Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tech, St. Ed’s and Sam Houston are forging their own path in college rugby with the formation of the Allied Rugby Conference. Allied Rugby Conference Announcement As is typical in rugby (or just about any competitive human activity from politics to church committees), there are disagreements. Some are large, some are small. [...]
May 152012
May 112012
So, the Aggies are probably the first shoe to drop as the Division 1A (what had been referred to as “College Premier League”) begins to break apart. The idea originally put forth had teams raising money locally and selling advertising using the “brand”. Most non-rugby folk – and plenty of rugby folk – didn’t give [...]
May 102012
The University of Texas will be participating in the USA 7s CRC Invitational in Philadelphia June 2-3. This is the second year in a row that Texas will be playing in the tournament. The Horns will be in a tough pool with North Carolina State, Arizona and Oklahoma. Texas beat Oklahoma last year, but fell [...]
St. Thomas won the single-school title with a 48-8 win over Austin Westlake. Westlake advanced to the title game with a win over Dallas Jesuit, while St. Thomas beat El Paso Cathedral in the semis. The Woodlands edged Plano 8-0 in the high school club championship. Woodlands beat Alliance to advance, and Plano beat the [...]
Apr 292012
The Dallas RFC and Austin Blacks will be representing The Big State in remaining playoff action after Saturday’s games. College D-I Men Playoffs Davenport 87 Texas 0 D-I Men Club Playoffs Dallas 43 Denver Highlanders 10 KC Blues 23 Austin Huns 18 Glendale 64 HARC 17 D-II Men Club Playoffs St. Louis Bombers 15 Shreveport [...]
Apr 262012
Article from Rugby Mag.
Apr 132012
The Austin Blacks have announced their roster for the D-III semi-final matchup against Alamo City in Dallas on Saturday. 1. Luis Navarro 2. Jaime Piedra 3. Michael Norton 4. Bryan Windsor * 5. James Spindler 6. Eric Hernandez 7. Ron Nicks 8. Jacob Wurz * 9. Toby Robledo 10. Mike Gifford 11. Ryan Little 12. [...]
Apr 032012
We’ll add any West Qualifiers as we get them. 2012 TOLA Schedule: Denton (seeding tournament): 5/26 Dallas RFC: 6/2 (first qualifier) San Antonio River City 7s: 6/9 Austin: 6/16 USA v Italy in Houston: 6/23 Houston: 7/14 Woodlands: 7/21 Corpus 7s By The Sea: 7/28 (not TOLA, but a hell of a lot of [...]
