When Richard "Hi-Life" Armory was a younger rugby player in Chicago, his team had a player who was a former underwater demolition expert from the US Navy.
He was about as wide as he was tall (or so he seemed) and all rock-solid muscle. In the middle of his forehead was a permanent bump, which he used to
head-butt the lowly tacklers who hit him around the chest. His nickname was "Gnork", because that was the last sound you heard before you saw stars.
When "Hi-Life" now an entrepreneur from Washington state, put together his side in 1996, the name was, literally, a no brainer.
The Gnorks have two of the fastest backs and two of the biggest forwards in the Western Section. But their most dangerous player is a winger
from the Bahamas named Jameson "Points" Wainwright, a college professor. "Points" can drop-kick a ball at a full run with either foot. Because the ball
hits the ground first before he kicks it, he can, almost single handedly, keep a team trapped deep in their own end of the pitch. If you don't close
on him quick enough, he will pop one right between the uprights for an easy 3 points.
The Washington Gnorks finished last season in third with an 8-7 record, beating each team in the Western Section at least once.
© 2005 RUGBY CLUB FOOTBALL, INC. USA
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