by Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs

Earlier this month, Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs conducted an in-depth interview with Ron Schassburger, the new head coach of the CURFC. Ron’s rugby roots date back to 1960, and in this interview we learn of his tremendous love for the game, the pursuit of rugby perfection and the future trajectory of Cornell men’s rugby.

Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens - Full scoring posted

Dartmouth defeated Harvard in the final match of the Ivy 7s Championships 41-14. The event was being hosted by The Boston Irish Wolfhounds and Harvard Rugby at the Irish Culture Center.

Cornell 38 - Columbia 17 - First Ivy Win!

Cornell's Danny Sullivan '12 scored a pair of trys and Michael Hernandez '12, Paulo Reis '12 and Benno Sorenson '14 scored one apiece as Cornell cruises to their first Ivy victory of the season defeating Columbia 38-17.

Cornell's Benno Sorenson also made all conversion kicks and put one through on a penalty kick.

Dartmouth Wins Big at Cornell

As might be expected, Dartmouth had a hot start in their match against Cornell. Aided by tries from fullback Madison Hughes ’15, lock Nate Brakeley ’12, and a pair from wing Kevin Clark ’14, The Big Green jumped out to a 26-0 lead within the first ten minutes, as they were able to go-forward in virtual all of the contact exchanges. The fast start was impressive considering the team only had time for a limited warm-up after the long bus ride in from Hanover.

The Haka is a Māori traditional dance performed immediately prior to New Zealand rugby national team (All Black) matches. Over the years, the All Blacks most commonly performed the haka "Ka Mate". In the early decades of international rugby, they sometimes performed other haka, some of which were composed for specific tours. Since 2005, the All Blacks have occasionally performed a new haka, "Kapa o Pango". Watch the All Blacks perform the haka Nov 2008 before their test match against Ireland.

Dartmouth wins Big, Columbia narrowly grabs 2nd place

It was the the Big Green of Dartmouth who made a big splash in round four of the Ivy League Rugby Conference competition as they moved to 4-0 with a huge victory over Brown. The Big Red of Cornell moved from last to fifth with a win over Penn and Columbia took over sole possession of 2nd place with a win over Princeton 22-12.

Dartmouth remains unbeaten, Columbia and Harvard join Yale with two wins

The second weekend of Ivy League competition saw the Big Green win to make it 3-0, while the Big Red moved to 0-3. Ironically, Dartmouth won it's third straight on the road and Cornell lost it's third in a row at home.