You can't stop them
Rugby gets their balls to the wall
Sebastion C. Lury Sports Editor
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Sports
The rugby club has begun to practice again and will return to play next weekend.
Having not played since the middle of last semester, the Lyndon rugby club will return to the field next weekend as they will compete in the Balls to the Wall Tournament at Colby Sawyer College in New London, N.H.
Jill Rancourt, the treasurer for the rugby club, explained the details of the tournament.
"It is a 7's tournament," she said in an e-mail, "which means each side has seven players on the field instead of a full side of 15 players. The halves are shorter as well. Instead of playing 40-minute halves, we play seven-minute halves with a one-minute halftime, bringing the entire game to 15 minutes."
Rancourt said that the women's team will feature more players than just their own.
"This fall, the women's side joined with the Johnson State women's rugby [team] to form one 'hybrid' style team," she said. "This means that the Johnson players have registered with NERFU as Lyndon players and can only play in LSC games."
"The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) approved the collaboration as long as we only play as one team, that we were no longer separate, that they were Lyndon players," said Moriah Pratt, the club's public relations representative, in an e-mail. "We are just one big happy rugby family."
"For this tournament both the men's and women's rugby [teams] will be playing," said Rancourt. "The men's team is hoping to keep their record high whereas they only lost two games in the fall."
"For the women's side," said Rancourt, "this semester is a rebuilding and teaching semester. We have a lot of new players on the women's team and so it gives all of us a chance to share our knowledge and experience as well as brush up on some rugby basics."
The team will have some time between next weekend's game and their next action, but not as long as the semester break.
"After Balls to the Walls," said Rancourt, "Lyndon will be preparing to host the annual Snowbowl tournament on campus on March 20."
Having not played since the middle of last semester, the Lyndon rugby club will return to the field next weekend as they will compete in the Balls to the Wall Tournament at Colby Sawyer College in New London, N.H.
Jill Rancourt, the treasurer for the rugby club, explained the details of the tournament.
"It is a 7's tournament," she said in an e-mail, "which means each side has seven players on the field instead of a full side of 15 players. The halves are shorter as well. Instead of playing 40-minute halves, we play seven-minute halves with a one-minute halftime, bringing the entire game to 15 minutes."
Rancourt said that the women's team will feature more players than just their own.
"This fall, the women's side joined with the Johnson State women's rugby [team] to form one 'hybrid' style team," she said. "This means that the Johnson players have registered with NERFU as Lyndon players and can only play in LSC games."
"The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) approved the collaboration as long as we only play as one team, that we were no longer separate, that they were Lyndon players," said Moriah Pratt, the club's public relations representative, in an e-mail. "We are just one big happy rugby family."
"For this tournament both the men's and women's rugby [teams] will be playing," said Rancourt. "The men's team is hoping to keep their record high whereas they only lost two games in the fall."
"For the women's side," said Rancourt, "this semester is a rebuilding and teaching semester. We have a lot of new players on the women's team and so it gives all of us a chance to share our knowledge and experience as well as brush up on some rugby basics."
The team will have some time between next weekend's game and their next action, but not as long as the semester break.
"After Balls to the Walls," said Rancourt, "Lyndon will be preparing to host the annual Snowbowl tournament on campus on March 20."
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