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Rocky Mountain

Regional Rugby Report

4.3.14

In this Issue:

Littleton Eagles Rugby (+)

Pacific Rugby Premiership - Barbarians v Raptors: match report, table, upcomers

Colorado Rugby Progressive: Denver Barbarians - Quick Hitter

USA Rugby Men’s College D-1A: Border Battle recap, table

Raptor Eye View: with Raptors captain, Zach Fenoglio

Men’s D-2: Yee-hah! Weekend roundup, table, upcomers

GlobalComps: Richard and Trotski -

o Super XV Rugby - results by numbers/upcomers

o Aviva, Top XIV, Pro12 - best, maddest mix in France… ever!!! o Heineken Cup – Someone say Playoffs?

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o Daktari’s Rugby Cypher

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Littleton Eagles Plus - Future’s so Bright with Pride and Passion

Since the latter part of the 1970s, Littleton rugby fortunes have manifested sporadically in clubs, both youth

and adult, which have flourished for a time and then either merged with another rugby

entity or gone away entirely… welcome the 21st century, Charlie Riley and support

staff: Ethan Pougnet, Cody Melphy and Jesus Flores. For these formidable Colorado

rugby spirits have brought our game to the southern Denver suburb in large and

substantial fashion.

Since 2011 and the resurgence of high school rugby with Littleton Eagles RC, a

Colorado high school Division-1 club, the Sport of Royalty has returned to town in a big

way and by all accounts, it is here to stay.

Littleton’s engagement in Colorado High School rugby had been intermittent before

the arrival of head coach, Charlie Riley, three years past. Mr. Riley, an area builder

who runs a company in the roofing trade, and able assistant, Ethan Pougnet, have enabled and empowered

their charges to participate in rugby at age-grade level, but more importantly, the pair have inspired members

of the side to greater heights beyond high school.

A telling sign of age-grade level club’s impact on its

members is how their alumni fares in the greater

rugby world post-departure. Littleton Eagles alum

Kurt Werner is a full-ride rugby scholarship recipient

at American International College and is finishing his

sophomore year at the western Massachusetts

institution where he is not just making grades in the

classroom, but on the pitch as well. Werner was

invited to U-20 Eagles camp this year and due his

performance at those trials, he is well in the mix for a

shot at both of America’s representative national

men’s sides: 7s and 15s. Young Werner has

substantial rugby roots as brother Ryan earned a berth

as a starter on Colorado High School Rugby Selects,

and father, Russ, featured in the dangerous three-quartersline for Denver Harlequins back in the day and you

can yet catch Werner-the-Elder on the pitch in action if you’re swift and savvy enough with Colorado Senior

Olde Boys (CSOBs) or in Harlequins friendlies.

Another testament to a high school rugby program’s effect is the number and value of its former members

who exercise their right of return to the club as coaches and administrators. Cody Melphy and Jesus Flores are

two such individuals. Says Flores, a formidable blindside flanker and also crafty #2: “I started rugby (after)

overhearing guys in the hall (at school) talking about practice, so I showed up, started learning and studied the

game 24/7. I am excited about coaching because I get to grow the game and help people learn about the

game I fell in love with.” Adds Melphy: “I love playing and hop in on any game presented to me. I’m lucky to

have gotten all the opportunities that I have, and am very excited about starting a new club in Littleton.”

Regards his rugby future, Melphy enthuses, “My … future is always changing but the main focus is to keep

getting to the next level… I am rugby strong and will always be!”

Scrumhalf Werner and his AIC side triumphed at the Armory

Collegiate 7s in March image: AIC Rugby Club

Coach Riley and LE’s Brandon Hea celebrate Brandon’s 1

st Try

image: Hea



Littleton Eagles home pitch is at Heritage High School, a Colorado secondary school nestled in the suburbs on

Denver’s southern edge between Santa Fe and Broadway. The town has seen a number of rugby start-ups,

most notably Littleton Rugby Club that acquitted itself well and formidably before merging with Denver

Harlequins organization in the 1980s.

Riley played his college ball at University of Colorado with the Buffs where his side contended for USA Rugby’s

first-division college national championship. Charlie, whose pride and passion for our sport are evident in his

speech and subsequent action, played for a number of men’s clubs after graduating CU and prior to his taking

up the instructor’s mantle at Littleton.

