Niall O’Kane joined the UMRFC as a player in his college days at the University of Michigan while he earned a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering. His past rugby endeavors include playing for his hometown club of San Francisco Golden Gate RFC, a club in Thailand, and coaching the local high school team, Washtenaw …
Before their kits had dried from Saturday’s rainy match against Miami (OH), some Michigan players were up early the next morning to volunteer at the Big House Big Heart Race. The special event, whose finish concluded at the 50 yard line of Michigan Stadium, is held several times during the year. Runners of all levels …
This past Friday, a mostly second string UMRFC hosted Saginaw Valley State University at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. Besides the matches played in France over Spring Break, SVSU was the first second side match of the year. It was also the first match ever for some newcomers to the squad. Excitement and anxiety rose as fans poured …
This past fall was Matt Trenary’s inaugural season as Michigan Rugby’s head coach. As a former player of the UMRFC from 2002-2006, Coach Trenary was a member of 2004-2005 Midwest championship and National Semi-Finalist team. He was also captain his senior year. Coach Trenary has an impressive rugby resume, playing for the Denver Barbarians, the Midwest All …
As is tradition, Michigan Rugby will be traveling during spring break to play rugby away from home. France is the 2012 destination and the team departs today. A week of great rugby is to be expected as always, but this year, there is more history in the matches. The first of two matches will be …
February 17th, this Friday, you are invited to watch the UMRFC Sevens Championship. The matches will be held in Oosterbaan Field House (1202 S. State Street), a warm, indoor turf field used by both varsity and club athletic teams. Please remember, no food or drink is allowed inside the field house. Championship Schedule for February …
Game 1: James J. Duderstadt 0 – Bennie Oosterbaan 17 The first game of the night was a heavyweight matchup between the number one and number two seeded teams. Chris Hopfner scored on a tough unconverted try while running through a couple of Duderstadt defenders. Seven minutes later he added another blazing try which sweeper …
Up until February 10th, the University of Michigan will be competing against Michigan State University in the annual Face-Off. For those unfamiliar with the event, Face-Off is a blood collecting competition between the rival schools. It is the winter equivalent of Blood Battle, the competition between U of M and the Ohio State University held …
February Player of the Month is Nic Bishar. This comes as no surprise to those affiliated with the UMRFC. Nic’s inspiring work ethic and attitude has made him a leader on and off the field in just a year’s time. You may recall seeing his name in the West Virginia match report for perhaps one …
Game 1: Don Canham 24 – Stephen M. Ross 19 Canham kicked off the night against a Ross team still searching for its first win. The action really picked up when Scott Miller stole a line-out at the 35 and followed with a 20 meter run. Miller managed to offload to Chris Vasileff, who went …
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