Rugby Tries and Knock Ons

Tales of a college rugby player in New England and

the game that gave birth to American football

We had just beaten a few of the top men’s rugby

football clubs in the East that excelled in both

sevens and fifteens.

This included – Mystic River, Beacon Hill, the

Washington Exiles and two good college teams –

Brown University and Coast Guard Academy. As I

prepared for the championship final against another

very good men’s club – the Hartford Wanderers RFC –

I lay down on the sidelines and stretched my sore leg

muscles. My mind drifted and I couldn’t help but

remember the previous three consecutive finals our

school (URI) had participated in. We had beaten some

excellent teams each year to advance to the Harvard

Business School Sevens finals, but we had lost each

close championship match. This rugby sevens

tournament was the most popular sevens tournament

in the East and it consisted of rugby clubs – men’s

and college teams from all over and the U.S.

– winner takes all!

Povestile unui jucator de rugby de colegiu din Noua Anglie si jocul care a dat nastere fotbalului american Tocmai am invins cateva dintre cele mai importante cluburi de fotbal de rugby pentru barbati din est, care au excelat atat la sapte, cat si la cincisprezece, inclusiv Mystic River, Beacon Hill, Washington Exiles si doua echipe bune de facultate - Universitatea Brown si Academia de Garda de Coasta.