GRR: St. Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure needed overtime to beat a very strong Notre Dame College, but did the job in winning the NDC 7s Saturday.
Both SBU and Notre Dame College dominated their pool games, and were just as impressive in the knockout rounds. NDC beat Miami 50-0 in the semis, while Bona beat Big XII winners West Virginia 31-7.
After a long fall sprinkled with losses, St. Bonaventure won games against Notre Dame College and Buffalo in November, and then capped off their fall with a 19-17 victory over MAC Runner-up Western Michigan in the ACRC Bowl Series.
Andrew “Tui” Osborne, who coached Life University to two national championships in men’s rugby, has joined the St. Bonaventure men’s rugby team as associate head coach.
Clarence Picard, longtime head coach of the Bonnies, made the announcement Thursday.
Two teams that started their non-conference ACRC season with convincing wins have more convincing to do as they clash this weekend in the Southern Tier of New York State.