the Running Eagles have brought a D1A National Championship trophy back to the Life University campus in Marietta, Ga.
Life, Saint Mary's renew rivalry at 2016 D1A National Championship
Alex Solomon | May 6, 2016
The programs' consistently dominant performances will pit the Gaels and Running Eagles against one another at the May 7 USA Rugby College 15s National Championships.
Sacrifices by Davidson, Warren epitomize Life Rugby
Alex Solomon | May 4, 2016
The Running Eagles coaching staff pursues student-athletes that are hardworking and are willing to put the team ahead of individual success.
Clinical Life earn fourth straight D1A Finals appearance
Alex Solomon | April 30, 2016
The third-ranked Lions were able to string positive phases together, but a tireless Life team sniffed-out every loose ball, and were quick to reverse the field soon after.
Semifinals set the stage for rematch between Life, Lindenwood
Alex Solomon | April 29, 2016
The compact but increasingly talented conference continues to thrive in the postseason, and has produced a Life-versus-Lindenwood Semifinal for the second year in a row.
Dominant performance sends top-ranked Life to Semifinals
Alex Solomon | April 24, 2016
Life University simply has Davenport's number this season, as proven by its latest win over its Mid-South rival – a 44-0 blanking of the Panthers.
Davenport hopes to reverse history in Quarterfinals versus Life
Alex Solomon | April 21, 2016
After falling to Canterbury's No. 1-ranked team twice this season, the Panthers will take another shot at the Running Eagles after dispatching San Diego State in last week's opening round of the D1A Playoffs.
Eleven from D1A selected for Junior World Trophy
Alex Solomon | April 8, 2016
Eleven D1A student-athletes have been selected for the U-20 All-American team that will compete for the Junior World Trophy.
Life blanks Davenport to end regular season
Alex Solomon | April 5, 2016
Life went to Davenport scored an impressive 34 points on a snow-covered pitch while blanking the Panthers to end their regular season in quality fashion.
Twelve-team D1A Playoff field announced
Alex Solomon | April 4, 2016
Indiana, Life, Saint Mary's, and Utah earned first round byes after claiming conference championships, and won't feature in the opening round of D1A's four-week playoff.
Mid-South Player of the Month – March: Cody Melphy
Alex Solomon | March 31, 2016
Life is once again doing a great job of spreading the ball throughout the backs and forwards, but Mid-South Player of the Month Cody Melphy has been special.
Lindenwood stands between Life, Mid-South title
Alex Solomon | March 17, 2016
A Running Eagles win at the Lions' Hunter Stadium would clinch another conference championship for the newly No.1-ranked team in the Canterbury D1A Top 20.
Second half surge propels Life over Arkansas State
Alex Solomon | March 14, 2016
Life continued its dominant form over the weekend by easily dispatching former Mid-South rival Arkansas State to maintain its grasp on the Curt Huckaby Cup.
Melphy's four tries lead Life over Lindenwood
Alex Solomon | March 1, 2016
The opening exchanges had the look of battles from 2015, with Lindenwood having no trouble matching the physicality of Life.
Mid-South Preview: Panthers, Tigers claw for Life's spot at the top
Alex Solomon | February 24, 2016
The 2016 Mid-South season figures to be another barnburner, with all three sides expected to qualify for the 12-team D1A Playoffs.
Life wins two over military academies
Alex Solomon | February 17, 2016
Life's preseason schedule wrapped over the weekend with a two-match sweep over military academies Air Force and Navy.
Junior All-Americans qualify for U20 Trophy with help from D1A
Alex Solomon | February 16, 2016
The Men's Junior All-Americans helped earned USA Rugby a two-match sweep of Canada Feb. 13 in Austin, Texas.
Life, Lindenwood handle business with ease
Alex Solomon | February 9, 2016
Life welcomed Clemson to its campus and proceeded to pound the Tigers, 76-13, while Lindenwood dealt Arizona an 88-5 blow.
Twelve from D1A selected for U20 duty
Alex Solomon | February 4, 2016
The fixture against Canada is a qualifying match for the World Rugby U20 Trophy, and includes 12 players from D1A Rugby.
Life pass first test with flying colors
Alex Solomon | February 2, 2016
There are plenty of departments that the coaching staff will fine tune, but it's not surprising this year's team has already adopted Life's selfless approach.
