Early Ending

So, the rugby season is over.  Whatever.

We started out 3-0 and were #1 in the country, then we dropped 2 straight and because of the conference we were in, the losses gave us a snowballs chance at the playoffs.  Losing again this weekend to a pretty good SF team sealed our fate and gave us an early start on the summer.
Oh well.  At least I made it through the season without any serious injuries, that’s always a silver lining.

St. Louis better pack a big lunch.

Away game tomorrow, night-game in St. Louis.  Team flies out at 11:40am L.A. time, game is at 8:30pm in the Lou.

Thanks ahead of time to all the mid-west (and east coast!) supporters that are coming to the game, I hope everyone will enjoy.  The way were are looking right now, St. Louis is in for a tough night (barring weather conditions).   Our forwards are ridonkulously mobile right now, our loose-head prop Adam Guerra is playing like an absolute maniac right now, best prop in the country at this moment.  He’s super-fit, healthy, he’s got that “warren-sapp-i’m-huge-but-still-fast” thing going for him, and his ball skills are out of nowhere.

And that’s just one guy - that style of play is contagious in the team right now.  Can’t wait.

Big Win over OMBAC

This weekend we had a big, very important win over 2006 U.S. Super League champs OMBAC (based in San Diego).  The win is considered an “upset” (whatever that means,  in rugby it’s anybodys game - every game).  Right now that puts us 1 point behind Denver (9pts to 8 - they must have earned an extra bonus point along the way, both teams are 2-0) and more-or-less the same ranking nation-wide, as the Red Conference (ours.. ‘the west’) is typically the premier conference.

Next weekend we travel to St. Louis to face the Bombers, which hopefully will be a great opportunity to polish our skills and make a good one for the crowd, which should be electric.

Seattle Gets Starbucked

Like that headline?

We whooped Seattle, a very non-reflective score of 18-16 for how the game felt to me on the field. Good night out with the boys after the game, I’m very lucky to have so many great friends in my life.

That is all for now.

Season Opener: Seattle Comes to Town

So this weekend we play Old Puget Sound, which is in Seattle for all those people that didn’t pick it up from the headline. Should be a fun and successful game for us, they play a very forwards oriented game that we should have no trouble shutting down right from the first whistle. Our backline is INSANE this weekend so looking forward to a lopsided scorecard. Will be back with an update soon.

Also found a little profile of yours truly out on the internets. Check it out (scroll to find):

http://usarugbysuperleague.com/template2.php?sid=194⊂=357

For those not interested in scrolling:

“Born and raised in rural Iowa, Chris Kelley didn’t pick up a rugby ball until he was more than 20 years old. Kelley has represented the Southern California Griffins each of the last four seasons as a flanker and second row. Two seasons ago Kelley fractured his ankle, and while he preformed [sic] well last season, he has fully recovered from his injuries this season and looks to make a huge contribution on the field.”

Rugby Documentary

There is a documentary being done on my rugby team. That link is to a very early trailer cut.