Portland 42 - Providence 5
Before the game, the teams joined for a minute of silence to remember our rugby brothers and others taken by last Tuesday's terrible events. The game began and was played with some semblance of "normalcy", despite the circumstances under which it was played.

From a rugby perspective, it was an excellent show of running rugby, though we lost some key people to injury in the process. Jason Willey, the rock at inside center upon which most of the attacking platforms were set, suffered a lower leg broken in many places at the stroke of halftime and went into surgery that evening. Jason, along with OC C.B. Brady, were masterful in their powerful, penatrating runs which the forwards drove over to deliver fast, clean ball for phase after phase of attack. A multi-phase movement from the opening kick-off drove the ball deep into Providence's territory and Marc Fournier crashed over for his first try of the day, duly converted by Andy Nelson.

The Providence defense was resolute, but the reality was they saw very little ball on the day. The Portland front row of Marc, Andy and Al Parks set the tone for the day, stealing several against the head, driving line-outs and leading the scorers with two for Frenchie and one for Al. Tom Lovering was everywhere around the pitch and Eric Anderson's nose for the ball led to many key turnovers. Joey D'Andrea had several incisive runs from fullback, including an unbelievable individual effort which led to a second half try from 40m out.
posted by Portland RFC 9/17/2001 09:30:24 AM

Sept. 11 Info
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NY Firefighter's Fund - all proceeds go towards the New York Firefighter's Memorial Fund.
posted by Matthew G. Winch 9/16/2001 11:42:11 AM

Burlington 29 - Portland 18
On a day that was way too hot for September, the Portland boys went down to a strong Burlington side. Opening the scoring with a penalty from the solid boot of Andy Nelson things looked good, but the heat and pressure from the Burlington front row in the scrummages began to slowly take their toll. Tim McMahon started a nice movement that Leo Scheidel and CB Brady moved to Todd Roma for a first half try but Burlington answered with two of their own. In the second spell Portland opened the game up a bit more, but the combination of riskier play and unsettled ball from set play saw them unable to close the gap. Jason Willey and CB were very solid in three-quarter play all day while Tim and CC added nice tries in the second half.
posted by Portland RFC 9/10/2001 09:30:47 AM

Maximus DeSalle!
We are thrilled to report the most recent success of the PRFC breeding program: Mike and Tammy welcomed Max early Saturday evening at 6:13pm. The future PRFC number 8 weighed in at a healthy 9 lbs 3 oz and stretched the tape measure a full 21". Look for Max to be running roughshod over the opposition like his old man in 2025 or so.
posted by Portland RFC 9/10/2001 09:21:20 AM

Welcome to the Portland Rugby Football Club homepage. We field 2 senior men's club sides and an old boys side in the New England Rugby Football Union and NorthEast Rugby Union Division II competitions.  We hope you spend a minute or two looking over some of the material we have compiled here and contact us with any questions you might have.

Practice Schedule
Practice is at Riverton School on 302 (go out Forest past Warren Ave -- school is on left just past convenience stores). We'll be under the lights Tuesday and Thursdays at 7.