Life ushers in its '16 season with match against South Carolina
Cody Smith | January 29, 2016
Life hasn't hit the pitch since a match against Clemson in October, but this weekend gives them the opportunity to get back into competing shape.
Thirteen U20s from D1A return to MJAA camp
Alex Solomon | January 13, 2016
Eleven additional D1A student-athletes were invited to this weekend's camp but are either injured or unavailable.
D1A's best U20s set for MJAA camp
Alex Solomon | December 18, 2015
Thirty-eight of D1A Rugby's finest underclassmen have been invited to participate in the Junior All-American Winter Camp.
Life U prepares for Mid-South grind
Cody Smith | December 4, 2015
Life is prepping for another National Championship run behind new Head Coach Scott Lawrence, and a winning culture that has cultivated in Marietta, Ga.
Indiana faces tremendous challenge in Davenport, Life opens with Clemson
Cody Smith | October 16, 2015
Davenport will make its way down to Bloomington to test the true strength of Indiana.
Life University student-athletes playing rugby on a global scale
Life U Press Release | October 15, 2015
With three Life student-athletes in the Rugby World Cup, Life is excited to see if its rugby program will soon be producing Olympic athletes as well.
High profile nonconference matches highlight Mid-South preparation
Alex Solomon | October 13, 2015
It's not the largest conference in D1A Rugby; in fact, it's the smallest. However, the Mid-South is undoubtedly the toughest conference in all of college rugby.
Lawrence to lead Life's undergrads
LIFE U Press Prelease | September 28, 2015
Lawrence has been integral to the proliferation of the Life Rugby program for the past decade.
Osborne leaving Life University
Life U Press Release | September 17, 2015
Life Rugby will be looking for a new Head Coach after Andrew "Tui" Osborne informed Life officials today that he and his family will be relocating at the end of October.
Life introduces incoming freshmen
Life U Press Release | August 18, 2015
Head Coach Tui Osborne has announced the signing of twelve rugby players who will enroll at Life U this year.
Thirty-eight D1A players named to All-Americans
Alex Solomon | July 31, 2015
USA Rugby has announced the 2014-15 Collegiate All-Americans for both 15s and sevens, and the lists include 38 players from D1A Rugby.
Several D1A players to take part in Collegiate Stars and Stripes Camp
Alex Solomon | July 14, 2015
Twenty-one players from D1A Rugby will attend this week's Junior and Collegiate Stars and Stripes Camp.
Top club sides inject D1A talent for sevens
Alex Solomon | June 24, 2015
It's not surprising college rugby's elite competition will see several of its players link up with the very best club teams in the country.
Life Rugby camp scholarship awarded to Memphis senior
Press Release | June 11, 2015
USA Rugby South has funded a scholarship to the Life Rugby camp. The scholarship has been awarded to Memphis, TN senior Donovan Norphlet.
All-Americans headline All-Mid-South side
Alex Solomon | May 20, 2015
Home to three of the top four teams in the country, it's no secret the Mid-South has a plethora of quality rugby players within the Conference.
Saint Mary's repeats with 30-24 win over Life in Final
Chad Wise | May 9, 2015
Saint Mary's will no doubt reclaim its place atop the D1A Rugby Top 20 Rankings after a 30-24 defeat of Life in the National Championship match at Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University Saturday.
Standing tall above the rest, Life and Saint Mary's meet again in D1A Final
Alex Solomon | May 7, 2015
Life and Saint Mary's have once again proved superior to the rest of the D1A field. The display of excellence has earned the top two ranked teams in the competition a third consecutive date at the College 15s National Championships.
ESPN 3 to air D1A Rugby Final live
Alex Solomon | May 5, 2015
The D1A Rugby Final at the 2015 USA Rugby College 15s National Championships will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
Life off to National Championship with Semifinal defeat of Lindenwood
Chad Wise | May 2, 2015
Life clinched its third consecutive D1A Rugby National Championship berth with a 43-14 Semifinal defeat of No. 4 Lindenwood Saturday.
Semifinal Playoff Docket
Alex Solomon | May 2, 2015
It's down to four teams in the race for the 2015 D1A National Championship.