And perhaps as the greatest indicator of the

Littleton High School program’s worth;

Messrs. Pougnet, Flores and Melphy have

laid the groundwork for bringing men’s club

rugby back to the Littleton area. Littleton

Rugby Club will play its first match, after

more than a three-decade respite this fall,

and it is Pougnet’s intention that the (re)-

startup club will have its administration

organized and union requirements fulfilled in

time for the club to engage in 7-a-side action

this summer session.

A stretch one might think, but consider

this: Ethan Pougnet will spend near two

months upcoming the summer on the east coast of South Africa with a little organization that you may have

heard of before: Natal Sharks. Yep, we’re talking the big fish that frolic the Super Rugby XV pond and its inland

reaches throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Mr. Pougnet will spend a portion of his summer at Sharks

Academy, learning coaching structures and techniques from some of the finest, forward-thinking rugby

instructors on the planet. And then he’ll bring that rugby treasure trove home with him for Littleton’s benefit.

Riley’s high school program recruits and trains players from Arapahoe, Englewood, Heritage and Littleton High

Schools in the way of rugby. Coach Riley reports: “At first, the high school athletic directors were wary of our

sport, but things are changing for the better all the time!”

The 15s season begins after Holiday break in January. Seven-a-side play overlaps 15s somewhat and runs

through the summer months.

Information on Littleton’s high school or men’s rugby programs may be gotten by contacting:

Charlie Riley: 720.270.5600; [email protected];

Ethan Pougnet: 303.956.1232; [email protected]

ed: Coach Riley is not just involved in altruistic activity in our area, he and his family have recently returned

from vacation in Mesoamerica where they spent their time installing critically-needed housing and utilitarian

infrastructure at a rural community in Nicaragua.

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Cody Melphy (left), Ethan Pougnet (center) and Jesus Flores:

Rugby Brothers in Arms image: trotski

take this pill… to the

house

mailto:[email protected]




Pacific Rugby Premiership: Denver Barbarians v Glendale Raptors

In the much-anticipated test between the elite

Colorado men’s rugby sides, Barbarians and

Raptors battled the full-80 under possibly the finest

rugby viewing conditions ever. Jarring tackles,

crafty kicks, swift lengthy slings and short offloads,

and the big shoulder charge were the order of the

day for each team as Infinity’s Kettle roiled merrily

with the force of action on the day and the pill’s

handle would be a difficult grasp throughout the

match.

Barbarians collected the opening kick and elected

to run from inside their own 22 meters line.

Nothing on and Denver fullback, Max de Achaval,

drove the touch kick downfield. Barbos #9, Tyson

Meek, got a disruptive hand on his opposite

number’s shot from the scrum, but the carom went

forward and re-scrummage ordered up by field

official, Chris Henshall.

Bit of fractive behavior in the front rows as scrum

settled, which Henshall sorted early, and first

Raptors hands on ball resulted in a knock-on.

Barbos had a scrum just inside their opponent’s

half. Won and short bang to breakdown. Raptors

were pinged for offsides at their own 10 meter line

just outside the right post. The Denver #15’s

penalty strike just pushed wide, but Barbos back

pressuring inside Raptors 22 quickly with lineout

five meters from the tryline. Raptors blindside,

Spencer Scott, wound up with the Barbos toss and

popped into space for a fast forty before a

mishandle had possession back in Denver’s hands

with a scrum at midfield.

With Raptors in possession at breakdown, Glendale

halfback Crawford Miller’s perfect leading miss-

pass was surely taken by filling fullback, Dustin

Croy, another skip-sling and sticky hands by outside

center, Chad London, and that man was through

for the finish and Graham’s conversion: 7-0

Glendale in the 19th minute.

Glendale were back shortly as lineout ball won at

10 meter line was mauled to the Barbos 22. A

couple of lateral bangs across to centerfield, the

spin to Graham, and the flyhalf had dropped a

striker through the sticks from 30 meters out, and

Glendale had a double-digit lead, 10-nil, at minute

number 22.

Barbarians lineout 22 meters from the Glendale

tryline. Won and spun, but mix-up in the three-

quarters line and Raptors in possession fast and

furious. A won Raptors lineout and the impressive

hunter’s maul into Denver’s business district. Three

banging phases and a spin to Graham; that shifty

man’s flipper assist into goal for his rollover

grounding and, with his own conversion, 17-0, the

numbers to Glendale with ’26 off Henshall’s clock.

