Rugby Round-Up - WRC - 2013-09-16
Max Zukowski
Sports Editors and News Outlets
For Immediate Release
September 16, 2013
Madison, Wisconsin
Contact: Max Zukowski, WRC President mzu...@gmail.com, 608-692-8009
Wisconsin Rugby Club scores emphatic 84-7 victory over the visiting Metropolis (MN) RFC
WRC wing Chris Bauch (Univ. of Minnesota) scored the first try at the seven minute mark, opening the gates to a deluge of points. In total, nine players scored for the defending National Champion Wisconsin Rugby Club who further asserted their dominance in the Midwest.
Man of the Match went to WRC Flyhalf Miles Jobke (Univ. Wisc-Whitewater) who tallied a personal best 29 points on the day with two penalties, nine conversions and a try.
Metropolis RFC had amassed two victories at home to open the Fall 2013 season before traveling 260 miles to Cottage Grove, WI Saturday to face the WRC and its eleven month unbeaten streak. The shorthanded visitors from Minneapolis showed great guts and determination by scoring a converted try in the 61st minute despite the already lop-sided score line.
WRC Scoring Summary vs. Metropolis
Tries: Bauch (2), Johnson, Greene, Donath (2), P. Winkler, Burmeister (2), Norton, Dargiewicz, Jobke.
Conversions: Jobke (9)
Penalties: Jobke (2)
WRC vs. Metropolis Highlights -
WRC's Bauch Opening Try - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYO7AEBi8_Y
WRC's Burmeister 1st Half Try - https://www.youtube.com/watch?edit=vd&v=oVIoxJRT-5w
WRC's Donath 2nd Half Try - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr5NEfd2DC4&edit=vd
WRC Div. IV Sharks score last second try to secure first league victory
In Div. IV, The Wisconsin Sharks, with the debut of coach Paul "Guido" Stroede, took their young team to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Oshkosh RFC Pigs played a solid game, but the Sharks came together as a team in this one. On an exhilarating 50 meter try by former Badger, Matt Kuester, in injury time, the Sharks came out victorious, 23-17. Kuester was also selected as Man of the Match.
WRC Scoring Summary vs. Oshkosh:
Tries: Behnke, Kuester
Conversions: Behnke (2)
Penalties: Behnke (3)
Upcoming this Saturday Sept. 21st - the WRC will travel to Chicago to play the South Side Irish RFC. The Div. IV WRC Sharks have an upcoming Bye weekend.
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The Wisconsin Rugby Club are a Madison, Wisconsin based USA Rugby Division II amateur Rugby Club with a sustained history of success including:
2013 National Champions
2012 National Champion Runner-Up
2008 3rd Place National Finals
1998 National Champions
1997 4th Place National Finals
For more information and download able photos visit the club's websites: www.wisconsinrugbyclub.com and www.wisconsinrugby.smugmug.com
Preview the Wisconsin Rugby Clubhouse here - http://www.wisconsinrugbyclub.com/rugbyweb//wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Rugby-Complex-SE-View.pdf)
Check out the WRC feature on GreenClock Films Madison's Noteworthy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6Z5pcTbEU&feature=share
Saturday's victory brings the 2013 National Champions match record to 25 wins - 2 losses since January 2012. The two losses coming in the June 2012 National Championship vs. Rocky Gorge and an October 2012 league loss vs. Lincoln Park.