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Brown Women shut out Dartmouth 55-0 in NRU semifinal
Three teams will advance There are two tiers of women's DI rugby in the northeast, the Army and Brown tier, and the everyone else tier. And that separation was made apparent this weekend during the NRU semifinals.
Cornell Women play tough v. Army, but bow 10-27
The Cornell Women took on top ranked Army this past weekend in the Northeast Semi-finals held in Brunswick, Maine.
The USMA (Army) defeated Cornell 27-10. The close proximity of the contest drew some concern from Army coach Will Riddle, who said that the team was going to need to play a lot better to beat Brown in the final.
Brown Women score 6 second half tries defeat Yale 51-0
Brown shut out Yale 51-0, but only took a 15-point lead into the half. "They're big and athletic," Brown coach Kerri Heffernan said of Yale, "but they don't have any depth, which must be hard for them. They gave us some trouble, and we didn't look that great in the first half. But after the halftime talk, we adjusted and started playing some really pretty 15s rugby."
Cornell Women 29, UConn 5
Cornell Women, representing Upstate NY, marked the lone non-NERFU win for all of women's Northeast DI and DII playoff matches this weekend. The New York State champion used the miserable freezing rain and muddy conditions to produce a 29-7 victory over the University of Connecticut.
Dartmouth Women 27, Buffalo 5
Dartmouth was confident heading into the Women's DI Northeast Quarterfinals against Buffalo, having footage of the New York State championship and formulizing a game plan to expose Buffalo's weaknesses.
Sickness struck the Dartmouth team a day prior to kickoff, and the already weakened team saw half of its starting line and a number of A-side subs unavailable. There were some execution errors, and Buffalo was tough, but the younger players pulled through and produced a 27-5 win.
Fall 2010 Harvard Men
Harvard Wins 2010 Wildcard - Bid to US Rugby D1 Playoff in the spring of 2011
Posted: 11/07/2010
Fall 2010 Brown Men
Brown is Runner up in the Wildcard weekend Tournament
Posted: 11/07/2010
Radcliffe Women's Rugby DII champs
After a year at the bottom of Division I, Radcliffe Women's Rugby came back in Division II to finish the fall 2009 season undefeated. Harvard's club team competed in the next round of Northeast Rugby Union play-offs for a shot at nationals in the spring.
Posted: 11/07/2010
Spring 1999 Yale Men
Yale Mens Rugby on 1999 Spring Tour spring to Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh University
Posted: 11/06/2010
History of the New Zealand All Blacks Haka
The Haka is a Māori traditional dance performed immediately prior to New Zealand rugby national team (All Black) matches. Over the years, the All Blacks most commonly performed the haka "Ka Mate". In the early decades of international rugby, they sometimes performed other haka, some of which were composed for specific tours.
Since 2005, the All Blacks have occasionally performed a new haka, "Kapa o Pango". Watch the All Blacks perform the haka Nov 2008 before their test match against Ireland.
Posted: 11/05/2010