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PAC FALLS TO OMBAC
RSL CHAMPIONSHIP IN NEWPORT
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THIS WEEKEND
SAT & SUN - Rites of Spring: The PAC Bs and Cs close their Spring season at the Rites of Spring Tournament. We will be entering ONE squad. The tournament is TWO days (Sat / Sun). Location is in Baltimore, MD. Details regarding kickoff times, number of matches, directions, etc., will be posted on the PAC website.
SUN RSL - PAC vs. Olympic: The RSL ends the regular season against Olympic Old Blues of San Francisco. The game will be played as a featured event on SUNDAY at the Rites of Spring Tournament at 1pm. Check the web site for directions.
All available players should RSVP to the coaching staff: Mark Crick ( markcrick@hotmail.com) Mike Fabling (m_fabling@westcomp.com), Cameron Dunlop (camdun@earthlink.net)
SUPERLEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP - CALLING OLD BOYS & OTHERS
The RSL Championship will be in Newport RI on June 12th. The day should be quite an event - hosted by the Newport Rugby Club and the City of Newport. In addition to the RSL Championship there will be a host of other rugby events, including: a Men's and Women's 10s Tournament, a high school all-star match, Old Boy's rugby, and more. The day will be a true rugby festival, capped by the 8th Super League Championship.
PAC is forming a 10s team for the event and the old boys are also looking to make the trip. For information on the 10s squad contact Ian Speight ( IanSpeight@aol.com) and for Old Boy information contact Rick Kibbe (rkibbe@hotmail.com). In addition to the rugby there are social events planned for Friday and Saturday evenings, and there will be a Michelob beer garden at the Championship.
Newport is an easily accessible short drive from both the Providence and Boston airports. It is also an easy drive from many points in the Northeast, accessible from the I-95 corridor. With Newport as a renowned vacation destination, there are plenty of options for staying the weekend. However, things will fill up fast, so book your travel now. For more information on Newport please visit www.gonewport.com. All tickets to the Championship will be General Admission, and will cost $5.00 at the gate. However, by making a commitment now, teams and other organizations can obtain free tickets be requesting those tickets by May 16th. If you are interested in this opportunity please send an e-mail to Wick Rudd and Doug O'Neill at newportrugby@hotmail.com.
Of course, you can follow the SuperLeague playoffs on the RSL web site www.USASuperLeague.com. Get all the match reports, player stats, team stats for the regular season and playoffs on the SuperLeague web site.
CLUB EQUIPMENT
Any and all club equipment should come back into the club fold ASAP for summer storage and inventory. Rucking pads, balls, cones, jerseys (sets and individual loose jerseys), etc. Please bring them to training, or contact the Equipment Manager, Pete Walton (choadie@hotmail.com) to make arrangements.
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OMBAC OUTLASTS PAC
2-May-2004 San Diego, CA - After a long night of travel, and decimated by missing personnel PAC struggled during this match, especially in the set pieces. Meanwhile, the OMBAC backrow were effective attacking and over all OMBAC had the majority of the possession on the day. PAC went up early, but let control slip away, yielding the lead to OMBAC. Though PAC mounted a late comeback to snag a critical bonus point, it was too little too late final score OMBAC 36-24 PAC.
From the opening kickoff OMBAC applied strong pressure. The Cali boys immediately begin working good multi-phase rugby from a lineout win and then camped in the PAC 22 for the first 10 minutes. Though the PAC defense seemed like it would hold, eventually the OMBAC forwards found a hole when imported #8 Shawn Renwick crashed over from a few meters out, OMBAC 5-0 PAC. Following this "wake-up" try PAC went on the offensive for the next 20 minutes of the period.
PAC displayed a little ball control offense of their own and stunned the San Diego crowd with two quick tries. The first developed from a nice piece of running by fullback Dave Burt. After taking a short pass from flyhalf Fabling Burt slipped right through the centers and then outpaced the covering fullback to the line. The second try came on the hands of winger Ivan Hardnett who crashed through from 5 yards out after the forwards had slugged it out in a multi-ruck dogfight. Both tries were converted by Burt, PAC slipped ahead to 14-5 and had seemingly found thier legs.
Meanwhile, OMBAC was looking to find the form they had lost after the first 10 minutes. And they did find thier form, gaining good field position with the wind and eventually driving a lineout over (PAC 14-12). Renwick added his second of the day, finding his way through from the back of a 7 meter scrum down. (OMBAc 17-14 PAC). IT seemd PAC was prepared ot respond at the half, but the clock ran out on the first period with with PAC knocking on the door.
The travel and the the missing stalwarts caught up with PAC in the second half. Wilting under the OMBAC pressure, the Reds yeilded three tries in the next twenty minutes, putting the match at a long reach by the 60th minute, 36-14. However, with playoff urgency PAC fought back in the last 20 and nabbed two deserved tries. The first was the standard Mark Crick pick and go from close range at 70mins. Then prop Jesse LaPierre added the 4th PAC try, at full time.
The try secured PAC a critical bonus point from the match. Both tries went unconverted, final score OMBAC 36-24 PAC.
PAC Line-up
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1 Olmes, Brian
2 Crick, Mark
3 LaPierre, Jesse
4 Powell, Jason
5 Malloy, Pat **
6 Rocha, JC *
7 Cowie, Arron
8 Stephens, Randy
9 Kenney, Tom
10 Fabling, Mike (c)
11 Nemec, Mark
12 McGlaughlin, Greg ***
13 Etches, David
14 Hardnette, Ivan
15 Burt, Dave
* Glodzik, Paul @ 25 mins
** Hildebrand, Greg @ 30 mins
*** Stallings, Josh @ 60 mins
PAC OUTPLAYS VIRGINIA
PAC traveled to Charlottesville, VA and faced off with the Virginia men. A solid squad headed south, played 3 great halves of rugby and came away winning all three periods. No report was submitted.
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