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The Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference (MARC) entered week two of league play and saw 12 of 14 teams in action. Last year's leaders, Kutztown and Bloomsburg, put up big numbers, defeating their respective opponents by a combined 157-5. (See full standings here)
While Lindenwood University’s men’s 1st 15 won’t play full-contact games until the New Year, that doesn’t mean they are complete idle, as the Lions look to shake up college rugby tradition and try something new - touch rugby.
The USA may have lost to Samoa, but the Eagles produced the try of the day and one of the better tries of the opening games in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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In Week Two of the Capital Men’s DII College conference, the top teams won once again.
Salisbury was winning convincingly against George Mason when GMU forfeited in the second half. It was a blowout for Towson, too, 81-3 over UMBC. Meanwhile Georgetown won 41-0 over Johns Hopkins.
The Japanese national team has come in for plenty of much-deserved praise for their decision to go for the win against South Africa in their opening game of the Rugby World Cup.