Tigers Rugby Football Club begins the defense of their Colorado Youth Rugby North Division title this Saturday, March 1st at home against a new Colorado Youth Rugby team, the Glendale Raptors. A city supported program in Glendale brings this team into the Colorado Youth Rugby's North Division, taking over a spot vacated by the now defunct Adams County RFC (previously Legacy HS RFC).
Kick off time is 11:00 am at
Broomfield County Commons Park.
The City of Glendale recently opened the first municipally built rugby stadium in the United States with a a multimillion dollar Jumbo Tron scoreboard. The Raptors boys' team will have to travel to Championship Field in the Broomfield County Commons Park to take on Tigers Rugby in the first league game of the 2008 spring season.
Tigers Rugby Football Club unveiled their power and speed in a defensive battle with HS Rugby titan, Denver East Rugby Football Club. "The East Invitational", at East HS Football Stadium is a yearly preseason scrimmage that also featured Tigers' league rivals, Ft. Collins RFC, against East. Eighteen Holy Family students signed on for the fifth Tigers Rugby campaign. In the final tune up for the Tigers, Denver East scored 12 points against the Tigers' scoreless attack. The teams also played a B side match (East 5 - Tigers 0). In a C side match, Lewis Rosenberg (Ralston Valley) scored 2 tries and Joseph Gonzales (Centaurus HS) added another to give the C Side match to the Tigers 15 - 12.
Travis McKee, Quincy Anderson and Markus Harvey led a powerful group of forwards as a legitimate challenge to the three-time State Champion, Denver East Rugby. McKee, a 5A South Metro Second team All-Conference Defensive Lineman for Pomona High School; Anderson, a 2A First team All State Offensive Lineman, and Markus Harvey, a 2A Second Team All State Defensive Lineman for Holy Family form the aggressive Back Row of the scrum. Harvey, who set a Tigers single season try scoring record (15 tries) in 2007, will be the 8-man this Saturday, setting the ball for the Tigers attack.
All State Defensive Back and Tailback for Holy Family, Andy Maul steps into the big shoes left by his good friend, Sam Glynn (the Tigers Rugby all time leading scorer) at Fly Half. Glynn set a single season scoring record in 2007 for the Divisional Champions (133 pts). Maul will receive the put out from Stephan Therin, a 7 year veteran of the game. Therin was born in France, and raised in England until 2007, when he joined the Tigers as an 8th grader at Alexander Dawson School in Niwot.
Pomona High School contributes eight players to Tigers Rugby's roster. Four 5A Football players had an immediate impact against Denver East's A-Side. Outside Center Charles Martinez was recruited first by Captain and Flanker, Travis McKee. Ryan Torrez is a speedy winger with tackling skills; and Mike Sadowski, a Pomona linebacker, started for the Tigers at Inside Center. Luke Stanley, Joshua Carvalho, and Anthony Gaglia, saw action for Tigers RFC against Denver East A, B and C sides. Alex Hillman, another Pomona student, will see action next week against the Raptors. Faith Christian Academy's Daniel Sargeant, of Broomfield, faced off against a few school mates in the battle with East as a Tigers' Winger.
For information about Tigers Rugby Football Club, or other high school rugby programs in Colorado, go to:
www.tigersrugby.com , or call me at (303) 506-8110.
Paul O'Brian, PT, CSCS, President
Tigers Rugby Football Club, Inc.
Colorado Youth Rugby Secretary
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