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[20 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

Overall Record: 20-12-2
League Record 5
-2-0
U-16 Record: 6
-1-2

MATCH RESULTS:
* Denotes a League Match
  

5/3: Glendale Raptors 15, Tigers RFC 14 * (Plate Quarterfinal)

5/3: Fort Collins 10, Tigers RFC 7 * (State Qualifier)

4/28: Tigers Rugby 15, SWARM B 5 
4/28: Tigers Rugby 10, SWARM 5*
4/21: (U-16) Tigers/Cherry Creek 25. PAC 0
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[20 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

On April 16th, Tigers Rugby Football Club captured at least a share of Colorado Youth Rugby North Division Championship with a 30-5 win over Fort Collins Youth Rugby. On April 19th, in a “Friendly” (non-league) match against Chaparral, Tigers dropped a 43-22 decision in the A-side game and then beat Chaparral’s B-side 30-0.

Tigers traveled to Fort Collins on Wednesday through a spring snowstorm. Tigers came out flat, but had the tackling skills to pull themselves out of their own end. In the loose play, supported by forwards and a strong team of playmakers, Charles Martinez found the edge to give the Tigers a led after the place kick by Quincy Anderson sailed wide. Andy Maul blocked a Ft. Collins grub kick and Joe Mack scooped up the loose ball, carried it, and passed to Pomona HS’s Joshua Carvalho, the Tiger’s hooker, who touched it down in-goal for his first varsity try. The converting drop-kick attempt by Martinez was, “No good”. Andy Maul, made the most of the half’s last play to put his two-sport All State speed on display for a 60 meter jaunt to put the Tigers up fifteen points to zero, after the missed kick by Anderson.

Joe Mack quick tapped a penalty and vaulted to the goal line.  Anderson missed the kick, but drove later to the goal line, was tackled, but not wrapped up, rolled onto his feet to score to make it 27-0. The Martinez kick …

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[9 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

Tigers Rugby and Chery Creek Under-16 (U-16) players joined forces to win two matches at the most recent Colorado Youth Rugby U-16 Festival.The high school aged freshmen and sophomores defeated their rivals 29-0 and 5-0 behind a strong “pack” and a speedy back-line.Cherry Creek and Tigers Rugby have a long history together. Read more about that at YourHub. The two teams will merge again on April 21, in Boulder.

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