Opening the Bombers 50th weekend, the Bomber White side takes on the Royals in their second league match of the season.

The Royals recently returned to the DIII level this season and was going to be a good test against the DIII side defense. Playing smart and simple defense the Bombers were able to control the line with big hits against the Royals #8. The Bombers controlled the lead going into the half and Jim Morrison scorning a try early in the second half taking out two Royals. Conversion for the game were by Jim Morrison.

The Royals did not give up and kept putting pressure on the defense and slowly moving the ball into the Bombers zone. Coming down to the final minutes of the game, the Bombers were able to hold off the Royals to a 27-24 victory. Photos from the game cane be found here.

Next week the White side takes on Sunday Morning at Marquette Park at 1pm on Sunday. http://tinyurl.com/8utswcq

Coming off strong starts for the season the Bombers DII and DIII side traveled across state to take on the Kansas City Blues in friendly match in Kansas. Both matches were going to be a test to the Bombers as many of the players would be playing on both sides. The Bombers DII took on KC’s strong DI side in the opening match. The Blues scored quick off an early penalty kick to take an 3-0 lead. The Bombers struggled to keep the ball out of their zone as KC continued to advance the ball. A penalty by KC gave the Bombers a points opportunity near mid-field. With a little wind at his back Mark Menne split the uprights from 40 yards away to tie the game at 3-3. Both teams struggled to reach the try zones and the Bombers took the lead with another penalty kick leading 6-3 before half. KC was able to score a couple tries before half and continued into the second half. Playing defense most of the game the Bombers were able to score from Mark Menne to Sean McDonald to Brian Saak for the try. The conversion was not made and the Bomber’s DII side fell to KC with a final score of 35-11. Man of the match went to Alex “Crazy” Ochoa.

Following the first game, the Bomber’s DIII side took on a mixed side of KC Blues and KC Islanders in the second friendly match of the day. Much like the first game the Bombers struggled on offense, but were playing strong defense. The Bombers were able to get the offense going and scored a try by Matt Skarin from Tim Brown. The conversion was made by Matt Skarin. Unfortunately KC went onto victory 31-7 for the final. Even though many of the Bombers played in both games, the score does not reflect the overall effort by the team, especially the new & high school players.

Next week has been 50 years in the making as both sides have League matches and the Bombers celebrate 50 years of being St. Louis’ Premier Rugby Club. The first match is at noon as the DIII side takes on the Royals and then the DII side takes on the Ramblers at 2pm. Both matches are at the Cricket Fields in Forest Park. The Bomber’s Academy will be taking on Lindenwood’s freshmen team under the lights at Lindenwood Friday night at 6:20pm.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the games and the 50^th Celebration.

This is a big weekend for the Bombers Rugby Club as we celebrate our 50 years of being St. Louis’ Premier Rugby club and it all starts off this Friday night. There is an Academy match and a social event at Columbo’s Bar & Tavern starting at 7pm.  The Academy Match is against Lindenwood under the lights at Lindenwood’s Hunter Stadium. Kickoff is at 6:20pm, so come on out to the game to watch the very talented High School side play. The match will be concluded by 8:00pm, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to make it to Colombo’s afterwords to socialize. This is a nice event to kick off the Gala weekend. Map to Hunter Stadium: http://goo.gl/maps/iVGhn

This Saturday will be a day to remember full of rugby, drinking, and celebration. The day starts off with two rugby games at the Cricket Fields in Forest Park. The first match starts at noon as the Bomber’s DIII side will be taking on the Royals. The second match kickoff is at 2:30pm as the Bomber’s DII side takes on the Ramblers. Both matches are expected to be very exciting and fun. The Bomber’s would like to thank Schlafly Beer and Major Brands for providing beer for the events. It’s supposed to be a beautiful day so bring your family, kids, and pets out to the games.

You would think you day is done after that, NOPE, it’s only beginning. Saturday evening is the Bomber’s 50^th celebration at Highland Clubhouse and starts at 7pm. We are very excited and have been planning this for a long time. There will be special guests and surprises for everyone. If you have not RSVP for the “50^th Banquet” yet you must get it in ASAP so we can have a head count for the venue. Payment will be taken when you arrive to the event and we accept CASH, CHECK, and CREDIT CARDS, but we PREFER a CHECK. https://stlouisbombers.com/2012/08/17/st-louis-bombers-50th-celebration/

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend!

The Bomber’s DII side opened up their season on September 15^th with a little road trip down to Memphis to take on the Memphis Blues.  The Bomber’s traveled down light with only 3 subs but that didn’t slow down the Bomber’s as they went onto defeat Memphis 79-12.

The Bomber’s defense kept Memphis out of the try zone for the first half of the game, 24-0. The second half started off with a quick score from Tyler Masters with some well-placed kicks. Tim Brown controlled the offense with quick ball out to the backs and had a try himself. The rest of the tries were handled by Chris ‘Vinnie’ Wroughton, Mark Menne(2), Brian Saak (2), Tyler Masters(3), Sean McDonald(2), Chris Schelerth, and Brett Moeller.  Conversions were kicked by Mark Menne(3), Tyler Masters(2), and James Sills(1). Man of the match went to Sean McDonald so his work on both offense and defense and being in the right spot at the right time. Check out photos from the match here.

Next week both sides travel to Kansas City to take on the KC Blues.