Lions to take third shot at Life – this time for place in title game
Alex Solomon | May 1, 2015
In order to reach their third consecutive D1A Final, the Running Eagles will have to beat the Lions for a third time this season.
Top four-ranked teams reach National Semifinals
Alex Solomon | April 25, 2015
The D1A Semifinals are set after the Quarterfinal matchups saw Davenport, Life, Lindenwood and Saint Mary's win in blowout fashion.
Rested Penn State ready for top-ranked Life
Alex Solomon | April 22, 2015
Penn State's opening round win over Wisconsin was a nice way to get its feet wet in the Playoffs, but its matchup against Life carries a much higher degree of difficulty.
Teams and locations announced for 2015 D1A Playoffs
Alex Solomon | April 13, 2015
The completion of D1A conference matches and the subsequent Canterbury Top 20 have finalized the matchups for the D1A Playoffs.
Win over Davenport caps 4-0 season for Life
Alex Solomon | March 30, 2015
Life wrapped up its second consecutive undefeated Mid-South season after getting past Davenport 20-13.
Huge opportunity awaits Davenport in rematch versus Life
Alex Solomon | March 27, 2015
Life's visit to Davenport isn't your typical match between teams at the opposite ends of the conference standings.
Life clinch Mid-South after latest nail-biter
Alex Solomon | March 23, 2015
Weeks after a slow start prevented Lindenwood from upsetting the Running Eagles, the Lions kept pace with Life from the opening whistle, only to fall, 18-15.
Life hits road for rematch with Lindenwood
Alex Solomon | March 19, 2015
The weekly Mid-South showdown heads to St. Charles, Mo., this weekend where Lindenwood gets a second crack at Life.
Lions, Panthers to duke it out, while Life plays for Huckaby Cup
Alex Solomon | March 13, 2015
A crucial Mid-South match awaits Davenport and Lindenwood, while Life will host Arkansas State in the second annual Huckaby Cup.
Life staves off Lindenwood's comeback attempt
Alex Solomon | March 10, 2015
There are two Mid-South matches in the books and both have been narrow wins for Life after the Running Eagles dodged an upset by Lindenwood, 25-21.
Improved Lindenwood confident ahead of showdown with Life
Alex Solomon | March 6, 2015
No team in the conference played Life tighter last season than the Lions. In its two matches, Lindenwood only lost by a combined eight points.
Life's last-second win could be a glimpse into a wild Mid-South season
Alex Solomon | March 3, 2015
Life will have its work cut out for itself if the 2013 National Champions are to go a perfect 4-0 during this spring's Mid-South schedule.
Plenty of talent in the ever-competitive Mid-South
Alex Solomon | February 27, 2015
The Mid-South is expected to be as heated as ever seeing as the three squads were Playoff teams in 2014, and currently sit in the top five of D1A Top 20.
Difficult nonconference tests await Davenport, Life
Alex Solomon | February 20, 2015
Both Davenport and Life will gladly welcome quality performances over the weekend, as each match represents the programs' final tests before diving into their Mid-South schedules.
Two hat-tricks underline Life's pounding of South Carolina
Alex Solomon | February 2, 2015
After over two months of being completely dormant of playing competitive rugby, the Running Eagles traveled to the University of South Carolina and handed the Gamecocks a 91-0 loss.
Life eager to get back on the pitch
Alex Solomon | January 29, 2015
It has been more than two months since Life has taken to the pitch for a match. So, to say the boys from Marietta are excited for their Jan. 31 match against South Carolina may be an understatement.
D1A Player of the Week – Harley Davidson
Alex Solomon | November 28, 2014
The ACRC Bowl match against Army allowed Life to bring its top side together for a challenging test before the team splits for finals and the holiday season. While Life put together an entire team performance, outside center Harley Davidson was especially impressive, producing lighting quick line breaks throughout the evening and scoring two tries.
Life, Kutztown end fall in dominant fashion
Alex Solomon | November 24, 2014
Life and Kutztown left the ACRC Bowl Series with impressive victories, but it was the Running Eagles' 53-19 win over Army that was heard loudest. Patiently waiting to meet the Rugby East Champions in Charlotte, N.C., Life has quietly been fine tuning a team that has the "most collective talent since I've been here," according to now-former Head Coach and current Life University Athletic Director Dan Payne.
