PLAYOFFS!

Milwaukee Rugby Football Club, with help from the Wisconsin Club's win over Lincoln Park, will be playing in the Midwest Western League playoffs to fight for spot in the Midwest Elite Eight next spring. Games take place November 5th and 6th in Cottage Grove, WI with a first round match-up against Des Moines. The winner advances to play the loser of a 2nd place seeding game with that winner taking the #4 seed for the Midwest Western League and advancing to the round of 8 in the spring season. More information on standings and seeding can be found here.

2 teams from the Midwest qualify for the D2 National Championships and a string of 5 playoff wins would see Milwaukee return to the national venue! Best of luck to the team this weekend!

Milwaukee Eyes a Playoff Spot

A 41-25 win over the Chicago Condors this past weekend keeps Milwaukee in the playoff hunt for Midwest D2 men. If Lincoln Park loses to Wisconsin, the men earn a berth for the playoffs the weekend of November 5th. Stay tuned for a recap and details!

Milwaukee Victorious Over Fox Valley

A solid 55-17 thumping of Fox Valley keeps the MRFC's playoff hopes alive! Next weekend - the final regular season game (and final home game) against the Chicago Condors. Details to come.

Milwaukee Continues to Win; Improves to 2-0 on Fall Season

Milwaukee RFC travelled to Maywood, IL to take on the Chicago Westside Condors in a D2 Midwest Matchup. A perfect day for rugby saw 3 tries and Man of the Match Honors for wing Jamie Gasparella, and a try apiece from outside center Josh Kraemer and #8 Mike Knudsen. More details to come.

Next up: Wisconsin Rugby Club comes to Milwaukee on 9/17 for a 1pm kickoff at The Gun Club. Don't miss the battle between the two undefeated sides vying for the top spot in the group two of the Midwest Western Conference standings.

Milwaukee Wins in Fall 15s Debut

August 27th, 2011: The fall 15s season had begun!

Milwaukee Rugby Football Club kicked off the fall 15s campaign against a highly regarded (according to Chicago Rugby polls) Fox Valley Maoris side. Details to come; the MRFC showed up strong with a 45-12 victory and stands in first in Midwest D2 standings! Well done lads.

Next Week: MRFC travels to Chicago to take on the Westside Condors.

MRFC Opens Fall 2010 With a Gritty Win!

September 11th, 2010: The kickoff to the season was a wet and wild one characterized by hard hits, sloppy passes and a fight to the finish. With the rainy conditions it seemed that the game would be a slow, hard-hitting affair. The first half proved to be anything but - the Banshees controlled the ball and used the possession to score first off a 5-meter scrum. Their center knifed through our defense to score center post and inspired MRFC to counter with some offense of its own. The next 15 minutes saw lock Jake Gottfried and prop Cole Coopman capitalize with tries of their own after multiple phases of play. The offensive onslaught continued despite sloppy ball handling (the ball kept bouncing MRFCs way) with winger Jason Talbot utltimately scoring for MRFC's third try of the day. MRFC took a final penalty running, after 3 phases back and forth across the field, winger Josh Kraemer broke the line, was tackled at the 5 meter line with fullback Mike Albert in support to clean up the ball and touch down MRFC's 4th try as time expired. Halftime score 26-7.

The second period started with adjustments from Coach Tom Beckman and an emphasis on countering the sloppiness of the conditions and first half play with more possession and less long passes. MRFC took immediate control winning their own kickoff but while trying to exploit an overload, the Banshee fullback picked off an MRFC pass and took it the distance for the score. A period of back and forth was broken by MRFC winger Josh Kraemer breaking a long run for the 5th team try of the day. This would prove to be the final try for MRFC. A lot of hard hitting took over and MRFC's conditioning waned in the final 20 minutes as they surrendered another 2 tries. The game ended with a lot of defense for MRFC and they escaped with a 31-27 victory.

Recap:
It was great to get the win but we have a lot of work to do. Tackling, committing to the loose pieces, and conditioning were big issues for our squad. It is fortunate that we have so many athletes on the team, otherwise this game might have gone a different direction.

Notables:
Alex McCray was Man of the Match. Put the workload of tackling and rucking on his shoulders and carried the team.

Adam "Kos" Kosidowski made 3 of 5 conversions despite horrible conditions that ultimately proved the winning difference!