Chances followed for Barbos as bangers from the

loose made for short gains and slips into

substantial space from flanker, Brendan Shea, put

Glendale on its heels momentarily, but Raptors

fitness enabled the re-grouping and shutdown

defense, ultimate turnover and points-denial until

Barbos solid in Raptors district with a penalty

award and the choice scrum; won and spun to

outside 5/8ths, Kyle Hitt, and his burst to space

preceded the grounding that, with de Achaval’s

additional deuce, had Denver on the board, 17-7

the scoreline and the heat ratcheting upwards in

the 32nd minute.

With Barbos in possession a testy territorial boot

was collected by Croy and countered well. The

fullback’s offload to London and, after slicing



through a pair of defenders, #13 was into goal for

the grounding that extended the Raptors lead to 15

at 22-7 in the ‘36.

Denver got the final points of the half after

Glendale infringement as de Achaval was dead-on

from 20 meters out off the left post with the

sticksplitter. 22-10 for Raptors at Henshall’s

halftime signal.

With Mr. Henshall quite keen on proper

engagement in the sets and Barbarians, at times,

having trouble maintaining possession; Glendale

were sharp employing their successfully capitalistic

style of play to provide for their lead after the first

forty.

Barbarians were hard at Glendale’s goaline after

re-start with lineout five meters out. Won and

banged laterally in short spurts crossfield, but

turnover enabled Graham’s clearance.

Garryowen gathered by Raptors at their 10 meter

line enabled a drifty, shifty run-for-fifty by flying

#14 Brett Willis, his grounding and Graham’s

completion: 29-10 in the 47th minute.

Multiple phases of play from Barbarians now

resulting in their best period of possession and a

lineout in the Raptors district. Well-taken, spun and

flyhalf Taylor Howden had a go before offload to

Shea and the breakdown. Sling by Meek out wide

to de Achaval, his crash over in the corner for five,

and 29-15 with ’53 gone.

A second extended interval of Barbarians

possessive activity, but no joy for the Men in Green

as the turnover beast struck repeatedly with knock-

ons, infringing behavior and forward passes being

its substance.

Final try of the match in the 67th minute as a

Glendale wonscrum at the Barbos 22 was spun to

#11, Preston Bryant, and the wing crashed through

for the dot that meant a record of 36-15 with

Graham’s conversion.

Much action in the last minutes of play, but no

further scoring and Glendale had the five, match-

point victory at Henshall’s last blast.

Scoring Barbarians - Try: Hitt, de Achaval; Con: de Achaval; Pen: de Achaval; Raptors - Try: London (2), Graham, Willis, Bryant ; Con: Graham (4); D-G: Graham

AMOC: Chris Henshall (Referee); Mark Hoskin (RA), Greg Wolf (RA)

noto bene: One dozen men who played either in the Colorado youth leagues or at the region’s universities,

from former CU star and Barbarians fullback, Maximo de Achaval, through to former Colorado Springs high

school Grizzlies and Raptors tighthead, Zack Kennedy - an undeniable victory for Colorado age-grade

coaches for certain!

The Pill, get it?

Got it? Good!



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v : Denver Barbarians (20) v Old Mission Bay Athletic Club - OMBAC (18) at Infinity; Rol l ing Thunder Machine w/Lightning abundant;

v : Olympic Rugby Club (8) v Santa Monica Dolphins (12) at Ray Sheeran Field on

Treasure Island, 1pm; Fireworks in the Bay;

v San Francisco Golden Gate (25) v Belmont Shore (21) at Ray Sheeran Field,

3pm; not the Grand Final, but getting’ there

Glendale Raptors are on bye , but friendly with Park City Haggis RC follows the Denver

Barbarians f ixture with OMBAC in the Kettle

Club Won Lost Drawn Match Points (MPts)

