LVRA Reds fall short against Blacks

Oct 23 2010 (Silvestri Middle School) On a beautiful Saturday morning the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Student-Athletes took the rugby pitch ready to showcase what they learn from training. Each team doing their warm-ups and trying to catch their second wind minutes before kickoff.

At the start of the whistle the game was fast and quick. Each team trying to find their rhythms and play their pattern.

Black’s Coach Allen D. “ Our game plan was to spread the ball early and attack midfield. On defense we wanted to force the Reds to make mistake so we can capitalize on it.

Red’s Coach Cody “ We wanted to attack them (LVRA Blacks) early with our forwards and then send the ball wide. We had a new player in fly half in Taylee. She did well but through training and game time under her belt, she will be a effect player maker.”

The Blacks follow their game plan and spread the ball wide causing the Reds to scramble to defend their goal. After 10 min. of attack Black’s Alex found the Try line (5-0). Blacks 2nd try came from a scrum on the right side of the 50 meter. #9 Shane got the ball to his backline who did some nifty ball movement to go wide. Black’s forwards were there on support to ruck, where #9 Shane sends its to #10 Isaac to made a awesome scissors to send #14 Alex under the post. (10-0). The LVRA Reds responded with a 80 meter solo try from Jeff. Jeff picked up the ball after the Blacks backline knocked it and went the distance. Red’s Jeff out pace 3 defenders and side step another in his hat trick try.
Reds Captain, Makena “It was an awesome solo effort and moral boost to our team” Reds got back on the board with the forwards #8 Dallen doing the hard work to beat the defender to score in the right corner.

Halftime score Reds 20 Blacks 25

Second half was another story as the Blacks scored 4 unanswered tries to take a 35-20 lead. But the Reds fought back and seem to close the gab only to have the final whistle end the game. Assist Coach Keith was not to happy with how his team performed after scoring 4 tries. “ We (Blacks) let them back in the game with poor defense and lack of communication. That’s something we will be working on at training” If there was a little bit more time in the half I think the Reds would have made history as one of the best comeback of all time. Reds Coach Cody “ I’m proud of the players and how they reply back being down 40-20 and losing 40-30. They never gave up and worked hard. We will go back to the drawing board and work out the mistakes”

The score could have been closer being 30-35. The Reds were attacking and a knock-on gave the ball to the Blacks who with 2 passes found space and out ran the Reds cover defense. This is was one of the most memorable games of the Las Vegas Rugby Academy history.

LVRA Blues overpower LVRA Chiefs

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Under 7/Under 10

The Blues did everything in their power to hold the Chiefs from scoring. The Chiefs were without their high scoring player Ami due sickness.

Cheifs Coach Tino F. " Not having Ami on the field hurt our scoring opportunity but made us work more as a team. Iam more impressed with how our team stuck together and kept fighting till the final whistle"

The Blues got on the board 1st with some excellent ball movement saw Anthony score from 15meter out. Anthony also score 4 more tries to help the Blues take the win.

Blues Coach Jessica R. "Anthony was awesome today and you can tell he knows his way around the rugby field. Anthony is a great asset to the Blues with his knowledge and understanding of the game. He also has a sweet accent"

Anthony is a transfer player from England, whose father had to relocated to Las Vegas for work. Anthony has a bright future in the Las Vegas Rugby Academy and in rugby.

The Chiefs got the board a few mintues with Tristen doing the honor. The conversion was missed (7-5) Also for the Chiefs Naya got 2 tries and Job got one. Tristen also add two more tries.

Final score was 41-37 as the Blues holds on to win a thriller. A side note was the Under 7/Under 10 got Goal Post and was awesome to see the kids faces as they tried to kick the conversion after scoring. Also scoring for the Blues were Domanic and Dillian. We have some future rugby star coming from the Las Vegas Rugby Academy.

Training has been moved to Field #7

We are still training at Sunset Park but we moved to a new field (untill end of the year). We moved to field #7 (west of the softball area) Training are still Tues and Thurs at 445pm to 615pm. Hope to see you all there!

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Updates

Just a reminder if you have not paid for Fall League Please contact Siva (702)807-4775. The next game will be Saturday Oct 2 2010 at 10am (Silvestri Middle School) Hope to see you all at training.

