This weekend is the 50th anniversary celebration for the New Mexico State University Chiles rugby team, which I am proud to say I coached for many years in the 1980s and 1990s. My proudest achievement with the team was when we made it to the Final Four in collegiate rugby competition (college rugby is aContinue reading “The scrum of the earth, celebrating 50…”
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Giving someone a chance…
Several years ago, when I was the volunteer rugby coach at New Mexico State University, I was approached by a young man after practice who said he was interested in playing rugby. He explained that he was still in high school, but would be coming to NMSU in the fall and asked if I couldContinue reading “Giving someone a chance…”
They aren’t doing the Haka in Hatch
As a rugby player and coach for many years, I learned about the New Zealand tradition of performing the Maori warrior Haka dance before matches. The dance, which involves the players standing in a semi-circle facing their opponent, is performed prior to the start of the game as a way of intimidating the other team.Continue reading “They aren’t doing the Haka in Hatch”
