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Rocky Mountain

Regional Rugby Report

3.20.14

In this Issue:

USA Rugby College top-end action at Infinity - Friday, lunch… darn good way to start this rugby weekend!

Colorado Competitive Conquests: one more time - Two Titanic PRP Contests: a defensive gem and an

offensive wonder make the Premiership a Raptors Roost with Barbarians onrushing

Raptor Eye View: with Raptors captain, Zach Fenoglio

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

GlobalComps: Richard and Trotski… EuroComps international players return

o Six Nations – they whose eyes smile last, smile best… Éirinn go Brách… in MMXIV France women claim 6 Nations crown over Ireland; 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup,

France in August, oi! o Super XV Rugby - results by those numbers/upcomers

o Aviva, Top XIV, Pro12 - firing right back up, though Ulster (RDP12) and Oyonnax (T14) each have made points after makeups during the interval

o Heineken Cup – playoffs anyone? Q-ing up in April…

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o Daktari’s Rugby Cypher

o Down the Whistler - “B-O-D”

2014 Summer Mountain 15s… soon come… what’s your summer look like?

Brendan’s Pub - Could it ever be so nice on Broadway?

Brendan’s Pub

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Friday, March 21, 1pm at Infinity Rugby

Complex, Glendale Colorado

both AFA & CU have beaten common opponent, Colorado State University Rams, by three

and four points respectively at their homes. Now they’ll meet midway to see who’s Colorado

and USAR, Men’s Division 1-A boss

D-1A

I’m goin’, you

goin’? … let’s

carpool!




G lendale is Premiership leader for second week running having beaten every Cali fornia side

on the table save for SFGG, whom they lost to 26-31 early in the season and they’l l play last

match of their campaign. Raptors topped Olympic Rugby Club, 33-26, in the second PRP

match of the day at home Saturday last, whilst Barbos were f ive better than Belmont at 18-

13 in the curtain-raiser.

OMBAC got the definit ive win over SFGG, 36-21 at San Diego on Saturday. The Bay Area club

has now dropped two-in-a-row after their init ial bye week, not right direct ion

k

v : Denver Barbarians (15) v Olympic Rugby Club (7) at Infinity Rugby Stadium: homeboys on three-inna-row; vis itors offense showed well last week, but hosts “d”…

v : Glendale Raptors (26) v Belmont Shore (17) at Infinity Rugby Stadium: Raptors

were f ive better than their opponents last month in LA (36-31) and should l ike a repeat;

v Santa Monica Dolphins (9) v San Francisco Golden Gate (20) at Webster Field:

re-track for SFGG or a Dolphin surprise?

Old Mission Bay Athletic Club bye

Club Won Lost Drawn Match Points (MPts)

Glendale Raptors 5 1 0 26

San Francisco Golden Gate – SFGG 4 2 0 20

Belmont Shore 3 2 0 17

Denver Barbarians 3 3 0 15

Old Mission Beach Athletic Club – OMBAC 3 2 0 13

Santa Monica Dolphins 1 5 0 9

Olympic Rugby Club 1 5 0 7

Upcomers: Saturday, 3.22.14

http://www.infinityparkatglendale.com/raptors


http://www.denverbarbarians.com/

http://www.ocrugby.com/

http://www.denverbarbarians.com/

http://www.ocrugby.com/



http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/


http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/


http://www.santamonicarugby.com/

http://www.santamonicarugby.com/

http://www.santamonicarugby.com/match/8892/

http://www.ombacrugby.org/

http://www.ombacrugby.org/




Raptor Eye View

RA : Glendale let Olympic back in the match in the second half. What’s to be done to see that does not recur?

ZF : We definitely got complacent toward the end of the game after we ran in a few scores. It overall was not a strong performance from our side and we have to work on sticking to our pattern and upping our tempo;

RA : Well, we’re midway through the season and Glendale is top of the charts and, regardless of this weekend’s results, wil l remain there. Is this where you expected to be at this stage?

ZF : We knew we had a solid team coming into this season. Lots of people were writ ing us off in the beginning, but we knew if we were able to stick to our pattern and to continue to develop as a team we would be competit ive. To be at the top right now is great, but al l that matters is being at the top at the end of the season, so that’s where our sights are;

RA : With other clubs in the league looking to take their shot at f irst-placed Raptors, anything different in the way you (col lect ively) approach kickoff? Wil l there be, or has there been, a team mindset adjustment?

