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Saturday, Carson (CA), 8:30

Rocky Mountain

Regional Rugby Report

In this Issue:

Sides of the Denver HighlandersSoftball-Was-Full ; pp 2-3

Denver 7s upcomes the weekend

Summer International Test ResultsCanada for June’s NA Spoon ; pp 4

From the desk of the hardest

Cohen : DU’s Jace Jackson selected

Fancy a Bike Ride in July? Breckenridge

f lanker, Pete Clarke, and his epic transit

his 1,800-mile (2,800 km+) ride; p

GlobalComps: Richard & Trotskio Super XV Rugby - “all in

o European Professional Club Rugby Commissioner Pete Townsend: same as the Old…” p 12

hR’s Back Page

o Daktari’s Rugby Cypher

USA v Japan Carson (CA), 8:30pm MT on Universal Sports cable channel

ocky Mountain

Regional Rugby Report

Denver Highlanders-administered , DrBG SS7s League: Queen City Rams

the weekend; p 3

Summer International Test Results through 6.14.14 and Upcomers , ; pp 4-7

From the desk of the hardest-working, most effective President in the World,

selected USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate All American

Breckenridge-to-British Columbia: Breck Blue Goose cycling

f lanker, Pete Clarke, and his epic transit - back in States, Mr. Clarke trains at alt itude for

ride; p 10

Trotski al l in”, and Returneth the King; pp 17-19

European Professional Club Rugby Commissioner Pete Townsend:

Daktari’s Rugby Cypher p 20

MT on Universal Sports cable channel

ocky Mountain

Regional Rugby Report

6.19.14

Queen City Rams ,

6.21.14 - USA v

working, most effective President in the World, Steve

ugby Men’s Collegiate All American ; p 9

: Breck Blue Goose cycling

back in States, Mr. Clarke trains at alt itude for

European Professional Club Rugby Commissioner Pete Townsend: “Meet the New…

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Sides of the Super Summer Sevens League: Rams and SWF

Super Summer 7s act ion at Samuel Adams Cook Park’s rugby pitches, “The Cookers”,

provides more than just something to do on Wednesday nights for its participants; it is also

a forum for recently graduated high school rugby players to “test club waters” by

associating with men’s clubs in a rugby way prior to making the club commitment.

Queen City Rams halfback, Tyvonn Johnson, earned his rugby spurs on the pitch in Heaven,

the Denver East High Angels Rugby Club’s homegrounds. He can be seen ghostly

through the gap and in space at signif icant pace for our D-3 union champs along with

- Western State University 15s f lanker and 7s wing, Colt Garcia, whose impressive

speed aligns well with that of scrumhalf Johnson shifty movements; and the pair is well-

complemented by Red Rocks daunting standoff, Steve “Frost” Morrison, with the size and

power of a center wrapped in a formidable f lyhalf physique.

Softball-Was-Full , comprised of former Denver East High Angels players, has been on hand

the mid-week 7s competit ion since its inception. The Bil l Baer-coached squad boasts the

largest numerical group in the league and with Middlebury College-bound

halfback, Jackson Bock, servicing a talented backline that includes the l ikes of

now-you-see-him-now-you-don’t blazer, Trejon Sanders, and the signif icant effect of 7s

prop and 15s f lanker/center, Jau’Pree Peevy. Mr. Bock who’s been East’s numbers man for

the past couple of seasons, has a classic address to the ball when goalkicking that makes

him deadly within the ten meter l ine and wil l stand him in good stead in his future rugby.

Mssrs. Sanders and Peevy are yet considering their educational options, but are considering

a number of Front Range schools as well as the scholarship program at Arizona’s Grand

Canyon University.

ed note: Denver East High Angels Rugby Club has been a signif icant player in the Colorado

rugby scene since its creation more than a quarter century ago. It has supplied players for

US Eagles, our national team, and its members range far and wide rugby’s signif icant scope.

7s

7-a-side Rugby

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One may also see the aforementioned players this weekend on Saturday at the 2014 Denver

7s rugby tourney. The 47th Annual D-7s happens at Dick’s, this Saturday, beginning at 8am.

Denver 7s, which originated back in the day as the Wash Park 7s, is a Denver Barbarians-

sponsored national competit ion, and it has progressed to the forefront of America’s 7-a-

Side workup to the 2016 Olympics where 7s rugby code wil l be inaugurated into that august

competit ion.

