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WRWC 2014 - USA v New Zealand

Saturday, Carson (CA) , 8:30

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Regional Rugby Report

In this Issue:

Women’s Rugby World Cup : reigning tit l ist, New Zealand Black Ferns, while USA pounds Kazakhstan in Round I I; Upcomes the Match p 2

7s Competition - Denver Barbarians, Mountain Nationals; Northeast ODA for Serevi 7s

Mountain League Standings, upcomers; Goose claims SkiTown PT: GlobalComps: Richard & Trotski

o Super XV Rugby Championship Finaltrim Crusaders: p 8

o Rugby Championship PreviewMagic of Oz: p 9

hR’s Back Page(s): pp 10-12 o Daktari’s Rugby Cyphero Down the Whistler: ”Allergo Rugby Dogs: “Keeping Fit”o At Rugby Hospital: “Operational”

New Zealand at Stade Marcouss is - Sunday, 8 .4.14, 10am loca l

USA v Japan Carson (CA) , 8:30pm MT on Univer sa l Sports cable channel

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Eagles Pool - close loss to Ireland in Round I who then top reigning tit l ist, New Zealand Black Ferns, while USA pounds Kazakhstan in Round I I;

Denver Barbarians, Mountain Rugby Selects to Seattle at USA Rugby Northeast ODA for Serevi 7s: pp 3, 4

Standings, upcomers; Goose claims SkiTown PT: p Trotski

Super XV Rugby Championship Final : ‘Tahs top out to take Super Rugby tit le 8

Rugby Championship Preview : Carter out for four, Pienaar the big plus and the

Daktari’s Rugby Cypher

”Allergies” “Keeping Fit”

“Operational”

Waratahs Nick Phipps - Platinum Player of Super XV

Rugby Championship

Sunday, 8 .4.14, 10am loca l

MT on Univer sa l Sports cable channel

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8.7.14

close loss to Ireland in Round I who then top reigning tit l ist, New Zealand Black Ferns, while USA pounds Kazakhstan in Round I I;

Seattle at USA Rugby

5

: ‘Tahs top out to take Super Rugby tit le -

: Carter out for four, Pienaar the big plus and the

Platinum Player of Super XV

Rugby Championship

WRWC 2014 - USA v Ireland at Stade M arcou ss is - Fr id ay, Au gu st 1 , 2014 - k ickoff , 8 :30am MDT

USA v Ireland - Eagles went up early, 7-3, on a try by openside f lanker Lynel le Kugler and its conversion by f lyhalf, Kim Rozier, but they were unable to hold that advantage and went to halft ime 10 points adrift at 10-20. A grounding by second row power, Carmen Farmer, just after the restart, completed by Rozier, drew the Eagles close at 17-20, and the last numbers of the match went to Ireland in the form of a penalty str ike by Ireland’s dreadnaught #15, Niamh Briggs for a 17-23 result; bonus point for Eagles in the loss, though. USA v Kazakhstan - Eagles went to break in front, 15-7, ahead of the Nomads and opened up their opponents for f ive, second stanza dots for the bonus point win. Head coach Pete Steinberg made 10 changes to the side that dropped the opening match to 2014 Six Nations Champions, Ireland, and that mixture provided for the victory. Glendale Raptors standoff Hannah Stolba grounded the bonus point try early in the last half and Eagles went for the 47-7 record, thus ensuring a Sunday showdown… … at the National Rugby Headquarters in Marcoussis: USA Eagles v New Zealand Black Ferns . The Eagles wi l l very much l ike the win over the current world champions; tough, yet doable, task for America’s XV. You may view the match 10am MDT, Sunday at -

http://www.universalsports.com noto bene: When Sarah Chobot came on at loosehead near the hour mark and packed down with Kittery Wagner and Sarah Wilson, it made for an all-Glendale Raptors Eagles front row.

15s

with you, Eagles!

2014 WRWC

http://www.universalsports.com/


Denver Barbarians, 2013 national men’s clubside runners-up, look to advance one place at

USA Rugby’s National 7-a-Side Tournament in Seattle this weekend, while regional

representative, Mountain Rugby Selects, wil l compete in the USA Rugby 7s women’s

bracket. Barbos are seeded f irst in Pool D, which also counts NYAC, Pacif ic Rugby

Premiership’s Santa Monica Dolphins and Austin Blacks in the group. Saturday’s pool stages

give way to Sunday’s knockout rounds and the Cup, Plate and Bowl championships.

Last season’s national champion, Seattle OPSB (Olde Puget Sound Beach), want to reprise

its 2013 act and make it two-in-a-row; the host club looks to emerge from their Pool A and

on to the knockout rounds with victories over New Orleans Royals, Schuylki l l River Exiles

(PA) and Kansas City Blues.