Glendale Raptors 7 1 0 36

San Francisco Golden Gate – SFGG 5 2 0 25

*Belmont Shore 4 3 0 21

Denver Barbarians 4 4 0 20

**Old Mission Beach Athletic Club 4 2 0 18

Santa Monica Dolphins 1 7 0 12

Olympic Rugby Club 1 7 0 8

number of asterisks means number of matches club has yet to makeup

Upcomers: Saturday, 3.29.14

Each and every f ixture this weekend guaranteed to impact standings as all matches feature

sides next to one another at table… and one knows that food on someone else’s plate

always appears tastier, unless of course it ’s sushi

Additional PRP results, 3.29.14: OMBAC 69, Santa Monica 32; Belmont 24, Olympic Rugby 20

http://www.denverbarbarians.com/

http://www.ombacrugby.org/

http://www.denverbarbarians.com/

http://www.santamonicarugby.com/

http://www.ocrugby.com/


http://www.ocrugby.com/


http://www.ocrugby.com/directions.html

http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/

http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/

http://www.ocrugby.com/directions.html

http://www.infinityparkatglendale.com/raptors



USA Rugby - Men’s College D 1-A

Club Won Lost Drawn MPts

University of Colorado Buffs 3 0 0 15

Colorado State University Rams 1 2 0 8

University of Wyoming Cowboys 1 2 0 6

United States Air Force Academy Zoomies 1 2 0 6

Results/Schedule - Spring 2014

Saturday 3.8.14 University of Colorado v University of Wyoming 24 - 20

US Air Force Academy v Colorado State University 29 - 24

Wednesday 3.12.14 University of Wyoming v US Air Force Academy 31 - 19

Saturday 3.15.14 University of Colorado v Colorado State University 29 - 25

Friday 3.21.14 US Air Force Academy v University of Colorado 37 - 46

Saturday 3.29.14 Colorado State University v University of Wyoming 41-22

Saturday 4.5.14 University of Wyoming v University of Colorado Colorado State University v US Air Force Academy Wednesday 4.9.14 Colorado State University v University of Colorado

Saturday 4.12.14 University of Wyoming v Colorado State University

Sunday 4.13.14 University of Colorado v US Air Force Academy

TBD TBD US Air Force Academy v University of Wyoming

Colorado State University with the big, five match-point win over Wyoming on Saturday in the Border War, 41-

22, and Rams are away from the basement and into second position on the chart. CSU’s home date with Air

Force significant on the upcomer, while the Cowboys will attempt to surprise CU Buffs in Boulder that

Saturday-Rugby Day.



Raptor Eye View

RA : With the Barbarians-Raptors interactive history being what it is, and each and every match contested wel l and harshly, how important this victory? ZF : Every t ime we play the Barbos it is a hard-fought match. They are an extremely talented and strong team and we knew going into the game it wouldn’t be easy. In any game, walking away with a win is the goal, but it was great to get a wel l-rounded performance from the boys. RA : What was your greatest asset during the match?

ZF : Doing the simple things right, that was the key. In previous games we haven’t executed the simple skil ls to our best (effect) and it has hurt us. Our basic skil ls were on point, which allowed us to open up the game. The forwards gave us great ball in the set pieces, and Mike Graham and the backs were on point.

RA : Was this the best outing yet for Raptors in your estimation?

ZF : It was definitely one of the strongest performances we have had since I joined Glendale. We played a full 80 and we got the result we wanted!

RA : You’ve a bye this week, but wil l Raptors rest?

ZF : We have a friendly scheduled against Park City Haggis. It wil l be a game that we can use to get some guys playing t ime that haven’t had much, as well as rest some of the others.

RA : How’s overal l team health? Anyone on the roster from last week unable to work on Saturday?

ZF : Everyone is st i l l doing well and it wil l be nice to have this bye week to prepare again for the Barbos the following week. ed . - Raptors-Barbarians again on Saturday, April 12t h at Glendale.

further information on the Nike Youth Rugby Camps instructed by Coach

Fenoglio and staff may be accessed at:

http://www.ussportscamps.com/rugby/nike/nike-rugby-camps-denver/

Day camp: June 23-25 Overnight camp: July 31 - August 3 both on campus at Regis Jesuit High School

15s 15s





D-2 Men's Roundup, Upcomers

Everyone knows Haggis is good... right now it is perfect! image: vande

Club (MPts) Won Lost Drawn #s 1 & 2 go to playoffs Park City Haggis (35) 7 0 0 Glendale Raptors (35) 7 1 0 Denver Highlanders (21) 4 3 0 Denver Harlequins (18) 3 4 0 Colorado Springs Grizzlies (6) 1 5 0 Northern Colorado Flamingos (2) 0 7 0

Both frontrunners, Park City and Glendale, got the five-pointers Saturday and share the ordering seat at

table; Haggis with victory over Denver Harlequins at home and Raptors with the win over Denver

Highlanders on the StoveTop.

