The News Review:
- Danbury Mad Hatters rugby club advances to national championships
- Women’s Rugby Announces Fall 2009 Schedule
- Wales rugby team happy to leave spotlight behind in trip to Canada
Danbury Mad Hatters rugby club advances to national championships
Danbury News Times
We have a game plan and we know what we’re supposed to be doing. About half of the current team resides in Danbury and many of the players are WestConn alumni. For the last 10 years they’ve been coached by Scott Maranich a Carmel N. resident who played rugby in college at Cortland State. After taking a job in the area Maranich saw a bunch of guys playing rugby after he finished playing a baseball game and decided to get back into it. “It’s definitely the most fun of any of the sports I’ve played” said Maranich who teaches physical education.
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Women’s Rugby Announces Fall 2009 Schedule
Bowdoin Athletics
The Polar Bears will look tocontinue the exploits of recent years that was spearheaded by oneof the most successful senior classes in program history. Click Here to Viewthe 2009-10 Schedule Following the Beantown tourney Bowdoin will play their threeregular season road contests immediately out of the gate atRadcliffe Bates and Maine-rono. The Polar Bears will return homefor their final two New England Rugby Football Union games of theyear against Northeastern and New Hampshire. Bowdoin finished the2008 fall season with a record of 10-2 reaching the NERFU Finals.
Wales rugby team happy to leave spotlight behind in trip to Canada
The Canadian Press
The Wales rugby team was happy to leave behind its fishbowl existence back home and breeze nearly undetected – although there were a half a dozen Welsh journalists in tow – into Toronto for Saturday’s Test match against Canada. “It’s one of media’s sports in Wales everything is under the spotlight it’s magnified” McBryde said at a news conference Thursday. “So to come away and have time to gel together and work together without the glare of being in the spotlight every day has been good. “Rugby has an intense following in Wales the team’s every move chronicled.