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Roli Savaaris

Defensive tackle who joined from UEA in 1997, was the 1997–98 playoff MVP and defensive MVP of College Bowl XIII, and was voted to the BCAFL All-Time Team. Inducted into the club Hall of Fame in 2002.

Roli Savaaris: feature

BCAFL All-Time Team
Defensive tackle[1][2][3]
1984–1999 team
Hurricanes Playoff MVP
1997–98[4][5][2][6]
College Bowl XIII defensive MVP
1998–99[7][8][9]
7 tackles and 3 sacks
Hurricanes Hall of Fame
Founding class, 2002[3][10]

Career with the Hurricanes

  1. 1997–98

    Joined the Hurricanes for their first College Bowl-winning season, wearing #77 and anchoring the defensive line. He saved his best for the playoffs, where his tackles behind the line of scrimmage earned him the club’s Playoff MVP award, and he was selected for the Southern Conference Wildcats.[3][11][4][2][5]

  2. 1998–99

    Returned at defensive tackle and formed an interior pairing with Abbie Savaaris that took control of the trenches in the 27–6 Southern Conference Championship win over Cardiff Cobras.[3][12]

  3. 1998–99 · 21 March 1999

    Named defensive MVP of College Bowl XIII after seven tackles and three sacks, as the defence recorded seven sacks and four turnovers in a 7–3 win over Loughborough Aces for a second consecutive national title.[8][7][9][13]

  4. 1998–99

    Voted to the BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999) at defensive tackle.[1][2][3]

  5. 2002–03 · 2002

    Inducted into the Hurricanes Hall of Fame as part of the founding class and named at defensive tackle on the club’s All-Time Team at the Rookies and Legends evening.[3][10][14][15]

Beyond the Hurricanes

In Roli’s words

“playoff time is my time”
Roli Savaaris, his answer whenever his coaches questioned his regular-season form, as recorded in Surjinder Johal’s College Bowl XIII report, 1998–99[8]

Sources for this feature

  1. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  2. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  3. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  4. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/Awards.htm
  5. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  6. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1997–98 awards
  7. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/Games/210399GB.htm
  8. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/Games/210399RC.htm
  9. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/season.htm
  10. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)
  11. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/1997Roster.htm
  12. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/Games/140399RC.htm
  13. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1998–99 season
  14. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  15. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): "Rookies and Legends" alumni event (2002)

Honours

League All-Time Team

  • BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999), DT

Hurricanes Hall of Fame

  • 2002–03 — Hurricanes Hall of Fame, founding class of 2002

Hurricanes All-Time Team

  • DT

Game MVP

All-Star

  • 1997–98 — Southern Conference Wildcats, DT

Club award

  • 1997–98 — Hurricanes Most Valuable Player (Playoffs)
Sources (11)
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/1997Roster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeRoster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), hof.htm: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee list
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), roster.txt: all-time roster to c. 1998 (surname, first name, position, years)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)

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