It was a cold, wet, and windy day in Ann Arbor on Saturday October 3rd as the University of Michigan hosted the Indiana Hoosiers for a good old fashioned rugby match. With Indiana ranked number 10 and Michigan number 17 there was plenty on the line worth fighting for. However, Indiana came out hard and fast, and the whole game Michigan was just trying to play catch-up.
The first try came less than five minutes into the game after Indiana recovered their own kick off and put in some hard work through a few phases in Michigan’s end. The conversion was missed and Indiana leads (0-5). Due to the wet, cold, and windy weather it hard for either side to keep the ball in hand and knock ons were prevalent. Plenty of work came from the forwards as it was scrum after scrum after scrum. Indiana put on the pressure in set pieces and scored another try after a lineout on Michigan’s 22. Shortly after a chip kick from the wing and a favorable bounce led to a score of 0-19. As the game wore on Indiana scored another try from their wing and put in two more penalty kicks to have the score be 0-29 at half.
At the start of the second half Michigan was finally able to get themselves on the scoreboard after some pick-and-go’s in the Indiana red zone that allowed for a try to be pounded in, but sadly the momentum would stop there. Indiana managed two more tries from the wing, and the final score was 7-41, Indiana.
Roster:
1: Lee Moore
2: Jackson Wagner
3: Nick Azzopardi
4: Jesse Fenno
5: Jamie Demers
6: Travis Sawyer
7: Chening Duker
8: Jeremy Reid
9: Albert Foo
10: Zach Burns
11: David Caputo
12: Cole Van Harn
13: Ron Marine
14: Matt Kasten
15: Andre Cargill
16: Sam Cipriani
17: Evan Rourke
18: Ben Cotsarelis
19: Jason Anthony
20: Kyle Gruebnau
21: Guy Burke
22: Kevin Watt
23: Colin Walters
Game Photos:
UMRFC Vs. Indiana
Game Film:
