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PHOTO GALLERY: Santa Barbara Grunions Rugby

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara Grunions

PHOTO GALLERY INTRO: The Santa Barbara Grunion played their last match of their 2012 15s regular season on Saturday in San Diego, falling to the North County Ghurkas.The Grunion won their previous match in their final game at Elings Park, a 35-14 victory over Riverside.Santa Barbara finishes its season with a 2-6-1 record in the Southern California Rugby Football Union while just missing the postseason. Santa Barbara moved up this season to play in the men's second division.Here is a … [Read more...]

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Kiwis visit UCSB for international rugby match

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

An international collegiate all-star rugby match between the United States and New Zealand will be played at UCSB’s Harder Stadium on Wednesday night.The USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate All-Americans face the New Zealand Universities at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the match is free.The game is part of a California tour by the Kiwis. The All-Americans scored an impressive 60-17 victory in the opener in San Diego. The game in Santa Barbara will be followed by the final match at Stanford on July … [Read more...]

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UCSB’s rugby team stopped in title game

Sunday, May 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Sheila MikailliUCSB's men’s rugby team traveled to Palo Alto, CA this past Thursday to compete in the Final Four USA Rugby Championships hosted at Stanford University.No. 3 UCSB defeated top ranked Bowling Green 30-3 on Friday before losing the championship game against No. 4 Davenport University on Saturday, 38-19. Gauchos finished second in the nation.Bowling Green’s size and defensive efforts kept UCSB in their defensive half for the majority of the first twenty minutes of … [Read more...]

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UCSB’s rugby team making school history at Final Four

Friday, May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Sheila MikailliAfter an incredible undefeated season, the Gauchos (10-0) will face Bowling Green University (9-0) in the Final Four on Friday at Steuber Rugby Stadium at Stanford University to fight for the title.This is the first time in Gaucho history that the men’ s rugby team has progressed this far in the U.S.A. National Collegiate Rugby Championships.The squad has failed to make it to nationals since 2006, yet has made an astonishing comeback season this year with the … [Read more...]

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Gaucho rugby team wins twice to reach Final Four

Monday, May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Sheila MikailliFor the first time in Gaucho history, the UCSB men’s club rugby team (10-0) will progress to the Final Four, coming back from a halftime 17-0 deficit Sunday against Stanford (7-4) in the Round of 8 to win 33-17 at Harder Stadium.“We were getting smashed,” senior captain Mitchell Raisch said. “We were on defense the whole time and that just made it even harder to stay alive.”The Gauchos were down 17-0 for the majority of the 80-minute match. Stanford scored … [Read more...]

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No. 1-seeded UCSB Rugby hosting Sweet 16

Thursday, April 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The UCSB men’s club rugby team defeated USC 78-10 at home last Friday to solidify their number one seed in the national Collegiate Sweet 16 Rugby Playoffs.“It was a great effort by the whole team,” Head Coach Kevin Battle said. “The 13 overall tries were scored by 11 different players.”A true standout in this match was senior James Burroughs.“He was inspirational on attack and on defense,” Battle said. “He really lead by example and played an almost flawless … [Read more...]

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USA Rugby’s Collegiate National Championships comes to SB

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Local rugby fans are in for a treat this weekend as UCSB's Harder Stadium is hosting 16 men's and women's teams taking part in USA Rugby's Collegiate National Championships. It is the first time in the program's history that it is hosting so many games for the national tournament.Games begin on Friday at 1 p.m. and continue through Sunday. A one-day pass is $10 and a full 3-day pass is $15. Harder Stadium's ticket office will be open starting at noon on Friday. Pool A and C of the men's … [Read more...]

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Grunion eaten up by Los Angeles

Monday, April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara Grunion fell to Los Angeles on Saturday at Elings Park.

The Santa Barbara Grunion may not be a playoff team this season, but that didn't stop the local rugby club from attracting a host of fans to its second-to-last home game at Elings Park on Saturday.The more experienced and superior-skilled L.A. Rugby Club ended up routing Santa Barbara 50-13, although much of the entertained crowd was none-the-wiser as there was no scoreboard.COMPLETE PHOTO GALLERY ORDER PRINTS Omar Gonzalez converted three tries for L.A., which earned a … [Read more...]

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