Rugby East Champs rewarded with match against Life
Alex Solomon | November 21, 2014
The main attraction at the Nov. 21-22 ACRC Bowl Series is the match between No. 2 Life and No. 3 Army. The two squads enter Saturday's big game at different points of their 2014-15 seasons. Army has already completed its conference schedule and is looking to tie a bow on a remarkable fall season. Meanwhile, Life does not get into the teeth of its schedule until after the New Year.
Payne promoted to Assistant AD at Life U
Press Release | August 29, 2014
Life University has named Dan Payne as Assistant Athletics Director effective immediately. Payne has been at Life U since 2009 as Director of Rugby. During that time, he has propelled the program into elite status, playing for eight national championships and winning four in the process.
D1A's future preps for college rugby
Alex Solomon | July 17, 2014
The dog days of summer is the season of sevens for men's and women's senior clubs across the country, but for high school standouts, including 15 future D1A players, the summer lends opportunities to hone their skills in 15s and get themselves on a National radar.
Heavy dose of D1A on MCAA roster
Alex Solomon | June 16, 2014
Following a camp held this past weekend in Merrimack, Mass. consisting of 53 players, Head Coach Matt Sherman and his coaching staff have selected 33 of college rugby's best who make up the 2014 Men's Collegiate All-American touring side.
Saint Mary's well represented in All-Playoff Team – Backs
Alex Solomon | May 21, 2014
D1A's All-Playoff Team continues with its selections for the nine through 15 positions. As it goes with any list recognizing individual achievement, several backline players were plenty worthy of making the cut, but there was simply not enough room for them, due in part to a group of Saint Mary's backs being too explosive to leave off.
Life's bigger units highlight All-Playoff Team – Forwards
Alex Solomon | May 19, 2014
With the best of the best butting heads during the D1A Playoffs, some truly impressive student athletes played terrific rugby during the postseason. Here is a list making up the 2014 D1A All-Playoff Team for the forward positions.
Saint Mary's quest is complete, claims National Championship
Alex Solomon | May 11, 2014
The Gaels completed its final step in its 12-month road to redemption. Under the bright lights of Steuber Rugby Stadium at Stanford University, a year after coming up just short in the D1A Final, Saint Mary's College defeated life University, 21-6, to win its first National Championship
Top two teams ready for D1A Finals
Alex Solomon | May 8, 2014
Life University and Saint Mary's College, finalists from the 2013 D1A Final, will meet again May 10 for the 2014 D1A National Championship at Stanford University.
Life, Saint Mary's victories set up D1A Final rematch
Alex Solomon | May 4, 2014
Life University and Saint Mary's College won their D1A Semifinal matches, setting the stage for a reamtch of last year's National Championship game.
Life, Arkansas State battle for third and final time
Alex Solomon | May 1, 2014
There might not be a better rivalry in college rugby right now than the one between Life University and Arkansas State. The powerhouse programs are the top two sides in college rugby's most skilled and competitive conference – the Mid-South. So, after facing each other twice this year in the regular season, it is no suprise the two respected rivals will meet for a third time in D1A's National Semifinal this Saturday.
Saint Mary's and three Mid-South teams into Semifinals
Alex Solomon | April 27, 2014
For the second consecutive week, the home teams won each of the D1A playoff matches. Based on the final scores, the matches were not very competitive, although three of the four losing teams Saturday did jump out to early leads.
Second round matches to determine Semifinals
Alex Solomon | April 25, 2014
After each of the four higher seeded teams were able to avoid upsets in the D1A Playoff's opening round, Saturday's Quarterfinals should provide plenty of excitement.
2014 D1A Playoffs set, kickoff April 19
Alex Solomon | April 14, 2014
Twelve teams have battled through their conference schedules, tested themselves in non-conference matches, and have now earned the right to play for a National Championship.
Life overcomes Arkansas State, wins Mid-South
Alex Solomon | April 8, 2014
With an opportunity to clinch the Mid-South title at hand this past Saturday, Life University did just that by beating Arkansas State. The victory pushes Life's unbeaten streak to 5-0 on the season, but Arkansas State did not make things easy on the Running Eagles.