Fall League Kickoff

We are back on the field again!! Tomorrow is the start of the Fall League. Las Vegas Rugby Academy Under 7/ Under 10 takes on visiting Sin City Spartens from up north. The Under 13/19 see the Defending Summer Champs Brumbies take on the Hurricanes. With some new players mixed in, this fall season looks to be another exciting season. Also the Lady Blackjacks will be selling plate lunch for their trip to arizona next month. "Rugby, we dare you to TRY"

Summer League Champions

Aug. 21 2010: CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

CONGRATS TO THE SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:
BLUES AND BRUMBIES

UNDER 7/UNDER 10
The Chiefs are the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Summer League Champions. The Chiefs sneaked past the Blues (Spring League Champs) 20-15. This was one of the most exciting game played this year with both teams trying to get the upper hand. The Chiefs got on the board first with Mat scoring after some nifty ball movement. (Chiefs 5 Blues 0) A few minutes later Mat scored his 2nd try of the game running half the field (Chiefs 10 Blues 0). The Blues replied with back with Ami side-stepping his way through the defender and feeding Kenny to score in the corner. (Chiefs 10 Blues 5) After several back and forth attacks the Blues took the ball and spread wide and back to the center. When the ball came back to center where Ami scored to to tie the game. The Blues took the lead when Paula scored after some great forward movements. Just before the halftime whistle Chiefs Josh scored to go into the halftime tied. Halftime Blues 15 Chiefs 15
This was a half of two stories. The 2nd half was all about defence and both side found it hard to move the ball foward. The Blues had several opportunity to score but just couldnt get the ball to the open player. The Chiefs finally broke the Blues Defenses when with Matt scoring in the corner. In the final minute of the game the Blues tried but just couldnt get over the tryline. Final Chiefs 20 Blues 15.


UNDER 13/UNDER 19
The Brumbies are the LAS VEGAS RUGBY ACADEMY Summer League. The Brumbies now has two championship under their belt (winner of Spring League). Brumbies and Hurricanes played a very rough and phyiscal game. Brumbies's Jacob scored 1st to give his team the lead. Brumbie's Issac scored his team 2nd try with an awesome chip kick and well timed bounced, scoring under the post. LVRA Hurricanes got back on the board with Jon attacking the right corner and outpacing the winger to score. Hurricane's Buddy scored to tie the game. The Brumbies scored before halftime with Brad sneaking through the left of the ruck. (Halftime:Brumbies 15 Hurricanes 10)
Halfway through the 2nd half saw Brumbie's Dallen taking the ball in hand and outpacing the several defender and scoring in the right corner. On kickoff Brumbie's Jacob intercepted the ball and went distance to score. (Brumbies 25 Hurricanes 10) LVRA Hurricanes got back on the board with tries from Jon and shane. A few more attempts from the Hurricanes fell short and the final whistle blew.

SUMMER LEAGUE AWARDS

LVRA MVP
SHANE P.

UNDER 7/UNDER 10
MVP: AMI E.

UNDER 13/UNDER 19
MVP: ISSAC C.

Under 13/Under 19 Las Vegas Rugby Academy Results:

Aug 14 2010 (Silvestri Middle School)

Coming off a big win last week, the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Brumbies looked to be the favorite to win it again. But today's result’s was a different story and a different team. The Las Vegas Rugby Academy Hurricanes had other plans for the outcome of today’s rugby match. Before kickoff the LVRA Brumbies were missing a few key player, most notable was Ethan R. (last weekend’s Man of the Match and top scorer) and Head Coach Allen Dunford. LVRA Brumbies stated the game with no Coach till halftime. The LVRA Hurricanes received the ball on the kickoff and moved the ball wide from end of the rugby pitch to the other. After several phases the Hurricanes found Shane R. open in the right corner. (Hurricanes 5 Brumbies 0) Hurricanes wasted no time to score their 2nd try coming of a long interception by Jon F. to go half the pitch to take a 10-0 lead. LVRA Hurricanes then display some awesome defense holding the LVRA Brumbies from scoring or even getting close to the try line. On a LVRA Brumbies knock-on the Hurricanes spread the ball wide and found Shane R. again to score his 2nd rugby try. Hurricane’s Jon F. was on fire scoring his 2nd try of the game on a Brumbies error. With 10 minutes left the Brumbies finally got on the board with Isaac C. shooting a gap found in the defense and scoring. Just before halftime Bud scored a hat-trick for the Hurricanes. (Halftime score LVRA Brumbies 5 LVRA Hurricanes 25)

Playing without several keys hurt the Brumbies but also without Coach Dunford was even more frustrating for the Brumbies. Stepping to coach the Brumbies was Rob Cornelius and with a little word of encouragement sent the team back on the field. Trying to regroup, LVRA Brumbies Captain Isaac C. led his team in attacking the Hurricanes Defensive line. It paid off as #8 Dallen D. scored to make the score Brumbies 10 Hurricanes 25. But that was the only time the Brumbies scored as the Hurricanes defense became harder to break. The Brumbies had several close opportunity but the Hurricanes defense was just too good today. Hurricanes had tries from Micah T. scoring his 1st try of the year and returning from long vacation Alex. Winning this game was very important for the LVRA Hurricanes as they head into the Championship Game next week. The LVRA Brumbies are on the receiving end and who knows what the outcome will be next week at the Championship Rugby Game. Will the Brumbies jump back and win it all or will the Hurricanes keep their winning streak going?