When did you play? I played with the UMRFC from 2001-2006. I started playing rugby my senior year of high school after wrestling season ended. At the time I thought it would be a fun competitive sport that would fill the void for me as wrestling was over for me. What I quickly realized was …
Read about the UMRFC in the October edition of the Club Sports Monthly.
The Maize and Blue won their pool with convincing wins over Indiana and Northwestern but dropped a heartbreaker to Ohio State in the quarter-finals. Michigan finished the day with a 3-2 record. Nine of the 15 players got on the scoreboard. 11 of the players will be returning next year. Michigan 38 – Indiana 15 …
This last Sunday, a group of Michigan Rugby players traveled to Detroit joining an effort to beautify some of the area surrounding Douglass College Preparatory Academy. Joining up with alumni Michael Olszewski, Jamie Hickey, and Ted Pixley, the ruggers brought out the shovels and brooms to eradicate weeds that had not been maintained for several …
A week after the UMRFC’s last 15s match against Michigan State marked Michigan Rugby’s first sevens contest of the fall. With just three practices to adapt to the strategical changes in this variation of rugby, Michigan took on the likes of Davenport, Eastern Michigan, and Spring Arbor. The event was intended to be a competitive but …
Former back turned speedy flanker, Aiken Andutan is the University of Michigan Rugby Football Club’s November Player of the Month. Aiken, who also goes by the name Kenny, joined the forwards and has been a consistent source of inspiration for his teammates. Whether it’s crushing an opposing forward or making a 50 meter run, Aiken …
In perhaps one of their best outings of the season, The University of Michigan Rugby Football Club took 3rd place in the Big Ten East Division after beating rival, Michigan State, 33-22. The two met in the first week of Big Ten play and MSU came out on top. This time around, however, Michigan’s controlled …
A much anticipated match against The Ohio State University did not bode so well for the Michigan Rugby team this past weekend. The Wolverines were coming off a two game winning streak in Big Ten play, one of those including an upset of the Big Ten East Division leader, Indiana. Despite Michigan’s momentum, the Buckeyes …
Read about some of the club’s September highlights in the most recent Club Sports Monthly.
It was 1977. I was in Houston, selling fine china and Irish crystal to blue-rinse ladies across the Southwest. I’d just got my green card and won a Texas Championship with the Houston Old Boys. My boss, a Welshman and former winger, called me and said “Bill, you’ll love where we’re sending you–rolling green hills …
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