GRR: Adrian College
Adrian College defeated University of Notre Dame’s seconds is fairly convincing fashion 57-24 Friday night in South Bend.
In the program's first collegiate rugby game, Adrian College out of Michigan defeated the University of Michigan on a balmy Friday night.
Adrian, Mich.—Adrian College director of athletics Michael Duffy on Monday named veteran college rugby coach John Gulden to lead the first women's program at Adrian College, as the Bulldogs are scheduled to take the field in Fall 2021.
Adrian, Mich.—Adrian College director of athletics Michael Duffy on Monday has named former Michigan State University club coach Benny Mateialona as the first head coach of the Bulldogs new men's rugby varsity program that is scheduled to debut in Fall 2021.
The addition of men’s and women’s rugby at Adrian College has an interesting twist or two.
First off, there’s the fact that the school decided to add the sport despite the COVID-19 shutdowns and the question-marks regarding whether colleges can even afford to have as many sports teams as they have. Adrian, instead of paring back, added a sport, and they chose rugby.