The knot at the front of the class will most likely be undone this weekend as the Raptors-Haggis battle on

the StoveTop will not wind up in a tie Saturday afternoon. Furthermore, the outcome of the match could

very well determine playoff seeds for the USA Rugby Men’s D-2 initial round of extra-time.

want that ball



2014 Men’s Division-2 Spring Schedule and Results - updated as information becomes

avai lable

All men’s, divis ion-2 f ixtures on Saturday save for the Denver Highlanders v Park City Haggis

(PCH) f ixture on Sunday, April 6 (following the Saturday, 4.5, PCH Visitat ion of Infinity and

The Mighty Meal’s match w/Raptors). A prospective attendee to any of the games l isted

anon would be advised to check ancil lary sources ( i .e. ERRFU website, or the clubs’

websites and/or their FbPs) themselves for logistical updates; following is formatted thusly

- Clubs, then scores where appl icable, or current (MPts):

March 8 Colorado Springs Grizzl ies v Glendale Raptors 14-82 ; Denver Highlanders v Northern Colorado Flamingos 26-10

March 15 Northern Colorado Flamingos v Denver Harlequins 19-26

March 22 Park City Haggis v Colorado Springs Grizzl ies; 81-19; Glendale Raptors v Northern Colorado Flamingos; 67-0

March 29 Park City Haggis v Denver Harlequins; 62-22; Glendale Raptors v Denver Highlanders 60-28

April 5 Glendale Raptors (35) v Park City Haggis (35); Colorado Springs Grizzl ies (6) v Denver Harlequins (18)

April 6* Denver Highlanders (21) v Park City Haggis (35)

April 12 Northern Colorado Flamingos v Colorado Springs Grizzl ies; Denver Harlequins v Denver Highlanders

April 26 Park City Haggis v Northern Colorado Flamingos; Denver Harlequins v Glendale Raptors; Denver Highlanders v Colorado Springs Grizzl ies - as ever, if you’re seeing a discrepancy in wins, losses or match point assignment let us know and we’l l square it , over?

http://www.rockymountainrugby.org/

http://www.springsrugby.com/


http://www.denverhighlanders.net/

http://www.nocorugby.com/

http://www.harlequins.org/

http://www.haggisrugby.org/





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29 the total for Hurricanes on their 5-point exit from the conference cellar and 26 for Crusaders at Christchurch; 1 point, the separation at halft ime with the homeside up 18-17, but guests outscored their hosts, 12-8 in the 2n d stanza for their 2n d victory of the season;

27 on account of Rebels fullback, Jason Woodward, with 1 try, 2 conversions and 6 penalties, suff icient to put conference-leaders Brumbies in rough pasture; 21 the halft ime deficit , at 3-24, the hosts overcame in 2n d stanza shock to the Mob in Melbourne, 32-24; O (neigh) points the Big Horsies in f inal 40;

4 only penalties from Highlanders f lyhalf, Lima Sopoaga, in their traveling loss at Auckland; 15 points on account for Blues #10 Simon Hickey in the 4-point, 30-12, win on North Island;

5 points only, the separation between Reds and Stormers on Australia’s east coast; 1 losing bonus-point minimal happiness for the Capetown boys as they continue their 5-match road tour; 3 the home team’s lead at 13-10 after 40, which was increased to 5 at 22-17 by the last blast of the whistle from field off icial , Chris Pol lock;

0 the measure of difference in Super 15 Rugby’s f irst relative’s smooch of the season, and an uncommonly large one it was at that, 34-the-pair in Loftus Versfeld; 12 points in the f inal 5 minutes by traveling Chiefs were sufficient to draw level the Bulls ; 2 points for each, the draw, but Chiefs get 1 more for 4 or more (5) groundings; 17 points for Bulls standoff, Jacques-Louis Potgieter, on 5 penalty strikes and 1 conversion;

19 points, no cr ibbage score that, from reserve #10, Fred Zeil inga, plus 2 trys and 1 Frans Steyn boomer of a penalty goal, meant 32 for Sharks in defeat of Waratahs , who managed only 10 on #10 Bernie Foley’s try, his own conversion and his 1 penalty struck;

Super XV

Rugby #s

how ya like ‘em digits?