Red Wolves get another crack at Life
Alex Solomon | April 4, 2014
D1A Rugby's No. 2- and No. 3-ranked teams will collide Saturday in Jonesboro, Ark., when Life pays its Mid-South rival Arkansas State a visit.
Week 18: Weekend Wrap
Alex Solomon | March 31, 2014
Oklahoma prevailed against Texas Tech and won the Allied Rugby Conference title in the process. In the Mid-South, Life and Arkansas State both won, but only by a combined 10 points. San Diego State was Saint Mary's latest victim, as the Gaels won its third straight match by at least 90 points.
Week 18 Preview
Alex Solomon | March 28, 2014
An automatic spot in the D1A playoffs will be on the line when Oklahoma and Texas Tech battle Saturday. Elsewhere, Lindenwood gets another crack at Life, and Saint Mary's will not find a pushover when it ventures to southern California to face San Diego State.
Midseason All-D1A
Alex Solomon | March 27, 2014
Now that the Mid-South and West have both reached their midway points in the 2014 season, it is time to recognize players around the country who have bee playing at a high level, as well as hand out some midseason awards.
Week 17: Weekend Wrap
Alex Solomon | March 24, 2014
In Week 17, both Life and Colorado extended their undefeated streaks and conference leads in the Mid-South and West, respectively. Baylor and Oklahoma each earned victories, but only one team has done enough to play for the Allied Rugby Conference's Championship. In California, Satint Mary's continued to put up monster numbers against its conference's bottom half.
Week 17 Preview
Alex Solomon | March 20, 2014
The Allied Rugby Conference is back in action after two weeks off from conference matches. The ARC stayed busy by playing several non-conference matches the last few weeks, but now the stakes get higher – especially for Baylor. Elsewhere, Life and Colorado look to expand leads in their respective conferences.
Week 15: Weekend Wrap
Alex Solomon | March 10, 2014
In an extremely competitive weekend of D1A Rugby, six conference matches were played in total, all of which were decided by six points or less.
Week 15 Match of the Week
Alex Solomon | March 6, 2014
Lindenwood and Life will kick off another great weekend of college rugby when the two Mid-South teams meet Friday night under the lights of Hunter Stadium on the Lindenwood campus in Division 1A Rugby's Match of the Week.
Life overpowers Arkansas State
Alex Solomon | March 4, 2014
When the No. 2 and No. 3 ranked teams in Division 1A go head-to-head, especially two teams that are as familiar with one another as Life and Arkansas State, an epic battle down to the final minutes can often be expected. Life, however, unexpectedly had its way with its Mid-South rival in a 34-7 rout on March 1.
Week 14: Weekend Wrap
Alex Solomon | March 3, 2014
Aside from snowstorms forcing the two matches out of the West to be cancelled, March arrived with a number of compelling matches in D1A Rugby. There were no nail-biters to speak of, but both Saint Mary's and Life earned wins agains teams expected to challenge each school for conference titles. Also, the once though of one-team race in the Allied Rugby Conference looks to be completely up for grabs.
Mid-South Conference Preview
Alex Solomon | February 21, 2014
Division 1A's Mid-South Conference is college rugby's equivalent of college football's Southeastern Conference (SEC). From top to bottom, each team has an incredibly skilled roster and some of the very best coaches guiding them.
Let's Get It Started
Jarrod Beckstrom | September 26, 2013
Rankings this season count for all the marbles, as only the top 12 will advance to the play-offs in April.
60 D1A Selections to Collegiate All-Americans
Jarrod Beckstrom | July 25, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – D1A athletes accounted for 60 USA Rugby AIG Men's All-American selections, a nod to the quality of play and the caliber of athlete in the competition.
D1A Flavor on the Eagles
Jarrod Beckstrom | June 6, 2013
HOUSTON, Texas — The USA Men's National team certainly has a D1A flavor to it this summer. Three players on the 28-man roster for the Eagles' test match against Ireland on June 8 were playing in D1A just a few weeks ago. A total of five Eagles on the roster have played in D1A at some point in their careers.
D1A Stars in France for JWC
Jarrod Beckstrom | June 6, 2013
LA ROCHE SUR YON, France — Six standouts from four D1A teams are representing the USA in the IRB Junior World Championshps in France this month.