D-7s owes its existence to the guidance, determination and rugby-savvy of one man: former

Barbarians f lyer, Howard Kent. For it has been Mr. Kent who has logged what others would

consider an overwhelming amount of hours over the course of t ime, year-in/year-out to

bring you this excit ing 7-a-Side rugby tournament. This year, as it has for the last bunch,

the action happens at Dick’s Huge Rugby Complex ( just east of 63r d Avenue and Quebec

Street, and north of Interstate-70), beginning at 8am. With multiple brackets: El ite, Col lege,

Clubside, High School and Youth squaring off throughout the day, the action happens

init ial ly outside and then f inishes inside the stadium in the early evening. You happen to

see Mr. Kent rushing around doing stuff (and he’s sure to be!); you be sure to give him a

hug, a big kiss and tell him: “Thanks for the Rugby!”

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June North American Tests

US Eagles v Scotland at Houston, TX June 7: Suniula’s boot

ahead is gathered and we get seven instead of t’other way round after Stuart Hogg’s scoot… different match entire. As it happened, a 6-24 defeat. Didn’t get the result, but we didn’t get battered either;

v Japan at Carson, CA June 14: It was 17 for everyone in the house at the end of the f irst forty, but Eagles could not match the Brave Blossoms second stanza effort , fal l ing to defeat 29-37 at Carson; US led 7-0 in the opening stages and scores were knotted at 7s and 10s with Brave Blossoms breaking both ties in their favor, and the sides went to half level; A Japan advantage gained by a grounding just after re-start was never relinquished despite a hat-tryck of trys by Eagles f lyer, Blaine Scully;

v Canada at Sacramento, CA June 21

Canada v Japan at Vancouver, BC June 7: Canada , up 25-9

after forty, fai led the second half of their Test with Japan and crumpled to 25-34 defeat in Swangard Stadium at Burnaby; 19 on account for Brave Blossoms fullback Ayumu Goromaru;

v Scotland at Ontario, ON June 14: Scotland edged our neighbors to the north, 19-17 , on a late Greig Laidlaw st icksplitter to continue its pristine June Test run; an unconverted dot by Canadian Jeff Hassler and four, James Pritchard triple-pointers v a try by Grant Gilchrist, its conversion by Stuart Hogg and a further four penalties struck by the Scottish ful lback made for the result; a bloody funky card for Canada forwards icon, Jeb Sinclair, with homeboys roll ing into their opponent’s 22 at the 75t h minute reversed the f ield providing respite for the Caledonians and ult imately their joy at day’s end;

at US Eagles in Sacramento, CA June 21

15s 15s

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Mexico Los Serpientes at Jamaica in Kingston, June 7 : Los

Serpientes were dominant in their 34-8 Test victory over Jamaica on the

island;

at Turks and Caicos in Cockburn Town, June 28:

Saturday, June 21: Fij i v Samoa at Suva; Japan v Italy at Tokyo;

New Zealand v England at Hamilton; Australia v France at Sydney;

South Africa v Wales at Nelspruitt; Argentina v Scotland at Cordoba;

Saturday, June 28: South Africa v Scotland at Port Elizabeth

Summer Test Results

Friday, May 30:

Japan v Samoa at Tokyo: 33-14 for a bossy Japan : 18, for Brave Blossoms #15, Ayumu Goromaru, on a quartet of penalty strikes and three trys-converted; 10 new caps for Samoa in their loss at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium;

Saturday, June 7:

Samoa v Tonga at Apia: Ikale Tahi replacement three-quarters, Fangatapu Apikotoa, slotted the diff icult penalty str ike in injury t ime to draw Tonga level Manu Samoa at 18s in Apia; the visitors led through minute 68 before a captain David Lemi-try and its conversion by Tusi Pisi saw the home team with its f irst lead of the match at 15-12; a further set of penalties traded before Apikotoa’s heroic boomer near t ime;

Fij i v Italy at Suva: Nemani Nadolo Nasiganiyavi , who’s been a force for Crusaders this season, accounted for 15 points on a try and pairs of conversions and penalty strikes to propel Fij i past Italy , 25-14 ,at the National Stadium; a pair of penalty trys and their completions made the numbers for the traveling Azzurri ;

New Zealand v England at Auckland: knots at 3-all (‘9), 9-al l (’38), 12-al l ( ’66) and

15s at the 73r d minute gave way to a try by outside center, Conrad Smith, at ’76 for a

scinti l lator of 20-15 for All Blacks in the init ial Test at Eden Park on the North Island;

Mr. Aaron Cruden back at the pivot and f ive sticksplitters his account; not a horrid

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result for the visitors as Mssrs Farrell and Vunipola were not rostered for the match,

though they wil l be for the upcomer in Dunedin one might reckon as they are now in

the Land;

Australia v France at Brisbane: Wallabies Test questions bemused and confused

their guests in Lang Park; close for the init ial twenty at 10-3 Australia , but the home

side opened up France for a 29-9 advantage by the end of the f irst forty en route to a

