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Rugby: Two local players trying out for under-19 national team

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Duke Rogers of Mater Dei and Scott Surdyka of Orange Lutheran have been invited to try out for the United States rugby under-19 men’s team.

Rogers recently played in an exhibition for the team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he got a chance to display his skills. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound senior also has been invited to play for the team during international competition in May in Kenya.

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Both Rogers and Surdyka are members of the Back Bay Rugby Football Club, which has produced previous U.S. under-19 team members Jack Tracy and Delano McKenzie.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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