D1A Title Game Replay on ESPNU
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 24, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – ESPNU is rebroadcasting the D1A National Championship on May 29 from 10 p.m. -12 a.m. ETBOULDER, Colo. – ESPNU is adding a two-hour window on May 29 from 10 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET when they will rebroadcast the D1A National Championship between Life and St. Mary's. They will run more navigation alerts in the preceding program to further alert viewers that the USAR D1A Championship is coming up next.
Life is Good
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 19, 2013
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Life University prevailed in the second half of the D1A National Championship to edge out a dangerous St. Mary's College side 16-14. Match MVP Joe Cowley accounted for 11 of those points with a try and two penalties.
Contenders Leave a Legacy in Greensboro
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 17, 2013
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The two contenders for the D1A National Championship, Life and St. Mary's, hit the ground yesterday and they wasted no time making an impact in the local community.
National Championship Preview
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 17, 2013
GREENSBORO, N.C. – St. Mary's and Life's respective paths to the title game are extremely different as are their styles of play, which is exactly why the D1A National Championship is going to be so intriguing. It also marks the first time either team has appeared in the title game.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – St. Mary's and Life's respective paths to the title game are extremely different as are their styles of play, which is exactly why the D1A National Championship is going to be so intriguing. It also marks the first time either team has appeared in the title game. Kickoff is Saturday May 18 at 7 p.m. ET and will broadcast live on ESPN3.
St. Mary's is a high octane team, there's no doubt about it. They're brimming with athletic forwards that give the backs plenty of space to work with. They put up a lot of points in conference play, but really weren't tested defensively aside from an out-of-league skirmish with Cal where the Golden Bears scored 35 second half points to beat the Gaels 41-31.
Other than that game and a scare down in San Luis Obispo against Cal Poly, the Gaels basically scored, scored and scored some more, running teams into the ground until they lost the will or ability to defend or were simply too gassed to mount any meaningful attack when they had possession. St. Mary's can expect something very different playing Life.
Life Specialty Coach (and former Director of Rugby) Scott Lawrence's fingerprints are all over Life's defense. St. Mary's can expect a very disciplined defensive effort from Life with maybe a little extra gusto in the title game. If you happened to watch the Lawrence-led Junior All-Americans beat Japan to win the Junior World Rugby Trophy last year in Salt Lake, you should expect a similar effort from Life in the D1A National Championship. (If you didn't see it, the JAAs had a legendary goal line stand and weathered a lethal Japanese attack for the final four minutes of the championship and eventually forced a penalty to end with a win.)
On attack, Life pounds you, goes through a lot of phases and waits for you to make a mistake and makes you pay. Whether that's a try or a penalty kick from the more than capable boot of Joe Cowley, it's points on the scoreboard and they'll take them every time.
Both teams expect this one to come down to defense.
"All of their backs are very athletic and very quick. We're going to have to make our tackles and hustle, hustle, hustle," said Life All-American loose forward/wing, Cam Dolan.
St. Mary's tighthead prop, Jordan Bouey, said that Life's willingness to drive up the phase count and force a lot of bodies into the contact area is something his team is preparing for, but the pressure of the game doesn't bother them.
"We've had a lot of guys come in (to the St. Mary's program) who have had big pressure experience," Bouey said, noting that a lot of the Gaels came from big time football and rugby programs all over the country.
Life loosehead prop Paris Hollis, a North Carolina native, anticipates the Gaels to stick to what they know, playing hard and playing fast.
"It's going to be a bruiser, but that's what we love. That's what our forwards thrive on. We're a bunch of blue collar kids that go out there and work hard."
Looking at the numbers might not be all that helpful if you're trying to pick a winner in this one. St. Mary's can put up a ton of points, but so can Life. The Running Eagles just had a tougher path to the National Championship playing in the Mid-South. Remember, they didn't even win their conference championship. The Running Eagles had to face Arkansas State not once, not twice, but three times to get to the National Championship. All three games were decided by six points or less.
In other words, you really need to consider qualitatively each team's schedule and their performance in tight games.
Either way, here are the numbers. The category that gets close to showing how close these two teams are is the average against ranked opponents.