Upcomers , Round 8

Australian Rugby Conference


Brumbies 4 2 0 17 Waratahs 3 2 0 16 Force 3 2 0 14 Reds 3 3 0 14 Rebels 2 3 0 10

New Zealand Rugby Conference


Chiefs 3 1 1 17 Blues 3 3 0 16 Hurricanes 2 4 0 12

Highlanders 2 3 0 11 Crusaders 2 3 0 9

South Africa Rugby Conference


Sharks 5 1 0 23 Lions 4 2 0 16 Bulls 3 2 1 16 Stormers 1 5 0 6 Cheetahs 1 5 0 5

Friday, 4.4.14 Highlanders (11) v Rebels (10) at Forsyth Barr Stadium: a tel l ing, trans-Tasman test; Brumbies (17) v Blues (16) at Canberra Stadium: this, a Real Big Bang, in the Australian national capitol; Saturday, 4.5.14 Hurricanes (12) v Bulls (16) at Mclean Park, Napier: ‘Canes need at home; Reds (14) v Force (14) at Suncorp Stadium: too much of a road ask for Mathewson’s Men of the West; Cheetahs (5) v Chiefs (17) at Free State Stadium: Fast Cats wi l l l ike to show well at home, but Chiefs chasing that elusive road joy; Lions (16) v Crusaders (9) at El l is Park: could be a danger for homeys here; Stormers (6) v Waratahs (16) at Newlands Stadium: hopeful homeys to heap horror on guests?

Sharks on bye week



Aviva Premiership: Top four playoff - #1 v #4; #2 v #3; last 4 fixtures upcoming

Won Lo st Drawn MPts

Sar acen s 16 2 0 72

Northampton Sa ints 14 3 1 65

Le icester T igers 12 4 2 58

Bath Ru gb y 12 5 1 55

Sale Sh arks 11 7 0 51

Har leq uin s 11 7 0 49

London Wasp s 7 11 0 39

Glou cester Ru gb y 7 11 0 36

Exeter Ch iefs 7 11 0 35

London Ir ish 5 13 0 26

Newcast le Fa lcon s 3 15 0 19

Worcester Warr iors 1 17 0 10

Upcomers

Friday, 4.11.14

Sale Sharks (51) v Har lequins (49) at Salford City Stadium: these guys both are yet in the hunt for the last playoff spot, but the loser of this match may be out

Saturday, 4.12.14

Leicester Tigers (58) v London Wasps (39) at Welford Road: Tigers scorching hot now - 8 wins and 1 drawn so far this year;

Worcester Warriors (10) v Exeter Chiefs (35) at Sixways: Warriors deuce innarow? Chiefs thinking, “maybe not”; c’mon the WorWars!

Gloucester Rugby (36) v Bath Rugby (55) at Kingsholm: Bath desperately needing victory, but so do homeboys

Sunday, 4.13.14

Saracens (72) v Northampton Saints (65) at Copthall Stadium: gonna have to see how sharp the Saracen blade emergent from H-Cup quarters at Ravenhil l afore we can reckon properly;

London Ir ish (26) v Newcastle Falcons (19) at Madejski Stadium: a contest with heat;

Saracens going far and away uptop after f ive-point roadwork at Wasps, 32-20 ; Leicester continue to impress with the 22-16 win over fail ing Northampton; Bath also on the downward spiral, losing to visit ing Sharks, 11-12 ; Gloucester pippage of Exeter Chiefs, 14-13 , in their visit to Sandy Park means they move past Chiefs at table; and Warriors 1s t win of the season came at the expense of homeside, Newcastle Falcons, 17-12



French XIV: #s 3-6 playoff 1s t Round as #s 1, 2 bye; then semi-f inals - 3 left

Won Lost Drawn M Pts Montpel l ier 13 9 1 66 Clermont Au ver gne 13 9 1 65 Tou lon 13 9 1 65 Castres 12 9 2 62 Rac in g Metro 13 8 2 60 Tou louse 11 11 1 58 Bordeau x Begles * 12 10 0 58 Stad e França is 13 9 1 58 Brive 10 11 2 55 Grenob le 11 11 1 50 Perp ignan 9 13 1 46 Bayonne 9 14 0 44 Oyonnax * 10 12 0 44 Biarr it z 4 18 1 26

* n u m b e r o f a s t e r i s ks b y a c l u b i n d i c a te s th e n u m b e r o f m a ke u p m a t c h e s th a t c l u b y e t h a s ( t o m a ke u p )

