U of M had a hard day at the office against Paris-Sorbonne, going down 87-12. The Paris university champions displayed superior ball handling skills to run through the men in blue. The game started with rousing vocal renditions of the national anthems sung by each team. This clearly inspired each team as the match started …
On Tuesday, February 28th, the University of Michigan Rugby Club prepared for their first contest of their Tour de France against Corbeil Essonnes – Mennacy. At 5:00 p.m., the team kitted up and headed to the train station for an hour ride to Corbeil’s pitch. Once the UMRFC stepped off the train, all one could …
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 …
LEAD Magazine’s feature article is on the UMRFC this month. You can read the full article here.
When did you play? During my sophomore year, 1981, I was looking for something to fill the void left by not playing competitive football for Farmington Harrison. Intramural football wasn’t quite doing it. I ran into Paul Stablein, a high school rival, who had already found rugby. He suggested I give it a try. I …
Game 1 (1st vs. 4th semi-final): Bennie Oosterbaan 28 – James Earl Jones 7 The start to the season finale began with 1st place Oosterbaan taking on a hungry Jones team with vengeance on the mind after suffering two losses to Oosterbaan in match play. Right off the bat, Team Jones threatened to kick Oosterbaan …
Junior Sebastian Harrison talks about rugby and the upcoming sevens championship on WOLV-TV. You can take a look at around 9:30 into the video here.
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: Don Canham 12 – Mary Sue Coleman 24 Friday night sevens was especially intense this week as teams battled for the remaining seeds to get into the championship on the 17th. As expected, Canham set the tone early as they immediately went up two tries on Coleman. Scott Miller escaped a trailing Wilinski …
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 …
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