Women’s rugby shows talent in scrimmage

Saturday, women’s rugby competed in its annual Black vs. White scrimmage at 10 a.m. on the CSC rugby field.

“We schedule the scrimmage, like any other team, to find out what our strengths and weaknesses are,” said Morgan Nelson, sophomore women’s rugby president of Norfolk.

Nelson was the team captain for this year’s black team and Katie Patrick, senior of Alliance, for the white team. The black team lost the coin toss and kicked off to the white team.

The white team scored the first “try” (rugby term for score which equals 5 points in rugby league) but missed the conversion (rugby’s equivalent to a football field goal but worth 2 points).

The white team was up by 5 points and  kicked to the black team, who returned it for a try. The black team scored the two point conversion.

The black team kicked off and zoned out which formed a ruck that caused a turnover to the black team.

The black team scored another try and conversion.

The ending score of the first half was 14-5 in favor of the black team.

The white team kicked to the black team. It took the black team nearly 3 minutes to score their third try and conversion of the game.  The white team, down by two tries and three conversions stepped it up a notch and ran in for a try and successful conversion putting the scoreboard at 14-12, still in favor of the black team.

The black team received the kickoff and won two rucks before scoring.

The black team kicked and recovered the ball. They kept the ball from the 2 minute warning to the end of the game.

The black team scored another try and successful conversion inside the last minute of the second half.

The final score was 35-12 in favor of the black team.

“Both teams played well and we saw a lot of people step up to the plate,” Nelson said.  “We still need to work on some fundamentals but overall that is to be expected out of such a young team”.

Both men’s and women’s rugby will play this weekend at the Wayne State Tournament.