The News Review:
- Cal Bears hand Saint Mary’s rugby first loss of season
- GERGIA: GERGIAN RUGBY SQUAD PREVAILS AGAINST RUSSIA
- Hartford Wanderers Rugby Football Club: Not your dads softball team
- Hadden must go for sake of Scots rugby
Cal Bears hand Saint Mary’s rugby first loss of season
SMC Collegian
comSophomore Chad Clark and the Gaels could not pull off the upset over the Cal Bears. The Saint Mary’s rugby team could not pull off a victory over the top team in the nation losing 20-5 to the Cal Golden Bears on Saturday. It was just the first loss of the season for Saint Mary’s who fell to 17-1-1 overall. “We made a lot of little mistakes” said sophomore Tim Maupin. “We played better than normal but the little mistakes added up. “The game began with the playing of the national anthem and a special military fly-by.
GERGIA: GERGIAN RUGBY SQUAD PREVAILS AGAINST RUSSIA
EurasiaNet
Another was pacing back and forth listening to Luciano Pavarotti on his iPod. Members of Georgia’s national rugby squad were trying to stay loose before their March 22 match against the Russian team. "There’s a lot of pressure on their shoulders to win for the nation" said national coach Tim Lane before the two teams started scrumming. The pressure was only partly connected to the Georgian-Russian rivalry in the European Nations Cup a two-year tournament for the European Championship. The Georgian players were anxious to show that while Russia routed Georgia on the battlefield during the two countries’ war last August the outcome would be different on the playing field. Both teams are considered rising rugby powers.
Hartford Wanderers Rugby Football Club: Not your dads softball team
Examiner.com
examiners_body img{padding:5px;}n April 4th the. As one of the top rugby clubs in all of New England the Wanderers have brought much pride to the city of Hartford since their inception in 1966. You may have seen the team marching pridefully in the St Patrick’s Day Parade last weekend along with their main sponsor.
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Hadden must go for sake of Scots rugby
Scotland Courier
THREE SIX Nations seasons with only three wins leaves Scotland with no option but to replace Frank Hadden when the 2009 campaign is reviewed at Murrayfield over the next few weeks. The timing is crucial; the man in the post for 2010 for continuity’s sake has to take the team to the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The state of Scottish rugby is also crucial as the game needs a filip to rebuild support and ticket sales. Empty seats in test matches this season against New Zealand South Africa and Italy were while discouraging nothing new.