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Now that the fall season is over it is time to relax and recover from all the hard hitting that occured over the course of the season. I will be starting my workout routine that is specifically for my position as a back. This workout mainly consists of cardio and lower body strength. Mainly running on a treadmill and doing various leg workouts such as squats, deadlifts, hardened sprints and so on. Time to get ready for the Spring season which will consist mainly of tournaments which equals at LEAST two games over the course of 48 hours. Endurance is key in these type of tournaments. For those of you who would still like to know how to play rugby and the various rules here you go....
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Rugby

Plymouth State D3 Plate Champions

We traveled to University of Mass, Lowell this past weekend and played Stonehill College on Saturday beating them by two tries. We came out fighting and scored two quick tries and kept them in the dust the rest of the game. After playing i realized how cheap Stonehill College plays. They would punch and headlock in the rucks and left one of our best forwards with a large laceration on the left eye which needed stiches. Our second game on Sunday was for the championship and we played Umass Lowell. They were a very good team and used there backs size to their advantage as they were much larger than Mike Armstrong and I. We came out swinging as we did against Stonehill scoring two quick tries but the game got much harder after that as we were only able to score one try after that. Umass came within 5 points of us but a penalty kick by Armstrong sealed the deal as we won 22-14.

2 More Games

This past weekend we traveled to Colby College in Maine and wreaked havoc on them winning 27-10. I started at outside center and our inside center Mike Armstrong scored two tries who is the player of the game. The forwards scored the other two tries. It was my first start at outside center and i played well, making all my tackles while not messing up any passes. Our next game is a weekend travel where we play Saturday and if we win we play Sunday. If we win sunday, we will be the Div III Plate Champions two years in a row.

5-2

Unfortunately, we lost our chance at the Cup. Keene beat us by one point this past weekend. We played hard, the backs really took this one as the forwards made some key mistakes that helped us lose this one. We will not be fighting for the plate instead of the cup. The cup is the championship for the lower seed teams. We won the cup last year and hope to do it again this year.