Riverside Rugby was featured in an article by the Press Enterprise newspaper. The article focuses on the growth of Rugby in the U.S and in the Inland empire in particular.
The video does a good job of focusing on the game of rugby, and on Riverside Rugby’s particular flavor of teamwork and game development.
Riverside Rugby has […]
Rugby News
Under partly cloudy skies Riverside took the field in a home game against perennial youth rugby powerhouse Back Bay of Newport Beach. Wearing their new black and gold jerseys for the first time the Raptors came out with their trademark defensive brilliance, running all over the pitch laying out jarring tackles that frequently separated ball […]
Riverside Rugby won it’s season opener against Pasadena Rugby 26-10. Next week, Riverside faces perennial rivals Back Bay RFC.
January 5th Game Itinerary
Please leave early when traveling behind the Orange Curtain due to traffic problems. The directions below are from Reid Field via the Toll Road so if you want to avoid tolls please use 91 Freeway to Interstate 5. I think that people should carpool if possible. There is a parking lot at […]
Reid Park Restoration Project - Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:00 noon
Published by 4 months, 3 weeks ago 0 CommentsAt noon this coming Saturday we will be restoring Reid field and meadows. If the weather is bad Please consult website for updates, or cancellations. We anticipate it will take only a couple hours with full club participation. Bring some of the following items:
1) Heavy garden rake or light rake.
2) Wheel barrow
3) Steer manure
4) Potting […]
Eagles: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Deja Vu all over again
Published by 8 months ago 0 CommentsToday the United States fielded a the same side that played against England only four days earlier, altered only by Emerick’s suspension, and it showed against a well rested Tongan side. The fresh Tongan forwards drew first blood a scant two minutes into the match when Maka rolled the listless USA pack for a try. […]
Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post has written an excellent article on Rugby in America, as told through a profile of standout flanker Inaki Basauri.
An excerpt:
That professional rugby even became an option was itself something of a fluke. Basauri had been your typical baseball- and football-playing suburbanite until middle school, when an Italian friend […]
It was simply the best showing against an English side in the modern era. Forget about those glad handed Churchill Cup matches with England A in Canada, the last time it really mattered against a full English side in 1999, England ravished the United Sates 106-8.
Yet, today the Eagles stood tall against England. Ultimately […]
The grizzled old boys descended upon Killarney’s to watch the open match of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and we treated to a gutsy performance by Argentina. It took a while to get started because the opening ceremony was far too long and typically French. Once this excruciatingly poor and foul parody of Cirque de […]
It has been announced that Killarney’s in Riverside is carrying the Rugby World Cup package from Setanta. The first match will be France v. Argentina Friday morning at 11:00 AM. There will also be matches this Saturday including England v. USA. Former Riverside Rugby player from the 2003 National Championship team Andrew “Tui” Osbourne has […]