Head coach Steve Lewis’ Old Blue squad is top seed in Pool B, which also contains 2011 &

2012 national 7s champion Belmont Shore, 1823 (Columbus, Ohio) and Maryland Exiles.

Chicago Lions head Pool C and they’l l go up against East Palo Alto Razorbacks, Atlanta Old

White and Hawaii Titans.

In the Women’s Division, Mountain Selects are in Pool D grouped with Northern Virginia,

15s National Champion Oregon Sports Union (ORSU) and New York; that’ l l be as hotly-

contested a grouping as’ l l be ongoing Saturday.

Men’s Pools

Pool A: Seattle OPSB, New Orleans Royals, Schuylkil l River Exiles, Kansas City Blues

Pool B: Old Blue, Belmont Shore, 1823, Maryland Exi les

Pool C: Chicago Lions, EPA Razorbacks, Atlanta Old White, Hawaii Titans

Pool D: Denver Barbarians, NYAC, Santa Monica Dolphins, Austin Blacks

Women’s Pools

Pool A: Berkeley All Blues, Chicago Lions, Philadelphia, Bluebonnets

Pool B: San Diego Surfers, DC Furies, Old Blue, Mana Wahine

Pool C: Atlanta Harlequins, Youngbloodz, Sacramento Amazons, ICEF

Pool D: Mountain Rugby Selects, NOVA, ORSU, New York


7s

NEW YORK CITY SEVENS - Glendale 8.16/17

Players

Jared Coll inson (New England Prime) Vini Daley (New England Prime) Gavin D’Amore (Boston) Morgan Findlay (Old Blue) Rich Kirkland (CT Bulldogs) Jon Kokinda (New England Prime) Sean McGarrity (CT Bulldogs) Evin O’Driscoll (New England Prime) Sean Rafferty (Long Island) Mike St.Claire (Old Blue) Ben Roach (Boston) Duran Vota (Boston)

Management

Coaches: Josh Smith, Kayne Bubb

Manager: Rob Chudzik

7-per-side


W L D Overall

Vail RC 3 0 0 4-0

Steamboat Springs RC 3 0 0 3-0

Gentlemen of Aspen RC 2 1 0 2-1

Breckenridge Blue Goose RC 1 2 0 1-2

Grand Junction Griff ins RC 1 2 0 1-2

Glenwood Springs Defiance RC 0 3 0 0-3

Latest in League : Aspen 27, Steamboat Springs 42;

Non-League: Vail 42, Barbarians Mountain 15s Selects 10

*upcomers*

Steamboat Springs v Glenwood Springs 1pm

Vail v Aspen 1pm

Both of the home teams should l ike the win this weekend in order

to ensure, in effect, a battle of undefeated sides for a Mountain

League Grand Final when Vail rolls up to the ‘Boat on the

subsequent Saturday.

Breckenridge Blue Goose were dangerously steadfast in their

SkiTown Party Trophy win last weekend at Missoula, MT. Down five

men in the closing stages of the evening, the boys dug deep and

rall ied for repeat victory at the Big Snow rugby festival up north.


not to scare you or anything, but 2014 Halloween falls on

Friday this year… raise your hand if you’d like to see a

doubleheader, maybe Lady Raptors v Black Ice , and Raptors v

Barbos or possibly Highlanders v Harlequins in the Kettle prior

to a rockin’, rollin’ … perhaps a bit of ravin’ as well…

Halloween Costume Rugby Ball in the stadium

pro sa ic o r p roac t ive

… keep tho se hands up…

He se r io u s?

I ’m af ra i d

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Wha t i f Mom f i nd s out?

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I ’m go in’ , you go in ?

Yep !

Dea n V er no n Wo rme r st i l l ru n ni n g t h e

show t he re ?

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T h i n k th e y ’ r e c l a s s y e n o u g h ?

C l a s s ? … s u r e ! I m a g i n a t i o n ?

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y o u e v e n th i n k a b o u t s t r i k i n g H i l a r y , w e g o t p r o b l e m …

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2014 Colorado Crusaders Camp

high school boys

Sundays, every 2 weeks, in “The Crater”, Mountain Ridge Middle School, 2pm - 4pm

1st ups: September 14th, running through December “what rugby is all about”

15s

This year Colorado Springs Grizzlies Rugby Club continues

with the every-other-Sunday, fall-to-winter solstice

camps that Director Otis McGregor confirms are

guaranteed to be formative, fun and open to all. What’s

more the camps are the best four-letter “f” word of

ever… F-R-E-E!

