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“PLAY ON” Receives Great Critical Feedback
“It’s not always what you do that matters. It’s what you do next. Get up. Play on”. So goes the tagline from the latest full-length feature production to join the ranks of rugby movies like “Invictus” and “Forever Strong”. The film “Play On” was made possible largely through the efforts of two Dartmouth Rugby alumni; Dave Story Class of ’85 directed and co-wrote the film, while Class of ’87 alum and former USA 7’s Captain Al Dekin co-wrote and produced the movie.
Posted: 01/31/2011
USA 7s Rugby
Here we go. USA 7s is fast approaching. Ivy League Rugby is all in for USA 7s. Go USA! Gates open at 8am February 12th at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. Be there.
USA 7s Schedule is now posted!
USA Matches
11:58 Day 1, Match 8 - Eagles vs. The Sprinboks
2:20 Day 1, Match 13 - Eagles vs. Somoa
6:25 Day 1, Match 24 - Eagles vs. Japan
The Ivy League
Ivy League is the name generally applied to eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale) that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in athletics. Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune sports writer, coined the phrase in the early thirties.
Dartmouth Defeats UDel 15-5
Dartmouth kicked off against the University of Delaware at 1:00 at Frazier Field. Chris Downer scored the first try of the match by recovering his own kick for a try. The conversion was no good. Dartmouth 5 - 0 Delaware. Delaware scored the next try off a rolling maul. Dartmouth 5 - 5 Delaware. Still in the first 20 minutes, Chris Downer passed it to his brother Nick for the try. The conversion was once again no good by Brothers. Dartmouth 10-5 over Delaware.
Fall 2010 Dartmouth Women
Dartmouth Women's Rugby, just after defeating Cornell to earn a bid to the 2011 National Tournament.
Posted: 12/14/2010
Dartmouth Rugby Adopts Army Unit Serving in Afghanistan
Hanover, NH - Dartmouth Rugby has adopted Delta Troop of 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, currently deployed to Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. The team recently shipped care packages to the unit, hoping to bring some holiday cheer to the troops. Players raised several hundred dollars to create and send the packages, which included candy, snacks, DVDs, batteries, magazines, and baby wipes. A Dartmouth match jersey, a ball signed by the team, and a team photo taken in front of the beautiful Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse were also shipped overseas.
Posted: 12/13/2010
Dartmouth's Taylor Johnson 2010 Higgy Recipient!
Congratulations to Taylor on being named a 2010 Kevin Higgins College Scholarship recipient.
San Diego, CA (November 1, 2010) - Taylor Johnson has always excelled scholastically. She was the 2010 class valedictorian at View Park Prep High in Los Angeles, CA graduating with a 4.1 GPA. “Her work ethic on the rugby field equals her work ethic for her studies,” said Stuart Krohn, Director of Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) Rugby and Johnson’s rugby coach. “Academics were all she had ever seriously pursued until she found rugby.”
Posted: 12/06/2010
1956 Yale Men
The ball carrier is Bill Mercer, Yale Class of 1956. Notes Numbers on jerseys for Yale? The ball is already out to the wing and the pack hasn’t disengaged yet I'm guessing the opposing team may be Dartmouth 90 (though it's just speculation)
Posted: 12/02/2010
Rugby @ Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Mark Burke and Tal Bayer got together a few years back to start a rugby team. What makes the story special is that Burke is the Athletic Director for the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). Burke sought out Bayer, rugby coach at the Hyde Leadership Public Charter School, who already had an established team.
Posted: 11/26/2010