Hurricanes outlast the Brumbies

Hurricanes outlast the Brumbies

Under 13/Under 19 (Oct 30 2010)

This was a game of two halves. Hurricanes and Brumbies played a very physical and fast game. Brumbies McKenna scored two tries against Hurricanes 3 tries (Brad 2 and Cody). “Both team played very well and at the end it was who wanted it more” said Coach Bill. It seems that the Brumbies lost that competitive edge in 2nd half. “We just gave up in the 2nd half and pretty much gave the game away” said McKenna.

The 2nd half started with some good forward drive from the Hurricanes forwards and backs. Hurricanes beat the Brumbies to the breakdown. After several effort to break the Brumbies defense, Hurricane’s #9 Shane split two defender to score (Hurricanes 20 Brumbies 10). Brumbies score two more tries from Prop Jacob and fullback Cody to take the lead and the win. “At halftime we talked about what we needed to do to beat the tough defense and it worked” said Hurricanes Brad.

Coach Allen said “The Brumbies just fell apart due to lack of communication and teamwork. We will go back to the basic on Tuesday and work on what rugby is all about” It’s a different story then last weeks game when both team played a high intensity game and some great individual efforts. Director of Rugby for LVRA Vaha Esikia said “I think both teams played great. Brumbies players are doing well and will enhance their rugby skills at training and that they will be well prepared to handle any situation on the rugby pitch.”

Las Vegas Rugby Academy have a bye next week and will play their next game Nov 13 2010. So we will be waiting anxiously for the kickoff on that day.

Blues Beat the Chiefs

LVRA Blues thrashed the LVRA Chiefs

Under 7/Under 10 (Oct 30 2010)

The LVRA Blues came out firing all cannons as they beat the LVRA Chiefs 52-14. The Chiefs had no answers to the fire power the Blues and new recruit Tristan C. “Tristan is a new player from the Red Raiders Youth Football and did not miss a beat today” said Coach Jessica R. Most of the Blues tries came off Chiefs mistake and not recovering quick enough to defend the attacking Blues.

“We just need to get back to the basic and not make easy mistake. We gave a lot of easy tries cause we just did not get back on defense.” said Coach Siva E. The game was a lot closer then what the score showed. Chiefs were also hit with some injury during the game and missing a few key player. Captain Sarah said “we know we can do better so we will try harder to pass the ball more and maybe score more tries”

LVRA Blues LVRA Chiefs
Tries: Tristan 5, Anthony3, Paula 2 Tries: Gabriel 2
Conversation: Anthony Conversation: Logan 2

12. Ami 11. Gabriel
11. Sarah (Captain) 10. Ore
10. Anthony 8. Jaya
7. Paula 6. Naya (Captain)
6. Dominic 3. Max
4. Leo 2. Jonah
1. Tristan 1. Logan

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"