15s


Super XV Rugby Championship

Waratahs v Crusaders

20 points for visit ing #10, Col in Slade, on six penalties and one conversion

struck, but 23 for icy-veined opposite number, Bernie Foley, on seven-

and-one, the last three-pointer in the f inal minute to regain the lead for

the result; Waratahs ran out to an early, 14-nil advantage by ’14 on a

grounding by #13, Adam Ashley-Cooper, in the 2n d minute of play and

three sticksplitters by Foley, but a try by Crusaders #7, Matt Todd, and

its conversion by #12, Dan Carter, at ’19 made for a converted-try gap at

14-7 the hosts; a brace of penalty strikes traded for tall ies of 20 and 14

to home team after 40 minutes; a converted touch down by #11, Nemani

Nadolo Nasiganiyavi, just after restart and guests had drawn level at 20

for the house and a scratchy ratchet of tension in the stadium then;

Slade’s sticksplitter at ’48 and Crusaders f irst lead of 23-20; locked once

more by Foley-for-three and 23s at ’53; advantage to the travelers and

three more by Slade - Crusaders back up 26-23 at ’56; Ashley-Cooper

again to dot for Foley’s complet ion and Waratahs in lead, 30-26 at ‘63; a

pair of further penalties by Slade returned favor to Crusaders at 32-30 in

the 75th minute, but the big boomer by Bernie at ’79 meant, 33-32, for

‘Tahs inaugural Super Rugby Championship Grand Final Victory

9 the number of victories for ‘Tahs and #9, Nick Phipps, the Plat inum Player

of the Match for his consistent delivery, craft and cunning around the

scrum’s base, and also his 75t h minute stop of the sizable Nadolo

Nasiganiyavi as the Fij ian f lyer steamed for the try zone; Crusaders

wound up settl ing for three, but f ive would have made all the difference

in the world


The Rugby Championship, a s ix-Test series between the four Southern Hemisphere giants:

Argentina Pumas, Australia Wallabies, New Zealand All Blacks and South Africa Springboks

is set to start next weekend, 8.16/17, with kickoffs in Pretoria and Sydney on the Saturday.

Since 1996, the nation that produces Super Rugby’s Champ has also provided the Rugby

Championship’s winning national s ide 13-of-18 times or 72+% of the time. Australia last

claimed that double-prominence in 2011 when Queensland Reds won the Super XV and the

Wallabies the last Tr i-Nations Championship (in 2012 re-named The Rugby Championship

with the addition of Argentina); that 2011 Australia side lost only to All Blacks at Eden Park.

Wallabies’ l l have another shot at the “Twin-Tops” this season, having tr iumphed the f irst

leg last weekend.

Australia v New Zealand at ANZ Stadium, Sydney: issues with the front row may prove the

Wallabies undoing as injury to f irst-choice numbers one and two, Brumbies Scott Sio (wheel

problem) and Wallabies Tatafu Polota-Nau (ditto) resp., have necessitated the promotion of

Melbourne Rebels front row, Laurie Weeks, and Western Force hooker, Nathan Charles.

New Zealand, on the other hand, have their own world of hurt with their talismanic half,

Dan Carter, out for the init ial couple of RC f ixtures with leg damage himself, gotten in the

Super Rugby XV f inal .

Good news for All Blacks is Carter’s relief, Colin Slade, is in form and blindside f lanker Liam

Messam is the foremost #6 anywhere and possibly the best al l -around player, around.

Reason for joy in Australia, the Magic Land of Rugby… the best backline on the continent

and best for the nation in years… Izzy Folau may be tops in the business at the fullback slot

and bright and sal ient his impact on that ¾ l ine. Front f ive fare f inely for the home team

and things should go well those hosts; if that central forward unit should falter or fai l , Al l

Blacks wil l capitalize in merci lessly cl inical fashion. No call the good call here, today.

South Africa v Argentina at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria: South Africa have some injury

concerns and Argentina shall be all hale and hardy for the opening Rugby Championship

round, but it ’ l l take the emergence of a hero (or any number of them) for the travelers to

triumph on the High Veld this day. Ulster charm, Ruan Pienaar, should he get the probable

start, is tops at his trade on either side of the equator and should make for much l ife at the

base of the scrum and also through to the powerfully poignant Springbok three-quarters,

while a new-look Argentina squad wil l look to perform basics properly and enable a stout

effort from it defense in support the Pumas f irst-ever RC victory.

Fullback Juan Martín Hernández and center Marcelo Bosch, who last season plied their

professions at Racing Metro and Saracens, return at #s 15 and 13, while backrow lock Juan

Martín Fernández Lobbe and front row Matias Cortese wil l be there in the forwards for the

Pumas side captained by hooker, Agustin Creevy. Home team should l ike to announce their

quest for the 2014 RC Grail on Saturday largely, though they’d best not look past the

predictably unpredictable and somewhat unsung Argentines.

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*Daktari’s Rugby Cypher

“Seeing the trophy… made it real… we are excited

to play!” USA Eagles captain Shaina Turley on

upcoming 2014 WRWC opener

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to play!” USA Eagles captain Shaina Turley on

upcoming 2014 WRWC opener

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