The Rugby team at the University of Oklahoma began their season last Saturday in Witchita, Kan., against Kansas State.
The Rugby Club was founded her at OU in 1974 by John Woods, Tim Wilson, and Al Velie. Since then the tradition filled club has had much success and has produced many All-American.
Rugby is a sport here at OU that goes relatively unnoticed by the student body. When asked about what they thought about or knew about rugby this is what they said.
"I think of bestly men, tackling eachother, but I don't really know much about it as a whole," Blake Brumley, University of Oklahoma sophomore.
"I honestly couldn't tell you a thing about rugby other than the it's kind of like football without the pads," Alona Nelson,University of Oklahoma sophomore said.
The purpose of rugby is to score points by running, punting, passing or kicking the ball across the endline. All passes must be made badwards though, which rules out the forward pass which is used in American football.
Scoring is simple. A try is worth five, a conversion is worth two, and a pentalty goal is worth three.
The Sooners started off the season with a win on the rode against the Wildcats. Kansas seemed to be in control early on in the game, but the Sooners eventaully came through winnign by a score of 53-12. The team has one more game against Tulsa, before they begin College Premiere League play.
Their first CPL game will be on March 5th at Texas A&M.
The rugby team will have weekly games up until the playoffs in May and will have games here in Norman as well as across the country.
As far as facilites are concerned, Oklahoma Rugby boast some of the best facilites in the nation. The Sooners have the Tarzan Pitch at the Al Velie Rugby Complex, while also having access to the state of the art Everest Indoor Training Center.
The team is looking to have a very successful season and plans to be very competitive in the College Premiere League.
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