Upcoming the T-14

B it l ike a mult iple-f ighter, cage match at the moment in France with last week’s leader, Clermont Auvergne, taking it on the chin at Brive, 24-26 , where Brive fullback, Gaetan Germain, was good for 21 of his side’s winning total on a dot, two conversions and four penalties; CA did manage the losing bonus-point;

Montpell ier are the new boss after whacking Bayonne, 43-27 ;

Toulon got the necessary over Toulouse, 32-28 , and are now all cozy with Clermont in 2n d;

Castres yet close after an unhappy knot at Biarritz, 34-the-pair , but they must rue the non- win on the Bay of Biscay;

Oyonnax smacked Grenoble around their park, 40-13 , and are now poised for a move up the charts;

Bordeaux Begles did the business on Perpignan, 23-5 , and are hard-eyed on the last playoff slottage with four to go for them as they’ve a match in hand;

Racing zipped right past Stade after road victory, 32-22 , in the Batai l le de Paris

Saturday, 4.5.14 Oyonnax (44) v Bordeaux Begles (58) at Stade Charles Mathon: crit ical the win for B-B in the makeup, but we don’t think they wil l

and inna fortnight: Clermont v Castres ; Bordeaux - Begles v Toulon ;

Bayonne v Stade; Grenoble v Montpell ier ; Perpignan v Oyonnax ;

Racing v Biarritz ; Toulouse v Brive

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Leinster pul l ing away now after their four-point defeat of Munster at home, 22-18;

U lster were beaten by the Blues on the road, 28-23; 1s t loss in 2014 those Irish;

G lasgow with the needed numbers over Ospreys, 11-9, at Scotstoun on the spring-l ike

day;

Dragons were leveled by Zebre at 25s-for-everyone, to neither’s lasting happiness;

Benetton four better than Edinburgh at home, 20-16;

Scarlets a damned deuce in front of Connacht after 80, 32-30

RaboDirect PRO12 - 4 left , though there be makeup(s)

Won Lost Drawn MPts Le inster 14 3 1 68

Munster 14 4 0 63

Ulster 13 5 0 60

Ospr eys 10 7 1 52

Glasgow ** 12 4 0 51

Scar lets 8 9 1 41

Connach t 6 12 0 34

Ed inbur gh ** 6 10 0 30

Dragon s * 6 10 1 30

Card if f B lu es 5 12 1 28

Benetton Treviso * 4 12 1 24

Zebre 3 13 2 20

** - two games to makeup; * - on e game to makeup

Upcomers: makeups Thursday, 4.3.14 Dragons v Edinburgh at Rodney Parade

Friday, 4.4.14 Glasgow v Benetton Treviso at Scotstoun; and then…

Friday, 4.11.14 Ospreys v Leinster Ulster v Connacht Edinburgh v Blues

Saturday, 4.12.14 Benetton Treviso v Dragons Munster v Glasgow

Scarlets v Zebre



F ina l He ineken Pool Results

Pool 1 Won Lo st Drawn MPts

Le inster 5 1 0 22 Northampton Sa ints 4 2 0 17 Castres 2 4 0 9 Ospr eys 1 5 0 5 Pool 2 Won Lo st Drawn MPts Tou lon 5 1 0 24 Card if f B lu es 3 3 0 14 Exeter Ch iefs 3 3 0 12 Glasgow 2 4 0 11 Pool 3 Won Lo st Drawn MPts Tou louse 5 1 0 23 Sar acen s 4 2 0 20 Connach t 3 3 0 13 Zebre 0 6 0 0 Pool 4 Won Lo st Drawn MPts Clermont Au ver gne 5 1 0 24 Har leq uin s 3 3 0 16 Scar lets 2 3 1 11 Rac in g Metro 1 4 1 7 Pool 5 Won Lo st Drawn MPts Ulster 6 0 0 26 Le icester T igers 4 2 0 21 Montpel l ier 2 4 0 11 Benetton Treviso 0 6 0 0

Pool 6 Won Lo st Drawn MPts Munster 5 1 0 23 Glou cester Ru gb y 3 3 0 14 Ed inbur gh 3 3 0 12 Perp ignan 1 5 0 7

Playoffs 1st Rounds: April 5, 6

Undefeated and top points-earner, Ulster , wi l l host Saracens on Saturday , April 5t h at

Ravenhil l ; Toulon and Leinster get after the pil l at Stade Fél ix-Mayol that evening;

