A year after winning its 26th national championship in 32 years, the Cal rugby team found itself without a postseason to play in. Choosing to forego the postseason it had played in for over three decades, the Bears withdrew from USA Rugby in December 2011, citing concern with the umbrella Read More…
Seven minutes into the second half of the Cal rugby team’s Saturday match against St. Mary’s, Tiaan De Nysschen shrugged off a swarm of defenders, zipped up the middle of the field, belly-dived with the ball between the goalposts and tossed the ball high in the air in celebration. A Read More…
Look at all the variables, and the Cal rugby team’s Saturday matchup against St. Mary’s has all the ingredients of an upset. First, the Gaels (11-1) are the best team the Bears have faced all season. Undefeated against collegiate competition, they’ve made a mockery of their schedule thus far. Bolstered Read More…
Want to get an idea of how the Cal rugby team’s season has gone so far? With various combinations of starters, scrubs, frosh-sophs and in-betweens, the Bears have played 12 full-length matches since the regular season began. Aside from a 10-point win over the University of British Columbia on Feb. Read More…
When the undefeated Cal rugby team takes on Oregon State at noon on Saturday afternoon, much of the team’s success will be based on the play of the man wearing the No. 9 jersey, the scrumhalf. Just like a quarterback in football, the scrumhalf directs a team’s offense. By receiving Read More…
Russell Webb was three years old when the British left Hong Kong in 1997. He remembers the legacy of Victorian style architecture in his hometown and the ubiquity of English-language signs and shops. He remembers speaking Cantonese, his mother tongue, though right now he prefers English. He remembers his dad Read More…
To a Cal rugby team already struggling to stay healthy, junior Paul Bosco’s broken leg comes as a blow. But the success of the Bears has never hinged on a single player. As the Bears (13-0, 3-0 in the PAC Rugby Conference) showed yet again in Saturday’s 80-14 win over Arizona at Witter Rugby Field, they’re a team defined by their depth as much as anything else. Read More…
Following last weekend’s 75-22 win over UCLA, the Cal rugby team will once again rely on its depth when it returns to Witter Rugby Field for what could be the team’s most grueling stretch of the season. On Saturday, the Bears (12-0, 2-0 in the PAC Rugby Conference) take on Read More…
With Cal’s rugby season going as spectacularly as it is, it’s hard to not get caught up in the excitement of watching our team win every single game. Unfortunately, many of the fans that show up to these rugby matches only come to watch the fast paced colliding of clavicles and Read More…
On Saturday, the Cal rugby team was in unusual territory. Only two minutes into their match against UCLA at the North Athletic Field in Los Angeles, the Bears found themselves trailing for the first time all season. The Bruins had taken an early lead after Race Noeldner intercepted a pass Read More…
