MIT RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

MIT showed their character as a team in their final spring test, bouncing back from last week’s disappointment with a hard earned win on the road against Brooklyn.

MIT were handed their first loss of the season in a hard fought contest that was closer than the score line suggests.
Providence started strongly getting the ball wide and managing to touch down in the corner in the opening minutes of play. Despite a failed conversion they kept the visitors on the back foot hitting the gain line with speed and forcing a couple of line breaks to touch down for a second in under 10 minutes.

It was a picture perfect day for rugby this Saturday, although a tad warm for the players, the spectators certainly enjoyed the warm spring weather. MIT came out raging, looking to keep their unbeaten spring record intact and seeking revenge over a narrow loss to Portland last spring (in a snow storm!). Two quick tries by MIT, with great runs from Frank O. and support play by halfback Jason S. set the tone for the match. It looked like MIT was going to run away with the game until two costly mistakes from risky offloads led to two run away tries from Portland.

MIT faced their toughest task of the season so far last Saturday with the arrival of North Shore at the Cambridge field. A glorious day and a sizeable crowd made conditions perfect for rugby and both teams and the referee contributed to a well fought and flowing game.

Not to be outdone by the A-side MIT's B's took maintained their 100% record for the 2012 Spring Season. The B's responded to an early try concession with three unanswered tries of their own.

MIT's second game of the season saw them face a Div II team for the second team running.
MIT came out on top and also managed to keep a clean defensive sheet

MITs B-side opened their Spring season with a pair of games last Saturday. In the opening game the opposition was Division III A-side Framingham.

MIT kicked off the 2012 Spring Season last Saturday on their home patch in Cambridge. Despite inclement weather forecasts a repeat of the Fall season closing conditions did not materialize and a fresh Spring day made for fine rugby conditions.