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7s Collegiate Championship Pool Final Results
Harvard and Dartmouth played in the same Pool A with Notre Dame and CAL. Dartmouth came out of the bracket 2-1, while Harvard lost all three of their opening matches. It all starts over today as Dartmouth moves on to the top eight and Harvard to the bottom eight of today's single elimination tournament culminating with nationally televised finals on NBC this evening.
Posted: 06/05/2010Inside Rugby 7s - The NBC Video
Check out this cool NBC produced video with interviews and highlights of some of our present rugby 7s heroes as they describe what its like to play rugby 7s against the best players of the world. They didn't have this kind of stuff way back when Dartmouth's Alex Magleby was captaining the US team.
Dartmouth and Harvard Set to Play 7s Tonight
Yes, Harvard and Dartmouth will play live on TV this Saturday, but more importantly, they will play each other in a first round matchup for bragging rights in the Ivies. The match is scheduled for 12:10pm Saturday. Looks like you'll need to be in Columbus to catch this one. GO IVY!
Two Ivy Matches on Tap Friday Night
Tonight Harvard plays CAL at 6:50, then Dartmouth takes on Notre Dame at 7:10.
Posted: 06/04/2010
Dartmouth Dominates Notre Dame in Opening Match
Dartmouth's 7s was the big Ivy winner on Day 1 as they defeated Notre Dame 19 - 5. Dartmouth scored first, lead at halftime 7-5 and won going away by dominating the second half. Harvard also played an opening round game last evening but had to face recently crowned 15s national champion CAL. Harvard lost 42-nil. Tough draw. Tough loss!
Trys by Jarvis, Fish and Nick Downer led the way as Dartmouth won its opening round match versus Notre Dame
Posted: 06/04/2010Brown University Rugby 50th Anniversary Commencement Match
Brown’s undergrad men will once again be put to the test by the wily and well traveled Alumni who will descend on Brown to demonstrate that there’s yet a lot to learn in the game of rugby.
Columbia 2010 Tour of Paris and Milan
CURFC first arrived in Paris on Friday March 12th. The team settled into its hostel and then took to the Parisian streets. The first team practice consisted of a 5-mile run between many of the famous landmarks in the downtown area. On just the first night alone, the team was able to see the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triumph, La Invalides, and many other famous sites.
Posted: 05/18/2010Stanford 43 - Brown Women 32
Brown lost a heartbreaker in the semi-finals to a very fast Stanford side. The match went back and forth for 70 minutes and Brown grabbed the lead with 9 minutes to go in the match – but Stanford responded with 2 blazing trys. Brown countered and marched down to score but time ran out.
Four Brown Women Named 2nd Team All-American
USA Rugby has officially selected the 2010 Women's Collegiate All-American teams. Of the 53 players selected, four were from the Ivy League and all four from Brown. Congratulations to the players and Brown University for representing the Ivy League so well.
Congratulations to Brown University Head Women's Coach Kerrissa Heffernan on the success of the Brown team and the success of her players. Heffernan commented, "Andi, Izraelle, Alex and Alicia had standout matches at both the round of 16 and final four. We're very proud of our student athletes."
Posted: 05/07/2010Big Green Win Royall Lyme Dartmouth 7s Presented by Rockwood
As collegiate and club rugby teams around the country are preparing in earnest for the summer seven-a-side season, Dartmouth hosted the Royall Lyme Dartmouth 7s Presented by Rockwood Services Corporation on Sunday for teams representing a mix of undergraduate and graduate Ivy League institutions. Designed to give teams exposure to competitive sevens play, Dartmouth hosted teams from Brown, Harvard, Harvard Business school, and Tuck (Dartmouth’s business school) to compete.
Brown Women's Rugby Competes in Collegiate Final Four
The #2 ranked Brown Women's Rugby (11-3) team will travel to Palo Alto, CA this Friday to compete in the USA Rugby Division I Collegiate Final Four. Brown advanced to the Final Four with victories last weekend against UNC and Navy. The other teams advancing are #1 ranked Army (13-1), #3 ranked Stanford (7-1), and #4 ranked Penn State (6-1).
Posted: 04/28/2010