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Santa Claus 7s Results
December 10, 2009
Five teams braved the weather this past Saturday for a Santa Claus 7s first: 2 inches of snow. Gastonia and Louisville Women traveled the furthest along with Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Knoxville Women. The day started out with freezing temperatures and a weigh-. The field had so much snow on it that it couldn’t be lined: flags marked the boundaries.
KRFC supporting Invictus
December 8, 2009
Knoxville Rugby will be at the opening night of Invictus this Friday Dec 11 at DownTown West 8 Theater, be there at 6:15 with KRFC gear.
Santa Claus 7s 2009 Opening Ceremonies
December 6, 2009
Enjoy.
SANTA CLAUS 7’s: Dec. 5th *THIS SATURDAY!*
October 21, 2009
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| From 2009 Possum Yard Sale |
This Saturday will mark the greatest, above 200lbs/below freezing, 7’s tournament this side of the buffet table. The 25th annual Santa Claus 7s social tournament will begin Saturday, Dec 5th at 9:30. There will be spots for 8 mens’ & 4 womens’ teams. Entry fee for this tournament is $100 for a club that attended last year and $140 for all other teams to the tournament.
Nashville/Louisville came out on top last year beating the University of Tennessee in the final seconds and adding their names to the Golden Santa trophy. As always, plenty of holiday food cheer will abound. The tournament will be held at Knoxville Rugby’s private pitch.
TEAMS (teams shown in bold have reserved a spot by placing a deposit)
MEN: GASTONIA, UNIV OF TN, KNOXVILLE, NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, JOHNSON CITY
WOMEN: KNOXVILLE/NASHVILLE, LOUISVILLE, CHATTANOOGA
CONTACT
Tournament Director: Jay McNabb (jymcnabb<at>gmail.com)
RESERVE A SPOT
Teams can not be guaranteed a spot unless deposit is made in advance.
RULES
Men: Teams must maintain an average of 1400 lbs on the field at all times. Any players weighing less than 200 lbs are not eligible to score. All players will be weighed prior to kick-off. 18 yr old minimum age.
Women: 1000lb minimum on field at all times. No one under 150lb can score.
SCHEDULE
Friday night: 18:00 – 100lb pig smoking starts at Possum Park.
Weigh-in: 9:30
Kick-off: 10:00
*Out-of-town teams will be given later game times.
After-tourney Social: Beverage & 100lb smoked pig provided at the private pitch.
Evening: Teams will meet at Cool Beans Grill.
TOURNAMENT STYLE
Teams will be broken into (2) groups playing round robin. All teams will be seeded into elimination tournament based on round robin results.
LOCATION
The tournament will be held at the same location as last year which is Knoxville Rugby’s home pitch, Possum Park which is approx 10 miles NE of downtown Knoxville.
9435 College St, Knoxville, TN 37871
HOTEL INFO
The best place to stay will be near the UT campus or downtown.
Possums over Johnson City 27-20
October 21, 2009
The GLUTTONY MILE: Saturday Oct. 17
October 12, 2009
THE 2009GLUTTON MILE WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, AT COOL BEANS. EVENTS WILL INCLUDE A COOL HAND LUKE EGG EATING CONTEST AND A 1-MILE RELAY WHERE CONTESTANTS MUST CONSUME PIZZA, CANDY BARS AND THE LIKE.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Possums win 29-3
October 8, 2009
Friday October 9th: The Huntington Rugby Club rolled into town for a rare Night match under the lights. Schumpert Park hosted a double-header of rugby action that saw UT take on UNC Greensboro with an 7PM kickoff. Tornado Watch and driving rain held up the first match due to three stoppages from lightning strikes. The Possums finally got to take the pitch close to 9:30pm in a light rain. The new fields at Schumpert Park held up extremely well for there to have been quite a few inches of rain to fall prior to and an earlier match to be played. The waterproof rugby ball unfortunately has still not been developed, which of course means knock-ons were aplenty on the night, resulting in lots of scrums.
Heart of Dixie Tournament: Possums go 1-0-1
October 1, 2009
The Possums won 1 and tied the second match at the Heart of Dixie this past Saturday. Match reports and party recap posted in the Forum.
Knoxville 7 – Nashville 12
September 26, 2009
In an absolute slugfest, the Possums come away with a Loss but with heads held high.
Playing in Nashville at the TN Prep. School Football field the Possums showed up with quite a few less than a full 22 man roster, with many members home sick or out of town. Two weeks worth of rain had the field ready for a muddy encounter. Greasy ball and great forward play from both sides set the stage for a back and forth match. (more…)
KRFC 22 – Chatt 21
September 20, 2009
Sept 19- The expected rain held off Saturday and the sun actually was out for a while, lending an added dimension of heat and humidity to the first match of the fall season for the Possums.
Taking on long time foe Chattanooga for the third time this calendar year, the Possums came out with a bit of rust to knock off for sure. It took the first ten minutes of the opening half to finally get on the board. Between knock ons on balls being “held up” in goal all day the Possums left quite a few try’s on the field.
With lots of hard earned line breaks and even harder tackles and scrappy rucks the first half ended with a 10 point lead for the home team. As it was a non Matrix match there were lots of subs coming of the bench for the Possums in this first hit out. Quite a few playing their first match for KRFC. Chattanooga held tight and quickly scored two tries of their own with conversions to get the score to 14-15. After a very close help up in goal call for the Possums resulted in a 95m Chatt. break to take the lead 21-15. The Possums answered the call with little time left by a try and conversion to take the lead 22-21. It was a hard fought match with both sides showing promise of attacking ability.
The Possums head West to the Capital to take on Nashville A&B sides Saturday Sept 26.