ZF : The important thing is never get too comfortable with where we are. At the beginning of the year, we were playing (as if we had) something to prove; now things have changed a bit. We just need to keep getting better each day and approaching each game like we have… with a must- win mental ity. It ’s easy for teams (in our posit ion) to want to coast now, but with the competit ive nature of this league, no lead is safe, so we need to continue to work to build our team and f inish this second half of the season strong;

RA : Last week, Barbarians had a tough time scoring on Belmont, this weekend’s opponent. Do you see this as an issue for Raptors, who have the most productive offense in the Premiership, come Saturday?

ZF : Belmont is a very physical side with a tough defense. Our offense has been doing a great job putting points on the board this year, but what we really need to focus in on is our defense. We haven’t played a full 80 on defense and against a strong team like Belmont that could hurt us in the end. The last t ime we played them we’d a lead and let them back in the game. Scoring points is great, but it ’s even more important that we are keeping our opponents from getting points;

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

ZF : Everyone is holding up strong. A couple of bumps and bruises here and there, but that is to be expected in a long, competit ive season l ike this

*Mr. Fenoglio wi l l be heading up Colorado summer youth rugby camps in June and July -

we’l l keep you posted with specif ic information as it becomes available




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 (25) 5 0 0 Glendale Raptors (25) 5 1 0 Denver Highlanders (20) 4 2 0 Denver Harlequins (17) 3 3 0 Colorado Springs Grizzlies (6) 1 5 0 Northern Colorado Flamingos (2) 0 7 0

Denver Harlequins did the business on the road against Northern Colorado Flamingos, 26-

19, and picked up the bonus-point for 4 (or more) groundings in the bargain. NorCo did

earn a bonus-point for loss at 7-or-less. Quins’re now within f irm handshake distance of

Highlanders, whom they lost to in an away f ixture in the fall at The Jake; but they’ l l be

looking to return their Denver rival’s hospitality on April 12t h in Cook Rugby Park’s Cooker,

the Jester’s homegrounds, in the men’s D-2 Battle for Denver Round II .

Park City Haggis, tasty as ever, comes to town Saturday-the-upcomer for a fancy meal down

in the Springs with the Grizzl ies men’s club, and the Utahans may very well rol l out of state

with a f iver in their pocket. Also Glendale Raptors D-2 men host Northern Colorado

Flamingos in league action at the StoveTop on Saturday. Those hunters’l l be looking for f ive

from this to keep pace, and possibly overtake, their pals from Utah’s Rocky Mountains;

though Haggis has a game in hand Glendale, whom they’ l l play f irst Saturday in April .




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 (25) v Colorado Springs Grizzl ies (6); Glendale Raptors (25) v Northern Colorado Flamingos (2)

March 29 Park City Haggis (25) v Denver Harlequins (17); Glendale Raptors (25) v Denver Highlanders (20)

April 5 Glendale Raptors v Park City Haggis; Colorado Springs Grizzl ies v Denver Harlequins

April 6* Denver Highlanders v Park City Haggis

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.springsrugby.com/


http://www.denverhighlanders.net/

http://www.nocorugby.com/

http://www.harlequins.org/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




Men - 2014 - Ireland

11, 52 at Stadio Olimpico: Well, visitors got the bunch they needed, but the f inal

6Nats numbers (cumulative points differential) were insufficient to claim the tit le;

51, 3 at Millenium Stadium: This very well could have been the most enjoyable

match of the day, but only for those Fr iends of Dragon; Coach Johnson got kicked upstairs

and is now Scotland’s Director of Rugby; whether that posit ion is closer to egress or further

away shall be revealed in t ime;

20, 22 at Stade de France: Ireland for the 6Nats championship; Men in Green

closed their 6Nats campaign in dramatic fashion and may very well be the form European

national men’s side just now, what with the small , though stunningly impressive, loss to Al l

Blacks at the end of 2013, and the bleep v England at Twickenham, Ireland are surging; and

Jon Sexton has well-assumed the O’Gara mantle, it may not be Ireland Forever, but it ’ l l

certainly be Eire for a while;

Women - 2014 - France

France victory over Ireland , 19-15, at Stade de Hameau secured the crown for Les Bleus as

well as the Grand Slam; the f ive-point lead the hosts held at the half was enough to provide

for the win after a concerted, second stanza effort from Ireland brought Fiona Coghlan’s

team to the brink of championship;

RE: 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup : Ireland is in the pool-of-four with United States, New

Zealand (current WRWC tit le-holders) and Kazakhastan;

United States Women’s Eagles were best in the world at Cardiff , Wales in the inaugural

Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) a bit more than a score of years past at the onset of

the 1990s; Eagles topped England for the global championship, 19-6, and went on to f inish

out the end of the millenium with second place closes in ’95 and ’99 - goin’ for 1s t in 2014,

though




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Super 15 Rugby btn

100 Super Rugby caps for the Chiefs openside, Tanerau Lat imer, and also Stormers

captain, Jean de Vil l iers, in the matchup; 4 points the separation in the 74th

minute at 24-20 after a two-try SA f ightback, but a pair of scores from

replacement Tevita Koloamatangi (for the bonus point) and the last by Latimer

made for 36-20 happiness in Well ington;

¼ of a century note sufficient in the Crusaders task of seeing the 19-point Rebels off and away on the road in Melbourne; 7-from-7 and 20 points for travelers numbers guy, inside center Tom Taylor, on six penalties and a conversion of hooker Ben Funnell ’s late grounding; two in a row to the good for Crusaders , the other way round for Rebels ; hosts got the lb-p in the 19- 25 loss;

23 points for hotstepping Hurricanes #10, Beau Barrett, on a brace of groundings, f ive conversions and a penalty; nine trys in total as the home team claimed its f irst Super XV victory of the season in large form, 60-27, over traveling Cheetahs ;

13 players at the death for the visitors and a 60-point total split just unevenly as the Men of Australia’s West outlasted their hosts, 31-29, in Dunedin; Highlanders #10, Lima Sopoaga, got the forever str ike from midfield for three and a total account of 14 on four penalties and one conversion; Western Force touched down a quartet of scores in their bonus-point win;

18 for Brumbies #9, Nic White, on a try, three penalties and a pair of conversions as the Mob won at home, 28-23, over previously undefeated Waratahs ; #15 Israel Folau got a big, strong f ive points at ’74 to make it 25-23, but the f inal three were gotten by Mr. White (5-from-6 overal l) and Brumbies moved to the top of the Australian Conference;

24 for Lions-hearted #10, Marnitz Boshoff, on 4 penalties, 3 conversions and 2 dropped goals at El l is Park - the last penalty struck to break a 36-all knot at ’78 which then required defensive heroics by the Big Cats to preserve victory; 17-nil with travel ing Blues frustrated in the f irst forty; 5 trys by the Kiwis in the second stanza just fal l ing short, 36-39; 2 points, however, for Blues on loss-at-seven-or- less and 4+ dots;

19 on return-to-form-from-il lness Pat Lambie’s account as Sharks , in front 25-6 at half, weathered a Reds second stanza comeback that brought the Australians to within 8 just past the three-quarter mark at 28-20; but a further 5 from replacement prop Dale Chadwick, deuced by Lambie, and Sharks had the 35-20 result, and along with Chiefs , a share of the last two unbeaten records

Super XV

Rugby #s




Upcomers , Round 6

Friday, 3.21.14:

Highlanders v Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr: each would l ike their second victory of the

season

Waratahs v Rebels at All ianz Stadium: ‘Tahs ’ l l most l ikely take their recent loss to

Rebels heart;

Saturday, 3.22.14:

Blues v Cheetahs at Eden Park: lotta points in this one with both sides looking to

come out on the top end of this;

Brumbies v Stormers at Canberra Stadium: 5 for the homeside? careful big horsies,

big storm comin’ in;

Force v Chiefs at NIB Stadium: home team’s on two running, vis itors three-in-a-row;

could be a Forced-trip to start the Kiwis tour?

Lions v Reds at Ell is Park: Big Cats dispatched the Blues last Saturday; now for the

Reds ; though that could be a club of an entirely different color, one might think;

Bulls v Sharks at Loftus Versfeld: let ’s see how Sharks perform away from their

homeport; Bulls have hungry for f ish written allover their show after their bye

week; big win for homeboys and they’re well within hornstrike of SA conference

leaders;

Bye for Crusaders

Rugby

On

http://www.superxv.com/highlanders/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/waratahs/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/blues/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/brumbies/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/force/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/lions/stadium.asp

http://www.superxv.com/bulls/stadium.asp




Super Rugby Conference Tables

Australian Rugby Conference

Club Won Lost Drawn MPts

Brumbies 3 1 0 13 Waratahs 2 1 0 11 Force 2 2 0 10 Reds 2 2 0 9 Rebels 1 2 0 6

New Zealand Rugby Conference


Chiefs 3 0 0 13 Crusaders 2 2 0 8 Highlanders 1 2 0 7 Blues 1 3 0 7 Hurricanes 1 3 0 6

