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2011 Fall Standings

Men 1st XV
W
L
T
Points
Dartmouth*
7
0
0
35
Brown
5
2
0
26
Princeton
5
2
0
26
Harvard
4
3
0
21
Penn
3
4
0
14
Yale
2
5
0
9
Cornell
1
6
0
7
Columbia
1
6
0
4
* Dartmouth wins

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Dartmouth to Represent the Ivies at the June 2-3, 2012 CRC

June 02, 2012

Tickets are now available for USA Rugby's CRC 7s National Championship tournament on June 2-3. Purchase a ticket and support Dartmouth Rugby as the men defend last year's national championship.

Tickets can be found at the following link: http://ev15.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetGroupList?prc=DART2012&caller=PR&linkID=global-union&RDAT=&RSRC.

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

January 27, 2012

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.

30 days of Battle Ends Today - Ivy Rugby video highlights

December 20, 2011

The Rugby H2H tournament represents a very exciting opportunity for all of the schools and the Ivy Rugby Conference to shine the spotlight on this great competition for the Ivy student community, rugby alumni, family, sponsors, and rugby fans from around the world.

Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens - Full scoring posted

November 05, 2011

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 Men 7 Penn 5 2nd XV

October 22, 2011

Cornell 2nd XV scored and converted first then held on as Penn's late try was unconverted. Cornell wins the 2nd XV contest 7-5.

Cornell 38 - Columbia 17 - First Ivy Win!

October 08, 2011

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.

Brown Men 39 - Cornell Men 17

September 25, 2011

Brown University was able to bounce back from the disappointing loss to Columbia a day earlier to defeat Cornell 39-17.  The 97 points Cornell gave up the day before did not seem to matter on this day as Cornell fought tooth and nail to eventually take their second loss of the Ivy season. 

Dartmouth Wins Big at Cornell

September 24, 2011

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.

Cornell Men 25 - Ithaca 15

April 20, 2011

The game was hosted on IC's field. Cornell's co-captain Dan Cross '12 scored the opening try off of a maul. Ithaca then came back and evened the score. Before the half, Cornell's Charles Motzer '14 and co-captain Paulo Reis '12 put Cornell up two tries.

The opening of the second half started with a valiant two try drive by Ithaca. However, Cornell's forwards devastated the inside game allowing Benno Soresen '14 and Nate Goldman '14 to touch down two more tries putting Cornell University over Ithaca College 25-15.

November 04, 2010

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.

Faculty Advisor Dexter Kozen will also assist for the remainder of the fall season

October 22, 2010

We announce with regret that Head Coach Tonee Labar must step down from his coaching responsibilities for the remainder of the season for undisclosed personal reasons.  We wish Tonee all the best and hope that the issues are resolved quickly.  In the meantime, local alumni Steve Sable, Morgan McGowan, Eamon Molloy, and Chris Morris and Faculty Advisor Dexter Kozen will assume coaching duties temporarily for the remainder of the fall season.

Dartmouth wins Big, Columbia narrowly grabs 2nd place

October 09, 2010

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.

Cornell defeats traveling Penn 46 - 24 for first Ivy win

October 09, 2010

Cornell scored seven tries to Penn's four to pick up it's first win of the Ivy League season. The win and bonus point put Cornell into fifth place and in position to make the playoffs.

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

October 02, 2010

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.

Two Pete Davidson first half tries leads Princeton over Cornell

October 02, 2010

Ithaca, NY - Princeton traveled to Ithaca this past Saturday for a match against the Big Red of Cornell. Following an 0-2 start, Princeton recorded its first victory of the season with a 20-7 win over Cornell. With the loss, the Big Red fell to a disappointing 0-3 after three home matches.

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