Wednesday, September 7, 1083
Daily Nebraskan
Pegs 13
Air Force dominates rugby classic
By llona Koppelxnsn
Air Force winged its way through four matches to
successfully defend their title at the third annual
Husker Rugby Classic Saturday and Sunday.
Sixteen teams competed in the tournament at
Sawyer Snell Park.
Air Force defeated Omaha A 23-4 in the cham
pionship match. Omaha's B team took third place.
UNL's A team fell victim to Air Force in the second
round.
Trailing 13-0 at the half, the Huskers scored two
four-point tries to close the gap.
But Lady Luck just wasnt with the UNL ruggers.
Twice, the Huskers came within inches of scoring.
Eight-man Bob Hansman was over the goal line, but
when he went to touch the ball down, it was
knocked out of his hands.
Flyhalf Rob Martin was a foot from the goal line
later. Martin was tackled before Ke could dive into
the try zone.
"We just didnt pass the ball well in the first half,"
UNL Coach Vince Powers said.
Powers attributed Air Force's sweep to "better
coaching and better grasp of fundamentals."
They have five coaches who can take the time to
go over the basics, Powers said. The (Air Force)
Academy supports them well They have a much
better program, well funded."
Powers said UNL is just a club sports, but that
nobody else even came close to the Air Force.
Omaha A coach Phil Reuning said his club's diffi
culties with Air Force were because of injuries.
Both props and second rowmen weren't regulars,
Reuningsaid.
The B side lost both of its games, to the Omaha
G.OAT.S. and the Air Force B.
The Air Force took home the tournament's trophy
for the second straight year. Air Force is rated
second behind the University of California in the
national rugby ratings.
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A $1 0 entry fee must be
paid before the first
game, Brodie said. That
money goes to a party
fund, which pays the
World Series winner $60.
The runner-up gets $20.
There is a catch, though
the manager who wins
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"Once the league
starts, it won't expand,"
Creek said. "But when it
gets over, we hope to get
another one started and
then maybe expand."
The commissioner of
OHourke's Strat-O-Matic
baseball league is Dave
Moreland, one of the
owners of O'Rourke's.
Brodie and he made it
clear that the new
baseball league was not
started in order to
enhance business. On the
contrary, Brodie said,
"We do it just for the fun
of it"
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name of the game when it
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I'm sure it's for some
little reason," Burke said
about the yellow shirt,
"but they didnt tell me.
I'm still practicing with
the first team. Maybe
they're trying to motivate
me or something."
Even though the
coaches gave Burke no
concrete reason for the
yellow shirt, he guessed
that it may have been
because of his play in the
team's Saturday scrim-,
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"I missed a tackle
toward the end of the
scrimmage," Burke said.
Defensive secondary
coach Bob Thornton
could not be reached for
comment on Burkes
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