South Africa Rugby Conference


Sharks 4 0 0 18 Lions 3 2 0 12 Bulls 2 2 0 10 Stormers 1 3 0 5 Cheetahs 1 4 0 5




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

Won Lost Drawn MPts

Northampton Sa ints 14 1 1 64

Sar acen s 13 2 0 62

Bath Ru gb y 11 4 1 49

Le icester T igers 10 4 2 49

Har leq uin s 10 6 0 45

Sale Sh arks 9 7 0 43

London Wasp s 6 10 0 35

Exeter Ch iefs 7 9 0 34

Glou cester Ru gb y 5 11 0 27

London Ir ish 5 11 0 26

Newcast le Fa lcon s 3 13 0 16

Worcester Warr iors 0 16 0 5

Order maintained in the top English competit ion as Saints claimed the win over Gloucester ,

39-13; second-placed Saracens with the win over third-placed Bath Rugby , 23-10, Thursday

last+; Leicester Tigers impressive in the 41-18 traveling triumph past Newcastle Falcons ,

Bath and Leicester each with 49 MPts; Harlequins keeping that f inal (4t h) playoff spot in

sight, edging Worcester by a single, 21-20; and Sale Sharks pulled off the win over hosts,

London Wasps at Adams Park, 21-17;

Upcomers

Friday, 3.21 : Worcester Warriors (5) v London Wasps (35) at Sixways: travelers should l ike a big win Saturday, 3.22: Sale Sharks (43) v Northampton Saints (64) at Salford City Stadium: if the Saints were to trip on the trot here, Sale could make it a good one; Gloucester Rugby (27) v Newcastle Falcons (16) at Kingsholm: gotta be Gloucester at Castle Grim; Saracens (62) v Harlequins (45) at Wembley Stadium: this’ l l be the glow on the eastern horizon; Sarries probably, but Quins can i l l afford a loss, too; London Irish (26) v Bath Rugby (49) at Madejski Stadium: Bath has not lost on the road in 2014; Ir ish look to change that stat; Sunday, 3.23: Leicester Tigers (49) v Exeter Chiefs (34) at Welford Road: homeys 5-0-1 recently; Chiefs , 1-5-0; if two trains leave the station heading in opposite directions…




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

Toulon are the new frontrunner after bashing

Oyonnax at Stade Felix-Mayol, 64-10; Clermont have

the same number MPts, but a 16-26 road loss at

Bordeaux Begles , and a 2-4-0 last six results record

has them second on the table; Montpell ier moved

from 5th-to-3r d by topping Stade Français , 19-10, and

the Paris club dropped into 4th posit ion on the chart;

Stade are 1-3 since the beginning of February;

Toulouse went from 7th-to-5th on table with bonus-

point victory over Perpignan , 37-9, darn it; Castres , a

15-25 disappointment at Racing , are now 2-3 in their

last handful of matches; and the aforementioned

Metrons are now snap-snap-snapping at Castres rear

leg and the f inal playoff slot; as is Brive after posting

the f ive-pointer, shutting out Grenoble 31-nil;

Grenoble are now 1-3, in their last four, not right

direction; also Bordeaux-Begles , who knocked the

former leaders from first place, are well in the last playoff spot hunt and have backed their

action with three wins in succession; f irst 10 clubs within a fortnight’s happiness of one

another - also Oyonnax with the makeup win over Biarritz , but only just at 24-22, though

that’l l keep them snapping the Achi l les of both Perpignan and Bayonne , with a game in

hand the “on” may yet be input Oyonnax

Won Lost Drawn MPts

Tou lon 12 8 1 60

Clermont Au ver gne 12 8 1 60

Montpel l ier 11 9 1 57

Stad e França is 13 8 0 56

Tou louse 11 10 0 55

Castres 11 9 1 55

Rac in g Metro 11 8 2 52

Brive 9 10 2 51

Bordeau x Begles * 10 10 0 50

Grenob le 11 9 1 50

Bayonne 9 12 0 43

Perp ignan 8 12 1 42

Oyonnax * 9 11 0 39

Biarr it z 4 17 0 23

* 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 s o f m a ke u p m a t c h e s t h a t c l u b y e t h a s ( t o m a k e u p )




(continued from previous ) Upcoming the T-14

Saturday , 3.22

Bayonne (43) v Bordeaux Begles (50) at Stade Jean Dauger: playoff implications? oui ;

