TIAR Awards: Young Overseas Player of the Year, Pierce Dargan

Dargan was a key member of the winning JWRT team.

Playing time is hard to come by overseas for any American, let along young Americans. That is what makes Pierce Dargan's consistent time at Trinity College (Dublin) so valuable. Trinity has become the go to destination for Americans wanting to improve themselves overseas. Scott LaValla improved tremendously in his four years there, Shawn Pittman has trained with the team, Dargan is excelling, and next year Cameron Falcon will join the team. U.S. Assistant Coach Tony Smeeth, who is also the head coach at Trinity, has had a lot to do with this connection but like everyone else, he has had to put in the hard work to excel. Dargan has been an automatic starter for Smeeth and has been consistently one of their better players. For lock he is extremely mobile and has quite a few tries to show for it. He also showed U.S. fans his abilities last summer as a member of the winning Junior World Rugby Trophy side. Dargan has until 2015 with Trinity, but if his production now is any indicator, good things are ahead.

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