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NDRFC News August 12thChris Brown will be making his glorious return this season.

 

 

Match Summaries

Indiana University Mudsharks

After an intense week of practice, Notre Dame took their home field on Saturday to play IU’s Mudshark Rugby Club. The game started with high-energy play from both sides, and after 30 scoreless minutes, IU put away a try and a conversion to make the halftime score 0-7. After the half, Notre Dame came back to score a try, but just miss the conversion. The Mudsharks responded after several minutes with another try but no conversion. Notre Dame, with strong backs play, pulled it out at the end to bring the game to a draw, 12-12.

Chicago Lions

Coming back with new vigor after the previous weekend's loss to Miami of Ohio, NDRFC took on the Chicago Lions B-Side this past saturday. While their set play was solid, the cold and wind made for difficult conditions and allowed Chicago to put in the first try. After a quick score by Notre Dame to even things up, the Lions and the Irish traded tries to make the score 12-12. Unfortunately, the Lions were able to put the match away with a score 3 minutes out, leaving no time for the Irish to answer. Final Score: 24-19

Bowling Green State University

The Saturday afternoon match began with much energy and excitement from both ends of the pitch. Bowling Green took an early lead, keeping the Irish on their heels and scoring several tries in the first twenty minutes of the match. In the twenty minutes before halftime, however, Notre Dame tightened up both their forwards and backs play, and kept the ball in BG territory for much of it, which resulted in a try and conversion shortly before halftime was called. After halftime, the Irish continued with their high work rate and intense forwards play, keeping Bowling Green mostly at bay, and scoring another try for themselves. Despite a powerful showing by Notre Dame, however, Bowling Green’s early lead proved to be too much to make up. Despite a final score of 14-35, Notre Dame took the loss as a positive experience overall, proof positive that they can at least hold their own with some of the best in the Midwest.

Miami of Ohio

 After an early morning bus ride, Notre Dame arrived in Oxford, OH ready to play. Taking the field with fervor, the Irish put up the first mark on the scoreboard with a kick-for-points by scrum half Andy O’Connor. After this, the teams traded possession and position evenly, but Miami managed to repeatedly do something Notre Dame could not: put away tries. Notre Dame broke Miami’s 5-meter line more than five times, but did not manage to turn any of these into points. Miami did not have this problem, and ultimately this won them the game. Final score: 28-3

Spring 2009 Schedule

After much anticipation, the Spring 2009 schedule has been posted. Alongside matches against recent rivals IU, BGSU, and the Michiana Men's Club, the Irish has acquired some new adversaries, including Miami of Ohio and 2008 Super League Semi-Finalists Chicago Lions. The Irish will also be looking to surpass their previous success in the Big Ten Tournament in the Northern Illinois Tournament of Champions, and the 3rd Annual Condor's Collegiate Tournament. For more info, please visit the schedule section of the website.

Information for Players

Practices are held Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday starting at 6 pm. The practice schedule is subject to change, please watch your e-mail for any changes. All you need to practice are cleats and a mouthguard.

All players need to pay their $100 dues if they would like to be included in the roster for upcoming games. Also all players need to register with USA rugby and get their CIPP information. Click here for a link to the USA rugby CIPP page. Also we need your consent form. Click here to download a copy.