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…
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…
The first and only time the Cal rugby team played a match in the PAC Rugby Conference, the Bears won 104-0. Their second match in the newly born conference isn’t likely to be much more of a challenge. But regardless of any imbalance in the result of Saturday’s 1 p.m. Read More…
The Cal rugby team entered its matchup against Cal Poly last year riding a 63-game win streak, having won every game since the end of 2009 while picking up two national championships in the process. Mindful of the imbalance between the teams, the Mustangs asked Cal head coach Jack Clark Read More…
If you browse through the Cal rugby record books, you’ll find a couple of games each season in which the Bears take down their opponent by a lopsided score. In the last five years, Cal has put up 100 points in 10 different matches, including a 152-0 win over Humboldt Read More…
In the face of adversity, the best response is to pull it together and focus on the next most important thing. That’s a lesson that the Cal rugby program aims to instill in all those who don the blue and gold. But for Blaine Scully, who capped off his college Read More…
The Cal rugby team has always prided itself on winning the last game of the season, which it usually counted as the 15s national championship. With no 15s postseason for the Bears this year and losing their last match to St. Mary’s, this weekend’s Collegiate Rugby 7s Championship took on Read More…
News flash: People care about football and basketball teams more than other Cal sports! Until Ivan Rackov becomes a household name like Aaron Rodgers, that’s not going to change. Tens of thousands will flock to Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoons, Haas Pavilion will host thousands more throughout the winter, and Read More…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series explaining what postseason path lies ahead for the Cal rugby team. A month before the regular season even started, Cal knew it would not be able to defend its 2011 national championship. The team, unhappy with the postseason scheduling, had Read More…
