RUGBY NEWS

“Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament will be retained and integrated into the Olympic Games cycle, USA Rugby confirmed its intentions to bid for the right to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.” – USA RUGBY

 

Pretty awesome to see USA make a move to host the World Cup for Sevens. 

Also, Anyone else hear talk of an east coast professional rugby league starting up!! Read a few articles on this last week and talk has six teams along the east coast as early as next year all broadcast on NFL Network. Pittsburgh needs Professional Rugby!! 

Purpose of the Blog

We will be posting match schedules, directions, times, and all that good stuff for our loyal following! Also, We will be posting match updates with a possible short summary of the game(s) and probably man of the match. For your entertainment we will be doing old school Fridays, which will consist of a picture and some history behind it….or something along those lines. It’ll develop as time goes on i’m sure. Weekly pools and possibly some Super Rugby/International updates for your convenience!

Check the blog out regularly and hopefully this will turn into something positive for our club!

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First Game Announcement!

We will be playing Franciscan University September 1st @ 7pm under the lights! The match will take place at a local high school stadium, called Harding Stadium. The address is 1952 Calvin Jones Way — Steubenville, Ohio 43952. Come on out and see the first match of the season!!

Spring

Spring semester is the best time for new recruits to come out and learn the game. Our spring semester is more of an off-season, and we primarily will be playing in tournaments consisting of 40 minute matches. Unlike the fall the matches, spring matches could be against teams from division I, II, & III. Just because this is our off-season doesn’t mean we don’t compete and want to win. This season is even more intense, because once your body is beaten down from one match it is beaten yet again in the next matches that follow, but the adrenalin pumping through your veins will take care of that. You’re simply a different person when out on the field, a person who does whatever it takes to keep the game flowing and score another try. This game takes dedication and although we will accept anyone who shows up, we also don’t appreciate when someone shows up to only give it a fraction of their potential. There is no need to think that rugby is “too tough” for you. As I stated before there is a position for everyone on the field, and when everyone finds that place where they belong the game is smooth like butter. You just have to possess the confidence that you will eventually find that place, and once you do this will be the greatest sport that you will ever be a part of.

-shakespeare

Fall

As the beautiful weather dies out our desire to rule the grass and kick some ass only grows stronger. This is the best time for new recruits to come out to field behind Building F in Slippery Rock to learn the game of Rugby. This is by no means a stressful environment, as in anyone who wants to learn how to play this sport and give their all is welcome. Rugby is a game that does not discriminate, for any shape or sized person can find a place on the field suitable for them. In the fall semester we play 80 minute games against primarily Division II teams, but we never turn down a challenge from any team despite their division. A match is a match and one who truly loves the sport is always prepared for another. We play with everything we’ve got for all 80 minutes of every game, and once the game is over it’s time to socialize and even sing a few traditional songs. This game brings the players together in a brotherly way. The rugby team is a second family away from home. We win as brothers, we lose as brothers, and we go through it all together as brothers.

-shakespeare

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