Cal escapes from Utah with win on late penalty kick

The Cal rugby team wasn’t going to let it happen twice in a row. Coming off an embarrassing 22-20 loss to Cal Poly a week ago, the Bears found themselves in an eerily similar situation Saturday against Utah, trailing 22-20 with just two minutes left on the clock. “We’d been Read More…

Cal heads to Utah looking to get back on track

After its reserves dropped the ball last weekend, the Cal rugby team will turn back to its top side to get a new winning streak going. The Bears will head out to Salt Lake City, Utah, taking on the Utes on Saturday at noon. “There’s some debate about who the Read More…

Lucas Dunne Rugby Feature

Great expectations

Lucas Dunne was one of the top running backs in the history of De La Salle football. Now, he's trying to make his name on the rugby pitch.

De La Salle is a football powerhouse. A nationwide name in high school football, the small private school in Concord, Calif., has put out names such as Amani Toomer, D.J. Williams and Maurice Jones-Drew. Yet despite the Pro Bowl appearances and NFL accolades of his predecessors, Lucas Dunne’s name is Read More…

The Cal rugby team saw a 63-game winning streak snap in a 22-20 loss to Cal Poly on Saturday. Carli Baker/Staff

Cal Poly snaps Bears’ 63-game win streak

With the Cal rugby team going into 2012 as young and inexperienced as it had been in recent memory, many expected that its win streak — which had grown to 63 games — would come to an end. But no one thought it would end against Cal Poly. The Bears Read More…

The Cal rugby team will play its final 15-player match of the season against St. Mary's on Sunday.

Reserves to get chance to earn starting spot

Winning all the time can’t be as easy as the Cal rugby team makes it seem. On Saturday, the Bears will head down to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to take on Cal Poly  in a match that might as well already be over. All the squad has to do is Read More…

The Cal baseball team opened up its 2012 season with a three-game sweep of Pacific at Evans Diamond this past weekend. Jan Flatley-Feldman/Staff

Photo Gallery: This Week in Cal Sports

This week, the Cal men’s basketball seniors left Haas Pavilion with one last win, Cal baseball exploded late to finish a sweep of Pacific, the Bear’s rugby team overcame a late deficit to take the first leg of  the World Cup, and the Cal women’s water polo team emerged victorious over Read More…

Sevens tourney offers change of pace to end 2011

The Cal rugby team may have won the national championship two weeks ago, but its season isn’t over. The Bears return to action this weekend in 2011 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship in PPL Park in Philadelphia, Penn. Coach Jack Clark’s squad will open pool play against Ohio State at Read More…

Sophomore wing/fullback Jake Anderson and the Bears overcame a late deficit to beat the Thunderbirds.

Bears overcome late deficit to take first leg of World Cup

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Senior Alex Aronson found himself in an unfamiliar spot on Saturday afternoon. For the first time in his career as a Cal rugger, the flyhalf was asked to step up and kick a go-ahead conversion. With the Bears trailing 11-12 to British Columbia following a try Read More…

Bears to finally be tested as they host World Cup

The Cal rugby team has cruised to a 9-0 record in 2012, outscoring its opponents 650-23 in matches that were pretty much decided before they even began. But the Bears are about to face one of their toughest tests of the last couple years, putting their 62-game winning streak on Read More…

Cal takes care of business in two triumphs in desert

It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t flawless, but the Cal rugby team managed to stay undefeated on its first out-of-state road trip of the season. “We had patches when we played pretty well, but we made it hard on ourselves,” coach Jack Clark said. “We didn’t perform as well as Read More…