Tigers Rugby is actively recruiting 13-18 year old boys.  Size, strength and speed are abundant in the rugby recruits seen since practice began in December for the spring season, but there is plenty of room for everyone in this club. Tigers Rugby Football Club begins our 7th campaign, with Arvada, Westminster and Broomfield high school (U-19 and U-16) players, and an adult team. The high school age boys rugby club competes in Colorado Youth Rugby, one of the country’s most successful State Based Model Organizations. Adults (U-23 & Alumni Social Side) also play under the auspices of the Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union, Western RFU, and USA Rugby.

We anticipate the forthcoming season as a Colorado Youth Rugby Division I team with veterans Patrick O’Connor, Albert Whitemore, Jake Gossman, Alec Walters, Walker Prieb, Jake Boselli, Oliver Smith, Sam Quinn and Rob Nees from Holy Family HS.  From Pomona HS, Warren Wood, Daijon Tyler and Nick Allen also return to the Tigers backline support.  Ralston Valley HS returns Luke & Ryan Rockwood, Mitchell and Braden Thunell; and Daniel Sargeant brings his skills back from Early College HS.   In preseason workouts, the Tigers have seen 34 players report already.  New players from Arvada and Broomfield that have been on hand to learn the fastest growing sport in the USA, include Matt McLean, Charlie Elwood, Michael Figundo, Dany Fiorino, Tyler Hsin, Robert Kaniecki, Eric & Esau Robles, Marcus Pattilugam, Anthony Puglise and King Medlin.  Jimmy Higden, AJ Shannon, Christian Wallis, and Matt Dominguez-Robinson just recently joined us from Pomona, as did Peter Loving from Ralston Valley. Early College …

2/20/2010 (Saturday) @ Denver East Invitational
2/24/2010 (Wednesday) Northside Vikings on Championship Field at 4:00 pm
2/27/2010 (Saturday) @ SWARM – 12:00 noon
3/1/2010 (Monday) @ Freshman/Sophomore Festival #1
3/3/2010 (Wednesday) Cherry Creek @ Broomfield County Commons Park- 5:00 pm
3/6/2010 (Saturday) Tigers Rugby B-side @ Boulder – 5:00 pm
3/8/2010 (Monday) @ Freshman/Sophomore Festival #2
3/10/2010 (Wednesday) @ Regis Jesuit HS – 6:30 pm
3/13/2010 (Saturday): Spring Fling Tournament @ North Area Open Spaces
3/17/2010 (Wednesday) Aurora @ Broomfield County Commons Park – 5:00 pm
4/3/2010 (Saturday) Rocky Mountain Classic Tournament @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (DSGP)
4/5/2010 (Monday) Freshman/Sophomore Festival #3
4/7/2010 (Wednesday) Denver East HS @ Broomfield County Commons Park 5:00 pm
4/10/2010 (Saturday) Tigers Rugby B-side @ Ranch Rugby (ThunderRidge) TBD
4/14/2010 (Wednesday) @ Chaparral HS – 5:00 pm
4/19/2010 (Monday) Freshman/Sophomore #4
4/21/2010 (Wednesday) @ Colorado Springs – 5:00pm
4/28/2010 (Wednesday) CYR Promoting/Relegating Matches TBD
5/1/2010 (Saturday) State Quarterfinal Matches @DSGP
5/8/2010 (Saturday) State Semifinal @ DSGP
5/13/2010 (Thursday) State Championship matches @ Englewood High School
5/22/2010 (Saturday) State All Star matches, location TBD

Invictus (also known as The Human Factor) is an upcoming 2009 feature film based on Nelson Mandela’s life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Morgan Freeman as the then South African President Mandela, and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the South African team captain^. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation. The film is due for release on December 11, 2009, and is already considered a “front-runner” for several Academy Awards.

See a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ovkye6lac&feature=related

The story is about Mandela’s release from prison, his election as President of South Africa and his attempts to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup as a vehicle to bring his people together, after the fall of apartheid. Led by their captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), the South African team wins the tournament, upsetting the favourites New Zealand 15–12 in the final.

The film is based on the book Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Changed a Nation …

A penalty kick by Sam Glynn won the USA Rugby Division III Collegiate Rugby Regional Championship match today (October 18) in Eagan, Minnesota, by a 3-0 score over Viterbo University from La Crosse Wisconsin.

Click here for more pictures: http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Sports/College/Story~672548.aspx

Blue Ox Rugby is a team of the University of St. Thomas students in St. Paul Minnesota. Tigers Rugby respectfully offers our hearty congratulations to Sammy on all he has done to develop his kicking, speed, and play making skills at the fly half position.

Sam was a 2-time MVP for Tigers Rugby Football Club in 2006 & 2007, and a former Tigers Rugby captain.   Sam also a member of the 2005 2A Colorado State Football Championship team as a place kicker and wide receiver for Holy Family High School.

Sam helped reestablish an extinct club that was banned from University of St. Thomas campus. The brothers of Blue Ox Rugby have reached the title match in just two years. Read about Sam’s accomplishments, documented in the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota newspapers:

http://www.tommiemedia.com/sports/blue-ox-wins-division-iii-championship/

http://www.tommiemedia.com/sports/undefeated-blue-ox-rugby-to-play-in-d-iii-tournament/