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New Zealander Kicks BYU Rugby Team to National
Title
With the score 24-24 and the clock
ticking away, Brigham Young University freshman, New
Zealander Jonny Linehan, drop-kicked the ball between the
uprights to help his team win the Rugby Varsity Cup U.S.
national championship last Saturday [4 May].
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