Glen Mills Bulls

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Glen Mills Bulls
Image:Glen Mills Bulls.jpg
Club Information
Full name Glen Mills Bulls
Rugby League Club
Nickname(s) Bulls
Founded 1998
Current Details
Ground(s) Jack Pearson Stadium
Concordville, Pennsylvania (2,500)
CEO(s) Flag of the United States Ray O'Malley
Competition American National Rugby League
2006 AMNRL, 2nd

The Glen Mills Bulls (also known as The Bulls) were a semi-professional rugby league club located in Concordville, Pennsylvania in the United States. The team played nine seasons in the American National Rugby League competition before relocating and becoming the Aston DSC Bulls and they were easily the most successful team to play in the North American competition. The side would win a total of six championship titles and be runners up twice only failing to make the championship match on one occasion; they also provided copious amounts of players to the United States national rugby league team during their existence.

The club was founded for the inaugural 1998 AMNRL season by former American international and current AMNRL chairman David Niu and the club would go on to win the first Championship title that year. The club was associated for its first season and took its name from the Glen Mills School located in Pennsylvania and would usually use the school's facilities for training and matches.

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[edit] Uniform and colors

For their inaugural American National Rugby League season the club adopted the colors of blue and white with the uniforms being predominantly blue[1] similar in style to the National Rugby League team the Canterbury Bulldogs after the two clubs agreed to an affiliate partnership with each other[2].

[edit] Stadium

The Axemen for their debut season used the Jack Pearson Stadium located at the Glen Mills school in Concordville, Pennsylvania as their home ground and would go on to do so for the following years of their existence. The ground would also host the 2006 American National Rugby League championship match which saw the Bulls lose narrowly to the Connecticut Wildcats in front of a crowd of 2,500[3].

The Stadium is also used for a variety of other sports including soccer and football.

[edit] Current squad

The top tier squad used for the 2006 season[4]:
No. Position Player
Flag of the United States HB Geoff Ashton
Flag of the United States PR Joe Becker
Flag of the United States SR Jermaine Bennett
Flag of the United States LK Corey Benson
Flag of the United States SR Jim Brazille
Flag of the United States HB Jason Carletti
Flag of the United States CE Chris Craig
Flag of the United States WG Tony Colletti
Flag of the United States CE Brian Confer
Flag of the United States PR Kevin Deal
Flag of the United States PR Paul Dixon
Flag of the United States HK Ric Dortone
Flag of the United States SR Mike Edwards
Flag of the United States SR Rick Forwood
Flag of the United States CE Jason Gangaram
Flag of the United States CE Erik Hollingsworth
No. Position Player
Flag of the United States PR Darren Lewis
Flag of the United States WG Lenny Lux
Flag of the United States SR Shayne Mains
Flag of the United States HK Jason McCarthy
Flag of the United States SR Mike McVey
Flag of the United States WG Mike Mertz
Flag of the United States CE Ben Mills
Flag of the United States SR Brandon Morgan
Flag of the United States LK Scott Nicholas
Flag of the United States PR David Niu
Flag of the United States HK Alex Plowman
Flag of the United States FE Brian Putnam
Flag of the United States WG Matt Shannon
Flag of the United States WG Cory Sheridan
Flag of the United States FB Marcus Vassilakopoulos
Flag of the United States CE Ed Woodbridge

[edit] Honors

1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
  • North American Challenge: 3
1998, 1999, 2000

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.amnrl.com/graphx/teamphoto_bulls.jpg
  2. ^ AMNRL - American National Rugby League
  3. ^ Wild Cats - Official Homepage
  4. ^ AMNRL - American National Rugby League

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