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Lambert rugby forms a band of brothers
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Jas Pyneni (left) tries to out-run Mitchell Brannan (center) and elude the grasp of Cole McCauley (right) during a recent practice. Virtually all of Lambert’s players had no experience playing rugby when the team formed before last school year. - photo by Brian Paglia Forsyth County News
There’s 32 seconds left on the clock, and Lambert rugby coach Joe Fanning wants to see what the Longhorns are made of. The White team kicks off, and in a swift execution of rugby fundamentals the ball is caught and passed to Josh Bradley, then Carter Puzey, then Mitchell Brannan, then Cole McCauley, the ball skipping across the field like a stone on a pond. McCauley finds a seam in the White team’s back line and breaks clear, sliding across the try zone just before the clock stops.