Several events have been organised in Jason's memory, including an annual pool tournament and a fundraising campaign to develop a sports ground in Nottingham.
No team has ever gone on to win the tournament having lost a pool stage match.
Recently the festival has included a College Improv Tournament, which draws from a national pool of aspiring coeds who face off in a tournament bracket.
Tournament favourites New Zealand are in Pool A alongside France, Tonga and the top qualifiers from the Americas and Asia.
"We are in a physical pool but in a tournament like this you have to beat all the teams at some point, " Ruscoe said as she contemplated matches against group opponents South Africa, Australia and Wales.
The WRU propose that Wales play their pool games of the 2015 tournament at the Millennium Stadium as well as a quarter-final showdown.
England take on Ireland in the tournament opener at Surrey Sports Park, before pool B games against Kazakhstan and the United States.
And, even if we are comfortable playing in NCAA Tournament pools, it might be best to avoid serving as a pool administrator.
Wales are in the same Pool as New Zealand, Scotland and France in the San Diego tournament.
The jinx struck again before the tournament started as he sprained his ankle, causing him to sit out the early pool games, but his influence on England's fortunes, in partnership with 36-year-old veteran inside center Catt, has been undeniable.
The other two teams in Pool C, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, are among the most fearsome in the tournament.
Pool Six leads the way in terms of Heineken Cups won, with Toulouse and Leicester having won the tournament five times between them.
Earlier, France beat Georgia 64-7 in their final pool game, but were left to rue their shock defeat to Argentina in the opening match of the tournament.
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