Bulls Primed and Looking Forward to DI Playoffs
May 5, 2010 Featured, Men's XV, News
Bulls Primed and Looking Forward to DI Playoffs
HARC is primed and ready to put forth its best team ever in battle against the top rugby clubs in the United States. In their first ever perfect league season HARC’s stingy defense held all of its opponents to only 96 points in their 10 game league season. Including their non-league games, HARC’s overall record was 11 – 1 with their only loss coming in an exhibition match against the Super League Dallas Harlequins. Scoring an amazing average of 42 points per game it’s no wonder HARC has been ranked #4 in the nation by uspowerrugby.com.
The points for and against ratio for HARC and some of their top competition is listed below. Keep in mind that these teams play in separate leagues so the real measure will be when they go head to head in the playoffs.
(10 – 0) #4 HARC vs. Opponents 423-96
(9 – 1) #1 Aspen vs. Opponents 472-167
(7 – 3) #9 Glendale vs. Opponents 416-208
(12 – 0) #3 Olympic vs. Opponents 427-141
HARC is led by the player coach combo of Carl Newman (8-man) and Chris Scott (Wing). Both coaches publicly stated after their defeat over the San Antonio Rugby Club, “We are not happy the regular season is over, our team is dreaming if we think we have accomplished anything. We need another ten matches to sharpen up before we are ready for the playoffs.” Although, coach Newman did attribute an increase in the team’s stamina and strength to one of its new addition of Scott who brought in a strong knowledge of training and a extra bit of professionalism to bolster HARC’s already stellar squad.
A full article on the match can be found at bleacherreport.com-> HARC Sets Record Pace in WRFU & Makes History in First Perfect Season
