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Ivy Fall Rugby Season Begins!
Saturday promises to be a full day of rugby with all the Ivy League mens and womens teams taking the field. A welcome shout-out to Cornell and Penn Women, who have just joined the Ivy Rugby Conference!
Last Saturday, Dartmouth hosted rival Harvard on the bucolic Brophy Field to kick off the 2012-13 Ivy Rugby 15s season. It proved to be an excellent start to the season for the Big Green, who did well on both sides of the ball, shutting out the Crimson while putting up 60 points on attack.
Posted: 09/19/2012Waterloo Defeats the Big Red 49-36 in an Awesome Match
Cornell hosted the University of Waterloo, from Ontario, Canada over Labor Day weekend in their first contest of the season. The team highly anticipated this game coming off a successful 4-1 spring season. The match played on a scorching Saturday afternoon began as a contested battle with both teams drawing a score to make it 5-5 in the opening ten minutes. Waterloo’s high-octane offense kicked into gear afterwards scoring forty-one unanswered points in to the half with credit to great ball movement along their back line.
Cornell Takes the Claret Cup for 2012
Cornell travelled to Hamilton, New York to take on cross-state rival Colgate University on Saturday, September 8th. Cornell was fresh off a close defeat and looking for their first win of the season against a strong Colgate side. Colgate’s side, which went 13-0 only to lose in the national tournament last spring, suffered a loss to other Ivy, Yale University 28-0 the week previous. The ensuing match was one to be remembered. A storm swirled in from the west that brought with it two straight hours of rain.
Dartmouth Rugby Takes on Queens and McGill in Preseason Canada Tour
September 6, 2012—Dartmouth Rugby kicked off its preseason this past weekend with a trip to Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. There the Big Green took on Queens as well as traditional cross-border rivals McGill University. The weekend served as an excellent learning experience for a young Dartmouth side under a new coaching staff. Even though the results were not as desired, Captain Michael Burbank ’13 felt the team showed “good defense, good intensity, and finished strong,” and he came out of the weekend optimistic about the upcoming Ivy season.
Brown Bears Defeat Univ of Albany
Brown played a match scrimmage with the University of Albany to jump start the fall 2012 season. The referee was Miles Mcivor who filed the following match report with the New England Referees Society which I found well written and worth passing on to our Brown supporters.
Providence turned on a hot and sunny day for this pre-season clash between Brown University and University of Albany. The playing surface at Brown was impeccable as usual with clearly (and correctly) marked lines and full size goal posts.
Brown Men’s Rugby Gears up for the Fall with Pre-Season Training
Pre-season training got underway on Monday, August 27 with morning and afternoon sessions to prepare for our Ivy League season. Pre-season will include twice daily training through Tuesday, September 4th when classes begin. During pre-season, there will be a scrimmage at Brown against the University of Albany, New York on Saturday, September 1st and a match at Norwich University on Saturday, September 8th.
All Blacks H2H Launches Digital Tournament Engages Global Fanbase
New York, NY - The New Zealand All Blacks and H2H Media have launched “All Blacks H2H” and the first round of excting action is underway. The tournament features 16 classic moments from the Steinlager Series against Ireland in a competition to determine the favorite as voted by the All Blacks global fanbase. Fans can log in through the All Blacks facebook page or the All Blacks H2H site to be part of the action.
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Women's Rugby Becomes 42nd Varsity Sport at Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass. – Continuing its rich history of broad-based educational opportunities through athletics, Harvard University will create a varsity women’s rugby team to begin play in the 2013-14 academic year.
Posted: 08/10/2012