Clermont Auvergne battle Leicester Tigers the following afternoon, Sunday 4.6 , at Stade Marcel Michel in; and Munster take on Toulouse at Thomond Park in a 6pm (local) kick

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Nike Rugby Camps Summer Youth Rugby 15s Camps instructed by USA Eagles front row,

Zach Fenoglio - [email protected] and staff day camp: Regis Jesuit High School campus, June 23-25, 2014

overnight camp: at RJHS, July 31 - August 3

http://www.ulsterrugby.com/Team/Stadium.aspx

http://www.rugbygroundguide/Toulon.html

http://www.rugbygroundguide/clermont.html

http://www.munsterrugby.ie/club/thomond.php



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*Daktari’s Rugby Cypher* last week’s solution: “We were not the favorites and most

people were expecting us to lose easily,” Los Teros flyhalf,

Felipe Berchesi, on tie with US

Daktari, himself, with his own conversion first

DA PWMI’A HXDIH XVQ PWC WIK IX XIO NWIDFGOK OWHSOM AXKK FSOUOQ XI QPF BVWSDTCDIH

PDI

hint: P = W

text is encrypted

to solve: substitute letters in the pattern above to determine the rugby-related phrase.

RSVP the

cryp

Nike Rugby Camps Summer Youth Rugby 15s Camps instructed by USA Eagles front row,

Zach Fenoglio - [email protected] and staff day camp: Regis Jesuit High School campus, June 23-25, 2014

overnight camp: at RJHS, July 31 - August 3



Down the Whistler hR ©

XV rugby

time

So… the new scrum

engagement sequence… whaddaya think?

…I…don’t…know… …how’s…

…it…

why?

yabbut… …so I was asked to ref, but I’m too good

for that, so I…

safer scrums

…a prince can mak a belted knight, a marquis duke an’ a’ that…but an honest man’s aboon his might,

gude faith he mauna fa’ that… for a’ that, an’ a’ that, their dignities an’ a’ that… pith o’ sense, an’

pride o’ worth, are higher rank than a’ that

I am sensing conflict?

yes… yes you are!

yep

…go?

for a’ that, an’ a’ that…

so they’ll start it

w/Summer 15s

only place

in country

can be

done

in the Mountains?

…you’re not a front row, so you couldn’t

even begin to understand…



ACROSS

10 - Ref Runner (see 16 across)

16 - Sitzmanimal

22 - Western US chosen side

42 - Boulder Youth sound

46 - Caesar’s pal

68 - Black Ice Pilot

86 - 20th century mining referee, Bill _____

91 - _____ of America

115 - Siddall or West, each an original

130 - ___ Pinkelman

143 - Zach’s #

148 - crashing lines

156 - Vietnamese soup

166 - Raptors Hannah ______

176 - Hattrup

185 - that thing

188 - higher level think skill

196 - familial, of that

201 - Mr. Malifa

208 - critical pool need

236 - Ruaridh in America

259 - set piece where leapers excel

268 - affirmative

298 - 15th in a 7s match

308 - awesome official

317 - Highlanders chartist, Jerry ____

335 - Old South Gaylord haunt

343 - at scrum, your ___

357 - everyone’s favorite subject, though some may not know it

361 - Sword-slinging, rugby-instructing Davids (3 wds)

Crossword

Clues



DOWN

1 - 20TH century Union Cup (2 wds)

7 - Brumbie youngster

10 - Vail RFC godfather

12 - his first name

15 - of that Boulder coaching brother’s ilk

18 - see 15 down

71 - Boulder Babe’s Flyhalf _____ Flaherty

73 - Grizzlies mentor ____ McGregor

80 - Nese’s brother

90 - CU DoR

97 - formidable Foothills high schoolers

130 - former CU women’s coach ___ Lyon or Luke’s Dad

143 - occasional hooker duty

149 - not yes

153 - Paul, “Senior” or “Chet” _______

156 - Ursidae James or John ________

162 - Denver Barbarians ___ Russell

170 - don’t go there!

176 - former CSU Ram and Highlanders Tim ______

180 - Angel Bill ____

208 - CU rugby All American Colleen _____

226 - Lewis

255 - Jane, Pete or Matt ________

265 - road ____

288 - Russ, Zach, or Kurt ______

305 - Rasta Ireland

308 - awesome ref educator

331 - match essential

340 - front ___

343 - Mytjalies

344 - west US collegiate rugby power player

357 - do, re, __

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