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The Texas A&M Rugby Club, shown in action above during a tournament here this summer, begins its fall schedule Saturday.
A&M rugby set to open season
By DOUG HALL
Sports Writer
The Texas A&M Rugby Club is
good.
So good in fact, that last April the
Aggies won their 15th straight Texas
Collegiate Championship.
“A&M is by far the best college
team in the state,” said Tim Cone, a
senior rugby team player from San
Antonio. “We are definitely the old
est and we’ve never been beaten by
another college team in Texas.”
That first statement borders on
cockiness, but that second one is just
downright impressive. Especially if
you consider the Aggies’ 20-plus
years of competition against South
west Conference rivals Texas, SMU,
Rice and Texas Tech.
A&M’s domination over its SWC
opponents forces them to play a
more competitive fall schedule in
preparation for the spring confer
ence tournaments. That schedule
consists of rugby clubs from cities
throughout Texas.
“We won’t play any college teams
until late in the spring,” - said Cone,
whose “fly-half’ position is compara
ble to football’s quarterback. “We
are way above their (other SWC
Ag players aren't strangers
to game's pain, pleasure
teams’) level right now and it
wouldn’t help us out to play them in
a regular match.”
A regular rugby match is played
with 15 men on a team or “side.”
Most clubs carry two or three sides,
with the more experienced players
on the first side, of team.
However, the A&M rugby team,
'voted the most outstanding club
sport on campus last year, encour
ages anyone to come out for the
squad.
Mike Livergood, a senior player
from Houston, said over 20 rookies
have shown interest in joining the
club this season. Of those 20, only
three have played rugby before.
Cone said, “We take anybody and
everybody. We’ll never cut anybody,
unless we see that they might get
hurt, and we welcome social mem
bers also.”
Which calls to mind two of the
more publicized aspects of the game.
Pain and partying.
First, the pain.
Cone said the physical wear-and-
tear of rugby is intense due to its
non-stop running and physical con
tact. Surveys have estimated rugby
players run almost two miles in each
of the two 40-minute halves, most of
which is sprinting.
“We definitely do a lot of run
ning,” Cone saia. “It’s just like play
ing tackle football without the pads.”
Cone said rugby players take a lot
of pride in their “macho” ability to
withstand pain and keep going.
“It takes a lot of guts to keep
throwing your body in front of other
people,” he said. “But I’d hate to see
Marshall Land (A&M’s 6-foot-6,
365-pound offensive lineman) on
the rugby field. I’d lose a lot of ‘ma
cho’ right there.”
Second, the partying.
Cone said rugby is based as much
on the social aspect as the physical.
“The heritage is half rugby and
half social,” he said. “There has
probably never been a rugby game
played where there hasn’t been a
afterwards. It is expected that
the host team buys a couple of kep|
for the visitors.
“We’d rattier not be known as
drunkards, but there is that social
side of it which is kind of an impor
tant aspect."
Despite the team’s remarkablt|
success. Cone said fan support at
A&M is somewhat disappointing.
On an average weekend, only 40 or
50 fans turn out to watch an Aggit
rugby game.
Cone attributes this to a lack of
knowledge of the game, but adds
that rugby is the most popular dub
sport in the country.
“Football is so big right nowthall
we’ll probably never overcome it, , |
he said. “But it (rugby) is a lot morel
exciting sport. If more people kne«|
about it, they’d probably watch less
football.”
The A&M Rugby Club opens iti
season Saturday at 1 p.m. againstthe
Austin Rugby Club. The match will
be held on the polo field behind the
Zachry Engineering Building part
ing lot.
The Class of '87 .
wants to PARTY with
the Class of 189!
Mixer on Sat., Sept. 14
9:00 p.m. - LOOa.m.
Q-Hut A $2.00
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8:30 a.m.
Surplus Equipment and Unclaimed Property, Miscellaneous Items & Bi
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All Items will be sold as is cash, check, cashiers check, or Personal Check with
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• 8:30 a.m.
• Register and Viewing 7:30 a.m. day of sale
• 2200 Fountain Ave. Bryan
• Typewriters • Calculators • Jewelry • Office Equipment
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• Over 300 Bicycles
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To All Students
Mexican Students Association
celebrates Mexican Independence Da;
Come Say “Salud” with free Teate
Free mexican BBQ for first 200 people
Saturday, Sept. 14 Dance at
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Entrance Donation
$3 Men $2 Ladies