Matt Trenary

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Michigan Rugby in the November Club Sports Monthly

Michigan Rugby’s service work with the Grand River Creative Corridor was featured in the November edition of the Club Sports Monthly.

Michigan Rugby Gear Available Through Underground Printing

Ann Arbor’s Underground Printing is selling Michigan Rugby gear through their online store. Find the gear here. Profits from the sales go to the club for future embroidery or merchandise purchases. The store is open for a limited time so make sure you get some for the holidays soon!

Michigan Rugby Puts in 23 Man Lineup for Blood Battle

The UMRFC is assisting U of M in the 31st Blood Battle with Ohio State. To bring some more energy into the giving, 23 players and one coach have been named to our blood giving lineup for Michigan’s final push before Thanksgiving. Michigan is currently winning 1,824 to 1,412. Here’s to a 5th Blood Battle …

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Bridges, Conzelmann, Burke-Combs Garner Big Ten Selections

Grady Bridges and Joel Conzelmann were named to the Big Ten Sevens Second Team while Sequoyah Burke-Combs was named Honorable Mention. Michigan went 3-2 at the tournament with wins over Indiana, Northwestern, and Nebraska while dropping games against Ohio State and Michigan State. Grady Bridges is a 5th year senior from New Buffalo, MI who …

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November Alumnus of the Month: Adam Kelsey

When did you play? I played with the UMRFC from 2001-2006. I started playing rugby my senior year of high school after wrestling season ended. At the time I thought it would be a fun competitive sport that would fill the void for me as wrestling was over for me. What I quickly realized was …

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Michigan Rugby in October Club Sports Monthly

Read about the UMRFC in the October edition of the Club Sports Monthly.

Michigan Goes 3-2 at Big Ten Sevens

The Maize and Blue won their pool with convincing wins over Indiana and Northwestern but dropped a heartbreaker to Ohio State in the quarter-finals. Michigan finished the day with a 3-2 record. Nine of the 15 players got on the scoreboard. 11 of the players will be returning next year. Michigan 38 – Indiana 15 …

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UMRFC in the Club Sports Monthly

Read about some of the club’s September highlights in the most recent Club Sports Monthly.

October Alumnus of the Month: Bill Haldane

It was 1977. I was in Houston, selling fine china and Irish crystal to blue-rinse ladies across the Southwest. I’d just got my green card and won a Texas Championship with the Houston Old Boys. My boss, a Welshman and former winger, called me and said “Bill, you’ll love where we’re sending you–rolling green hills …

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Rugby at the YMCA

Earlier in the semester, Ann Arbor player and leader Tom Stulberg along with U of M’s Chris Padmos and Chris Hopfner spent the afternoon teaching their favorite sport to kids enrolled in the local YMCA. The Y promotes many summer and after school sport programs and with the work of Tom, rugby has started to …

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