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Two National Championship Teams Set for Spectacular Evening
Laura Gill | May 16, 2013
The field has been set for the USA Rugby DI-A Men's College National Championship to be held on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00 pm at the UNCG Soccer Stadium.
Back in 6, But at 11
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 15, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. – Life star Cam Dolan charted a six month plan to come back from a knee injury in October. Six months wasn't an arbitrary number. He wanted to get back and help his team get to the National Championship.
Five Minutes with Colton Cariaga
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 10, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. – Life captain and Charlotte, N.C., native Colton Cariaga, is getting ready for the last game of his collegiate career and it's kind of a big one. We caught up with the standout flyhalf as he was shuffling between a library study session and practice.
Life Now #1
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 10, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – Going into the last week of the D1A season, the #1 and #2 teams, fittingly, are set to play in the National Championship game on May 18 in Greensboro, N.C.
Third Time Lucky
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 6, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. – Well, maybe lucky isn't the right word but heading to the D1A National Championship on May 18, I doubt Life cares a great deal about how they got there. But their progress has been pretty incredible in just three short years.
That's Life
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 4, 2013
JONESBORO, Ark. – Life University is headed to its first ever D1A National Championship game after beating rivals Arkansas State 18-13 in the semifinals.
Catch the Semifinals LIVE
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 4, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – Follow the path to the National Championship LIVE! St. Mary's vs. Cal Poly will be webcast live on UStream at 2 p.m. PT. Arkansas State vs. Life will be broadcast live on 103.9 The Game at 1 p.m. CT.
Gloves Off in Jonesboro
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 2, 2013
JONESBORO, Ark. – The gloves are coming off. Arkansas State and Life have gone two rounds this season and the third and final is going to be a good old-fashioned slugfest between two heavyweights in the D1A Semifinal.
And Then There Were Four
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 27, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – Only four teams remain in the hunt for the National Championship after a great weekend of playoff rugby.
Life Through to Semis
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 27, 2013
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Life is through to the D1A semifinals after defeating Army in West Point 55-29 in the quarterfinals.
JB's Picks: D1A Quarterfinals
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 25, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. – The D1A Quarterfinals are finally here. Eight teams have risen above the rest and are ready to make a run to the National Championship on May 18. I expect to see some fierce battles this weekend, particularly in the Mid-South/East match-ups.
Life Wins, Red Wolves Get Last Laugh (For Now)
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 14, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. – Another Life/Arkansas State battle and another instant classic. It took all 80 minutes to decide a winner and Life came out on top. But Arkansas State's effort, despite the loss, handed them the Mid-South Conference title, giving the Red Wolves the last laugh. For now…
ASU Eyes Mid-South Sweep in Marietta
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 10, 2013
The Mid-South Conference title, a #1 playoff seed, and more than a little pride are all at stake this Saturday, April 13 when the top-ranked Arkansas State Red Wolves take on Life in Marietta.
ASU Rugby comes from behind to defeat Life, 28-22
Jarrod Beckstrom | March 11, 2013
JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State came from behind and survived an intense finish to defeat the top-ranked team in the country, Life University, 28-22, in men's rugby Saturday afternoon at the ASU Rugby Field.
Plenty of drama in store in Jonesboro this weekend
Bradley Ryan | March 9, 2013
They don't get much prettier than this one. Life at Arkansas State. Two college rugby thoroughbreds, both with very real National Championship aspirations will square off in a crucial Mid-South conference game this Saturday (March 9) when the Life Running Eagles go into the heart of Red Wolves territory and try to pinch a win.
Rough Welcome to Mid-South for Davenport
Bradley Ryan | March 2, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. — In their first run with the big dogs in D1A, Davenport didn't fare well on the score sheet as Life blanked them 53-0, but the D1A newcomers showed signs of progress during their first 80 minutes in the elite men's rugby competition in the country.
Life, ASU show class in out-of-conference play
Bradley Ryan | February 24, 2013
MARIETTA, Ga. — It's the conference from hell. The Mid-South has the 2012 D1A runners up (Arkansas State) and semifinalists (Life) as well as the D1-AA national champions (Davenport).
D1A Semifinal Preview
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 9, 2012
Life v. BYU
D1A Semifinalists set!
