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re: New Orleans Rugby reaches Final Four in highest division, plus bonus clip

Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:14 pm to
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:14 pm to
it's on ESPN-U now


...gotta be a replay?
Posted by rugbyag
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Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:27 pm to
Yeah, replay.

ETA: was a really great match that went down to the wire if you still are watching.
This post was edited on 5/21/13 at 7:28 pm
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:35 pm to
yep
good game!!

Universal channel is going to be showing USA 7s
(championships) on Thursday, which is a good thing, since my bar does pints for 3 dollars on Thursdays!!



Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:42 pm to
Congrats and Good Luck!!!

Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 7:44 pm to
Damn just noticed the thread as the replay is ending

*edit found it on ESPN3!
This post was edited on 5/21/13 at 7:48 pm
Posted by Swagga
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 8:23 pm to
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And more impressive is how home grown our team is. Of our 23 man roster from Sunday, we had 2 from New Zealand, 1 from Oklahoma, 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Boston, 2 from Gulfport, and 16 from New Orleans.


It's also a testament to the high school programs in NOLA IMO... I know a few of those guys really developed in college, but it all started at BM, Jesuit, Rummel etc
Posted by TigerPimpNationTrank
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:14 pm to
Bus - you still have a gimp arm like SweetChuck?



Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:38 am to
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For NOLA, their 1st game was in Chicago, 2nd and 3rd games were in Virginia.

Next rounds will be in Colorado.


to make it worse, our first game should have been in New Orleans, as NOLA was South #2 and Griffins were Midwest #3. But Midwest and USA Rugby decided to punish the South very harshly as a result of Charlotte quitting the league, leaving us with only 3 teams in South Divsion 1.

As a result, it was ruled that we'd lose the #3 playoff seed, and that the South #2 would have to travel to Midwest #3. (Typically for the crossover playoffs, #1 hosts #4, #2 hosts #3)

The reasoning was that the South D1 is a terrible league with a poor history. Well guess who just placed two teams in the D1 final four? The South. So it's a great sense of satisfaction that not only did we get this far, we did it by knocking off the Chicago Griffins and Metropolis, both Midwestern sacred cows.
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:39 am to
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It's also a testament to the high school programs in NOLA IMO... I know a few of those guys really developed in college, but it all started at BM, Jesuit, Rummel etc

absolutely...don't forget nationally ranked Shaw

quote:

Bus - you still have a gimp arm like SweetChuck?


not braced up like Chuck anymore, but still rehabbing and not able to play. I've assumed a asst. coach/manager role in the meantime.
This post was edited on 5/22/13 at 7:41 am
Posted by BRgetthenet
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:41 am to
Doesn't mean you can't work on fitness though.

You're a stone or two too much..
Posted by Sophandros
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Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:46 am to
Did you notice Tevis in the college game?

The story of this current NOLA RFC side is a great one. The other three final four teams are ex Super League teams and NOLA was d3 a few years ago.

Yes, it speaks volumes about our high school programs. It also speaks volumes about the quality of the men of the Club. NORFC is a great CLUB, from youth to active players to old boys to supporters. That's how you build a champion the right way.

My hat is off to you guys, and as a current board member for my club, I can say that we're pulling for you, even if it's against our friends from Marietta.
Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:47 am to
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Doesn't mean you can't work on fitness though.


I fully expect to see Bus in a few 7s tourneys this summer.
Posted by BRgetthenet
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:50 am to
He would do well there to play 7's.

Posted by Charleaux
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 8:04 am to
Congrats to the team. My cousin is on it so I get to follow them often but it's a shame not many people out of friends and families know about them.

Would love to go cheer them on in Colorado but work gets in the way.
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:54 am to
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Did you notice Tevis in the college game?


haha...the whole nation noticed him after that Cowley try



Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:57 am to
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Doesn't mean you can't work on fitness though.



who said I wasn't? why you coming at me so hard?
Posted by Swagga
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:04 am to
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don't forget nationally ranked Shaw


Wow that's great, when I was at BM shaw was almost like a scrimmage. Knew they were good now, but had no idea they were nationally ranked
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:57 am to
Two pages and no comments on that video clip of that hit?

Officially gone viral after getting picked up by Rugbydump

Posted by rugbyag
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Member since Sep 2011
1083 posts
Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:05 am to
Nice! Picked up by Rugbydump is big. Any idea how they found the video?

Comment: no way he was back 10... No card was deserved though. The sound of the hit is pretty intense.
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:16 am to
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Nice! Picked up by Rugbydump is big. Any idea how they found the video?

I posted it on reddit/r/rugbyunion
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