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Oct 2023
36m 34s

Shane Young: Inner-City Rugby (Pt 2)

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Shane is the co-founder of Memphis Inner-City Rugby, which has brought a sport that was pretty darn foreign to the inner-city to 2,400 students! 100% of them have been accepted into college or the military, 60 of them have played collegiate rugby, and they've helped their players receive more than $1 million dollars in scholarships.

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