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Rugby: world’s version of football
By WAYNE NELSON
There is a sport at Texas A&M
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lying to score touchdowns. The
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The sport is rugby, and it is well
town only to a few who enjoy hard
tting physical contact in what is
psidered a gentleman’s game.
Many of the men who play rugby
it not like to consider their game
lything like football because of the
money atmosphere that sur-
junds it.
The A&M rugby team is one of
lebest in the nation. Last year for
ample the team competed many
mes on a national level and they
ime out on top more times than
)t. The ruggers won a tournament
St year that contained many of the
ip teams in the nation and thus
(ere considered by many as na-
onal champions.
Since then there has been the
Idition of a new coach to the team
id a reorganization that promises a
rurdiJnghter future for Texas A&M
7:30 pr Igby,
The new coach is Sent Visser, a
ative of New Zealand, where
gby is as big a sport as football is
the United States.
“Rugby is the number one sport
New Zealand, and South Africa
id is second only to soccer in En-
RuiUjJand,” Visser said.
Visser also said that unlike foot-
ill, rugby is considered a totally
nateur sport.
"Rugby is not meant to be a pro-
ssional sport,” he said. “We like to
insider our sport as a beasts’ game
played by gentlemen, while we
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as a beasts’game played by beasts.’’
At first glance one can see the
similarity between football and
rugby. The main difference is that
rugby is played with no pads. There
is also no forward passing in rugby
as in football.
The scoring system also differs in
that a player has to touch the ball
down after he crosses the goal to
score, not just cross the line. When
a player crosses and scores it is
called a try and is worth four points.
An extra point can also be at
tempted but it must be kicked from
the point where the player crossed
the goal line 25 yards back. The
game may differ in style, but the
hitting can be just as fierce as any
football game.
The rugby team at A&M is not a
part of the athletic department and
does not receive funds for its ex
penses. Except for a small amount
that comes from the intramural of
fice, the majority of the money for
the team comes from the players
themselves.
The captain of the 1977 team is
Billy Goodrich and according to him
the team would like to keep things
just the way they are.
“We are in no way associated with
the athletic department and we feel
that this is good because this way we
are not obligated to anyone,” Good
rich said.
“I hope that rugby never be
comes a part of the athletic depart
ment or the NCAA (National Col
legiate Athletic Association) because
of the restrictions that are placed on
the schools that are members,” he
said.
A possible reason for this isolation
from the regulations of the NCAA is
the social life that goes along with
the game.
“A party is given after each game
by the host team, thus providing a
social atmosphere that is not found
in most college sports,” Goodrich
said. “And if we are not given a
party we will not schedule that club
on our schedule again.”
The rugby team is currently 2-2
for the year and 1-0 in district play.
Last weekend the ruggers de
feated an Odessa club 21-0 in their
first game in league play.
The team is open to anyone who
wants to try out. They practice from
five to six o’clock Monday through
Thursday and there is usually a
game on Saturday.
This Saturday the ruggers meet
the Old Boys Club of Houston and
the public is invited free of charge.
All games are played on the main
drill field behind the Memorial Stu
dent Center, with the game Satur
day beginning at 11 a.m.
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1977
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By JIMMY GUILLOT
Governor Begins Drive to
“Stamp Out Screwworms”
1977 is the year for ridding Texas
of the screwworm, says Governor
Dolph Briscoe. The 1977 eradica
tion program will officially start
Thursday, Feb. 24 as livestock pro
ducers and persons who have an
interest in the industry meet in Aus
tin for the Mission ’77 Screwworm
Wipeout Conference. The Gover
nor is sponsoring the meeting.
Special Assistant to the Gover
nor, Reagan Brown, says the pur
pose of the conference is to encour
age producers and agencies to work
harder this year to eliminate the
pest, and to cooperate with the Mis
sion ’77 program in every possible
way.
Several factors are working this
year in favor of the wipeout pro
gram. The colder than normal
winter Texas has experienced will
be detrimental to the screwworm
flies, thus aiding eradication efforts.
A new screwworm production plant
in Mexico has opened and is produc
ing millions of sterile flies which will
be released to mate with normal
flies. The result is that the eggs will
not hatch when they are laid in the
open wounds of livestock.
There is also a screwworm plant
in Mission, Tx. which is producing
about 200 million sterile flies per
week. Together the two plants will
make available some 400 million
flies each week for distribution in
problem areas. Last spring a new
strain of sterile flies was developed
which is more competitive and ag
gressive than previous strains.
Sterile flies cannot, however,
eradicate the screwworm com
pletely. Livestock owners must con
stantly check their animals for
screwworm infested wounds, collect
worm samples if they are present,
and treat the wound with an insec
ticide. The sample should be sent to
the Mission screwworm plant for
identification.
Governor Briscoe says the
chances are better this year for
completely wiping out the screw
worm than ever before if ranchers
will cooperate with eradication pro
gram officials.
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