There will be training session this Saturday (8/17) at the Cricket Fields in the Forest Park starting at 9AM. We will be focusing on conditioning so bring comfortable running shoes. See you there!
Category: Mens Events
Memphis 7s
August 3rd was the annual Memphis Elvis 7s tournament in Memphis and is one of the most fun 7s tournaments to attend.
This year three St. Louis teams entered the tournament; SMRFC, Eureka Kings, and the St. Louis Bombers. The Bombers sent a team of 14 with some new and young guys to the tournament.
The Bombers won their pool winning all three games against Blue City Kings 37-0, Gryphons 24-12, and Memphis Blues III 37-0 and would be the #1 seed going into the playoffs.
All three St. Louis rugby teams would win their pools and advance to the playoffs. The Bombers would play the Gryphons again in the first playoff match and would be a lot tougher game than the first but the Bombers would win 24-21.
In the semi-finals the Bombers would face the Eureka Kings, who defeated SMRFC in their first playoff match. Eureka would be the first to score and held onto the lead for the majority of the game. Down by 5 Mark Menne would have a huge break away that lead to a try by Alex Ochao and conversion by Mark to win the game.
The Final match was the Bombers vs. the Baja Warriors. Baja would take the lead, but the Bombers would quickly tie the game back up. Being down by one try the Bombers were on the offensive with only a minute left in the game to tie and take the lead, but Baja would intercept the ball and take it in for the game ending try.
Despite finishing second in the tournament it was still a very good day for the Bombers. The Bombers have finished in the top three the last three years of the tournament, including the year we had 5 forwards playing. We look forward to next year’s tournament.
Special thanks to Jeremy and Kate Baker for driving in from Kentucky to par-take in the tournament.
**Tyler Masters did not attend the tournament this year.
Mike Kellett Plays Big in First Win of Argentina Tour
Mike Kellett and the rest of the High School All-Americans just earned their first win over Cordoba Academy 21-13 in the Argentina Tour. Mike, playing lock #5, is not hard to miss on the field but harder to bring down showed his power driving in a maul that lead to a try. From the looks of things the USA team, lead by Coach Salty Thompson, will be a good contender to the other teams.
Keep up the great job MIKE!
You can read the rest of the writeup on USA Rugby’s website.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: 40Min
USA Rugby HSAAs v Cordoba Academy, July 19th 2013 from Salty Thompson on Vimeo.
2013-2014 Season Practice
Training for the 2013/2014 season will commence on August 6th, at Steger Middle School in Rock Hill, starting at 6:30pm. Touch will continue to play earlier.
We will be looking to build upon last season and hope we can maintain and then improve upon the level of commitment both on and off the field, so we can improve our rugby both as individuals and as a club.
We will have training on Tuesday’s, Thursdays at 6:30pm and then we will organize some various cross-training type trainings on Saturday mornings until we get closer to game time. 7s is still going underway on Thursdays and we will work around it until the season has ended.
We have an exciting season coming up, with some new players coming in and hopefully many returned players. We look forward to seeing everyone on August 6th, if not before hand. If you or anyone else you know who is interested in playing rugby please bring them out to a training session.
Any questions do not hesitate to ask.
Mike Kellett High School All American
Michael (Man-Child) Kellett will represent the St. Louis Bombers in his trip down to Argentina with the High School All American team. Kellet is a recent graduate of DeSmet High School and was recently accepted the Lindenwood University to play rugby for Ron Laszewski.
“The USA Rugby Boys High School All-Americans will embark on a demanding four-game tour of Argentina from July 13 to July 28 thanks to the sponsorship of Aircraft Charter Solutions…. The HSAA roster includes the best young players in the country: 13 seniors, 12 juniors and four sophomores.”
You can read the rest of the article on RugbyMag.com.
http://www.rugbymag.com/age-grade-men/8559-hs-all-american-boys-to-argentina.html
We know Mike will do a great job representing the Bomber Rugby Club and we can’t wait to see where rugby will take him. Congrats Mike!
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