News
Yale and Brown tune up for Las Vegas 7s
On Saturday, Yale travelled to Brown to play on Berylson field to prepare for the Las Vegas 7s. Both teams are leaving on Wednesday and it was a great chance to play some competitive 7s rugby before they leave.
During the first part of the day, each team prepared on its own, going through defensive drills and ball handling drills. Then the two teams came together for some controlled scrimmaging, each team working on kickoffs, lineouts and scrums.
Posted: 02/05/2012
Fall 2011 Harvard Business School
In back-to-back recent weekends, the HBS rugby team was canvassing the greater New England area, putting on rugby clinics for opposing teams. In systematic fashion, the team posted shutout victories in Rutland, Vermont over their men’s team and in Montreal, Canada over the McGill University MBA team.
Fall 2011 Harvard Business School
Ask anyone in Austin, Texas what Harvard Business School is famous for, and you’re likely to get a variety of responses.
Capitalism. Educating leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Country club lifestyles and wine & cheese parties.
But after this past weekend, those same Austinites would undoubtedly answer that in addition to being the world’s best business school, HBS has a smash-mouth, championship rugby team that has the ability to party like rockstars.
Cornell Women’s Rugby to play in Ivy Rugby Conference Fall 2012
This fall, 2012, the Cornell Women’s Rugby team will play its first season as part of the new Ivy Rugby Conference along with the seven other traditional Ivy League schools.
Posted: 02/03/2012
Brown to play for a chance to participate in the CRC
The Brown Rugby 7s team will travel to Las Vegas next week to play in the Las Vegas Invitational, February 9th through February 12th. After pool play, there will be playoffs based on each team’s results. All of the matches are at Sam Boyd Stadium in East Las Vegas.
Dates and times of Brown’s pool matches:
Thursday, February 9 Matches
10:00am Brown vs. Stoneybrook University
1:00pm Brown vs UCLA
Friday, February 10 Matches
10:20am Brown vs. Longwood University
The team is coached by head coach Dave Laflamme and 7s coach John McGeachy.
Posted: 02/03/2012
The New England Referee Society announced this year's award winners of The Hayes Award
On January 22, 2012, the New England Referee Society (NERRS) awarded Dartmouth Women's Rugby the Hayes Award. Dartmouth was selected from a list of approximately 250 New England area teams.
Posted: 02/01/2012
An Interview with Cornell Men's Head Coach Ron Schassburger
Earlier this month, Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs conducted an in-depth interview with Ron Schassburger, the new head coach of the CURFC. Ron’s rugby roots date back to 1960, and in this interview we learn of his tremendous love for the game, the pursuit of rugby perfection and the future trajectory of Cornell men’s rugby.
As you’ll see, we hold no punches and refrained from cutting anything out, so dig-in an enjoy. Thanks again to Tim and Ron for taking the time to share their thoughts on where we are today and where we can go tomorrow.
Posted: 01/28/2012
Yale Men: Las Vegas 7s Pools Announced
Pools were announced today for the Las Vegas 7s in two weeks. Yale gets a tough draw with Indiana, Weber State and last year’s champions Central Washington. Yale has been training for the last 3 weeks working in Payne and Whitney Gym and renting indoor field space in North Branford.
Posted: 01/26/20122011 Yale Rugby Video
Yale Men's Rugby had one of their tougher seasons in the Ivy Rugby Conference finishing 2-5 and losing a couple of close calls. The team, however, is talented, organized and primed for a quick rebound in 2012. The talented play is obvious in this well presented video.
We all expect great things from Yale in 2012!
