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    5 May 2015 | POSTED BY Newsroom Staff

    New Zealander Helps BYU to Fourth Straight National Rugby Championship

    Aucklander Jonny Linehan had an outstanding game to help his team, the Brigham Young University Cougars, win a fourth straight national rugby title last week.

    Linehan is one of several players on the BYU team from New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific, including: Arawa Elkington, Jackson Kaka, Jared Whippy, Joshua Whippy, Nic Purcell and Wineera Elkington.

    Assistant coach, Wayne Tarawhiti, is also from New Zealand.

    Read more and watch a news report at KSL.com.

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