OT-Support Michigan Rugby in Philly 5/31 and 6/1
The U of Michigan Rugby Club has been invited to participate in the Collegiate Rugby "Sevens" Championship tournament in Philadelphia May 31 and June 1.
This tournament is nationally televised on NBC and this will be the first time that M has participated.
This tournament will feature the seven a side game which will also be the version of the sport that will be played in the 2016 Olympics.For those unfamiliar with "Sevens" Rugby. Games are played on a regulation size field with seven on each side as opposed to 15 as side in the traditional game. Each half is seven minutes long - it is a track meet.
Although not as replete with men in blazers as a bowl game, there is a similar catch to M's participation. The club is responsible for the sale of 350 tickets to the event. While most of those have been purchased, the club is still short.
For those of you in the Philly area (or even NY or DC) this is a great, inexpensive way to support U of M at an exciting nationally televised event.
If you are going to purchase tickets - please use this link so the M Rugby Club gets credit for the tickets.
http://www.usasevenscrc.com/tickets/michigan
FUCK YEAH
Michigan Rugby ended up as Big Ten Champs this year after penalties against IU --- http://d1arugby.com/conferences/big-ten-east/michigan/news/item/indiana…
I played with u nevada for two years recently. Davy still around ? He let me come and practice with um 3 yrs ago, fun. My local just returned from philly..he also practiced and played b side and ref'd while he was there. I love rugby culture and miss it (I'm 55 ...). Go blue!
Some of the top college teams will be attending - Cal, Life, Navy, UCLA... They should be able to hang against some of the other teams I think.
Wish I was in Philly, watching rugby is one of the coolest sporting events.
are incidentially a few of the handful of full varsity rugby programs. Tough to compete against those teams, but the M guys had a great season. Lost in Big Ten championship in 15's to Indiana last fall (Rugby in the midwest plays a split season - Fall and Spring)