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 5, 2012
The four semifinalists in Men's D1A Rugby are set! BYU handled UCLA in Provo and Life did the same to Penn State in Marietta, so BYU will travel to Life next weekend to play in one of the two D1A Semis.
2012 Regular Season Recap
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 3, 2012
As the 2012 regular season comes to an end, a look at the past 11 weeks brings all sorts of memories and emotions for players, coaches, and supporters. There were upsets, blowouts, and matches that went down to the wire; and there were tries, big hits, and missed tackles that may never be forgotten. Veteran players led many teams, while others relied on youth to guide them through the season. No matter the differences in style of play, club location, or overall record, all players and coaches participated in a grueling competition that they will always remember.
Week 10 Barnburners: Penn State v. Army ; Arkansas State v. Life
Jarrod Beckstrom | April 19, 2012
Penn St. vs. Army. Arkansas St. vs. Life
Week 5 Barnburner: Arkansas St. @ Life
Jarrod Beckstrom | March 15, 2012
Get ready to feel this wrath!
Life pounds Sooners, Red Wolves do the same to Aggies
Jarrod Beckstrom | February 20, 2012
The opening week of the Men's Division 1A season got underway on Friday with the Life Running Eagles pounding the Oklahoma 74-5 in Norman.
College Premier Division – Week 8 Scores and Stats
Jarrod Beckstrom | May 5, 2011
With eight weeks in the books, the CPD regular season is coming to an exciting finish.
CPD Barnburner: Life University (3-0) v. Arkansas State (2-0)
Jarrod Beckstrom | March 30, 2011
The USA Rugby College Premier Division (CPD) Barnburner for this week is a clash of collegiate rugby powerhouses battling for supremacy in the Mid-South Conference. The Life University Running Eagles and the Arkansas State Red Wolves are set to battle at 1:00 p.m. CDT at the Arkansas State Rugby Pitch in Jonesboro, Ark.
About Life Rugby
Life University began its rugby program in 1980 when a group of ex-pats at what was then known as Life Chiropractic College started up a rugby club. This original team still exists and has been playing at the highest level of rugby – from Division 1 to Elite Cup, to Rugby Super League. The Life U Men's Club team is the two-time defending USA Rugby Division 1 national champions.
The Life U undergraduate team began in 2010 and played its first competitive season in the spring of 2011, where they reached the national quarterfinals. In 2012, they reached the semifinals, and in 2013 won the D1A National Championship. In 2014, Life U again reached the D1A National Championship game before losing to St. Mary's.
With a top-tier coaching staff and dedicated rugby facilities, Life U has established itself as one of the premier programs in D1A. In 2015, Life U will also have a women's rugby team that will play in USA Rugby Women's Division 1.
US Eagles Men's National Team
- Gary Lambert
- Terry Whelan
- Mike Caulder
- Tom Vinnick
- Mike Siano
- Richard Tardits
- Chris Campbell
- Brian Geraghty
- Jon Holtzman
- Dan Kennedy
- Nelson "Chip" Curtis
- Britt Howard
- Scott Lawrence
- Phil Thiel
- Pat Danahy
- Paul Emerick
- Cam Dolan
- Cornelius Dirksen
- Collegiate All-Americans
- Chris Alberts (2005)
- Seth Strauss (2008)
- Phil Thiel (2008)
- Paul Bester (2009)
- Cam Dolan (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- Kyle Grossheider (2009, 2011)
- Benny Mateialona (2009, 2010)
- Aaron McMaster (2009)
- Garrett Lambert (2011)
- Joe Cowley (2012, 2013, 2014)
- Colton Cariaga (2012, 2013)
- Glen Maricelli (2013)
- Paris Hollis (2013, 2014)
- Jake McFadden (2013)
- Jake Anderson (2014)
- Zach Walker (2014)
- Dan Payne – Director of Rugby, Head Coach Men's Undergraduate Team
- Andrew "Tui" Osborne – Head Coach Men's Club Team, Head Coach Sevens
- Scott Lawrence – Defensive Coach, Undergraduate Men's, Undergraduate Women's, Men's Club
- Rosalind Chou – Head Coach, Women's Undergraduate Team
|Tui Osborne
|Head Coach
|Craig Dekshenieks
|Sports Information Director


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