Castres (55) v Brive (46) at Stade Pierre-Antoine: ditto and Castres won’t lose in front

of their patrons, but Brive gotta roll in’ thing goin’…;

Clermont Auvergne (60) v Toulon (60) at Stade Marcel Michel in: for f irst place, yet

surely home team’s recent malaise- l ike efforts must ebb? non ;

Grenoble (50) v Racing Metro (55) at Stade des Alpes: both need; crackin’ action in

the hil ls;

Oyonnax (39) v Montpell ier (53) at Stade Charles Mathon: home side has been on the

road since January (only home match ppd); wanna bet they’ve a special treat in

store their Montpell ier guests? Chansa; homeboys pul led off the road triumph

at Biarritz after four losses running and should l ike to start streaking in that

direction; Oyonnax have only one loss at home this season and that a one-

pointer to Stade; they have beaten everyone on the table ahead of them save

those City-of-Lightsters and now would l ike to strike similar circumstance with

this weekend’s guests; Sleeper Bang-bang;

Perpignan (42) v Biarritz (23) at Stade Aime Giral: Perps should l ike the win…

Biarritz , aaanhh?

Stade Français (56) v Toulouse (50) at Stade Jean-Bouin: Bangety-bang banger;

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Leinster st i l l fronting the pack, but it ’s a true pack with three-of-four Irish provinces in

glad-hands distance of one another uptop now that Ulster has made up its Valentine’s Day

washout date with Scarlets ; and they did it in f ive-point style at Ravenhi l l on Fr iday night,

doubling their visitors card, 26-13, with scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar good on three trys-

converted while his pivot, Paddy Jackson, dotted a brace; Scarlets inside center, Olly

Barkley, knocked 13 points through the sticks on three penalt ies and two conversions, the

last three-pointer drew the visitors within three, 21-18 in the 62n d minute, before a try by

replacement prop, Tom Court, meant the extra credit for Ulster at ‘80+

Won Lost Drawn MPts Le inster 12 3 1 59

Munster 13 3 0 58

Ulster 12 4 0 55

Ospr eys 9 7 1 46

Glasgow ** 10 4 0 43

Scar lets 7 8 1 36

Dragon s * 6 9 0 28

Ed inbur gh ** 6 8 0 28

Connach t 5 11 0 27

Card if f B lu es 4 11 1 24

Benetton Treviso * 3 11 1 20

Zebre 3 12 1 18

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

Upcomes the RDP12

Friday, 3.21: Ospreys (46) v Cardiff Blues (24) at Liberty Stadium: home team should l ike f ive; Leinster (59) v Zebre (18) at Royal Dublin Society: f ive for homeys? Edinburgh (28) v Ulster (55) at Murrayfield: probably too much to ask of the host as their guests have not lost a match in 2014; Saturday, 3.22: Glasgow (43) v Scarlets (36) at Scotstoun: this one looks a lot tougher for homeboys than it did coupla weeks back; Munster (58) v Benetton Treviso (20) at Ravenhil l : Ravenhil l just the vehicle to excise last fortnight’s angster? Sunday, 3.23: Dragons (28) v Connacht (27) at Rodney Parade: tricky, yet doable, for DM’s crew;




Final Heineken Pool Results : quarterfinals happen April 5 t h, 6 t h

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 Lost 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 4.5 , at Stade Marcel Michel in; and Munster take on Toulouse at Thomond Park in a 6pm (local) kick

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*Daktari’s Rugby Cypher* last week’s solution: “I’ve never seen anyone that quick on

a rugby field,” IRB commentator Nigel Starmer-Smith on

Carlin Isles

Kudos 1st Responder and Palmer College Alum,

Sean Reif D.C.

today’s cryp below

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Down the Whistler hR ©

XV rugby

time

Well, Brian’s done; and a

fine lengthy run he’s had…

Aye. Some of my favorite stories concern Mr. O’Driscoll

Awesome

fulsome inna good way

O’Driscoll, O’Gara,

O’Connell

O’Driscoll,

O’Gara,

O’Connell

what if I told you about the time me and Brian…

oh my!

… 3rd

boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor Maine - old wornout suit & shoes, I

don’t pay no union dues… smoke, old stogies I have found, short, but not too big aroun’…

I’m a man of means by no means…

a true and valiant warrior no argument here

Gonna’ be a rugby time in the old town tonight!

all o’ mine

Il est

incroyable

…King a’ the Road…

I’ll miss ‘im

somefing ‘orrible

oh, all

right then

not like he’s dead

oh my!

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