Middlebury College Rugby Club

This weekend Middlebury will host Boston University, UMass-Amherst & UVM in the New England Rugby Division II Collegiate Men’s Championship.  On Saturday Middlebury takes on UVM at 11 AM followed by #2 seed BU against the #3 seed UMass at 1 PM – both games will be held at the Middlebury College Rugby Field and [...]

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Another shutout weekend for The MCRC – overcoming UMO by 41 points.  This marks our 4th consecutive shutout.  Next weekend we will be hosting the New England Championships as the #1 seed and defending champions.
This weekend was a true test of character for Middlebury as they faced a team who had certain players willing to [...]

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The sun was shining but Middlebury made it rain.  Where to begin…1st try of the game came within 59 seconds of the opening kick-off.  The most impressive part of Middlebury’s performance was their ability to keep up the pressure throughout – playing 80 minutes of smart, tactically sound, champagne rugby.  It’s easy for the dominant [...]

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In a mid-season exhibition game The MCRC played their best rugby of the year so far beating Division I U-Conn by 42 points.  Incredible kicking and running by the Middlebury backline had the Huskies pinned back in their own half for most of the game.  Full report available below:
It was a difficult start for The [...]

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Due to the restructuring of NERFU following the breakaway of the Ivys to form an Ivy league, The MCRC will not have a regular season game coming weekend (October 3rd).   However, we will be playing Division I side UConn as we aim to keep the team firing on all cylinders and to work some new [...]

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