50-23 shellacking of the French vacationers;

Argentina v Ireland at Resistencia: Good news for the visitors is, Ireland got the win in a brawling, boisterous affair, 29-17 , over hosts Argentina at Estadio Centenario; better sti l l Johnny Sexton knocked 8 points through the sticks and dotted the f irst try of the second stanza; bad news is that same Irish #10 went off with an injured wheel just after the three-quarter mark in the Test; groundings by wing, Manual Montero and openside Tomas de la Vega, the f irst converted by f lyhalf Nicolas Sanchez and the second by his replacement, Santiago Gonzalez-Iglesias, plus a penalty strike by Sanchez, made for Pumas numbers; the home team will want to sort their poor play in the set pieces - 3 scrumputs and 4 l ineout tosses lost - before the upcoming examination at Cordoba with the Men of the Emerald Isle;

Saturday, June 14:

Samoa v Italy at Apia: Manu Samoa returned to winning ways with a f ine

defensive effort v Italy , 15-0 , with home outside center George Pisi the numbers

guy as he potted f ive penalty strikes to account for al l match points; after an

opening loss at Japan at the end of May with a s ide that sported 10 new caps,

Samoa have a draw to Tonga on 6.7, and now the win v the Azzurri ; proper

direction; hopefully Italy are enjoying the beach l ife in Oceana, because they

cannot be happy about the shape of their Islands Tour thus far;

Fij i v Tonga at Lautoka: Nemani Nadolo Nasiganiyavi was good for a cool 20 on a

try, the conversion of al l the homeside’s half dozen groundings and a penalty

strike as Fij i topped Tonga , 45-17 to continue its unbeaten 2014 Pacif ic Nations

track; braces of groundings for left wing Sireli Bobo and right wing Watisoni Votu

for the home team, while Ikale Tahi got a pair from replacement engine Vil iami

Fihaki;

South Africa v Wales at Durban: Springboks rode a 28-9 f irst forty lead to a

comfortable, 38-16 , victory at Kings Park, Durban in the f irst of a pair of Tests;

Bryan Habana celebrated his brace of European championships won last month

with Toulon by a brace of groundings; a couple dropped goals by Wales #10, Dan

Biggar, against the two Habana trys-converted midway through the opening half

set the tone for the match staggered by a 2:1 penalty count unfavorable the

travelers; visitors were fast as wel l as furious into ‘Bok terr itory a number of

t imes, though they were undone by indiscipline;

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New Zealand v England at Dunedin; visitors burst from the gates and out to a 10-

nil advantage early and a 10-6 halft ime lead before a thri l l ing last forty minutes

saw All Blacks overhaul at 13-10 with a try by fullback Ben Smith and its Aaron

Cruden completion at ’44; England drew level three minutes on, but a further pair

of groundings by Julian Savea and Ma’a Nonu on either side of an Aaron Cruden-

replacement Beau Barrett sticksplitter made for the hosts count, while a pair of

late dots by the travelers fullback Mike Brown at ’71 and Chris Ashton prior to the

whist le, both converted by f lyhalf Owen Farrel l , brought the Men of the Rose to

the brink, though 27-28 , their loss;

Australia v France at Melbourne: Evidence that each side was told to t ighten their

respective defenses with a scoreline of 6-nil at t ime; 6 for Australia on 3 each

from #s 9 & 10, but naught-for-two by the traveling show in a brawny,

conservative affair;

Argentina v Ireland at Tucuman; more bad for Argentina as they lost half dozen

set pieces and then the Test after leading, 10-9 at intermission; two dots, one by

Simon Zebo converted by Johnny Sexton and a late one by Sexton-relief, Ian

Madigan, with his own conversion, made the visitors win at 23-17 ;

Mr. Daniel Carter stepped onto the pitch for the f irst t ime in seven

months, contributing 10 points and a couple of sweet set-ups in a

f irst forty effort for Southbridge, before retiring… this t ime just

until the upcoming weekend when he’ l l don the number 12 jersey

and increase his t ime onpitch to 60-ish minutes.

Everything transpiring favorably, and the talismanic Cantabrian wil l

be riding the bench next week as Crusaders tackle Hurricanes in

Well ington, and pretty much the sky (actually a bit more of a loft!) is

the l imit from thereon.

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Nike Youth Rugby Camps

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NSCRO congratulates standout prop Jace Jackson, University of Denver, on his selection to the USA Rugby's Men's

Collegiate All-American team!

Jackson, ball in hand with a mind to goal image: www.onthemarcphotography.com

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Clarke, on right in celebratory tux, at L2P journey's end

Breckenridge Blue Goose’s Pete Clarke, originally from the region and realm of Leicester

Tigers, wil l b icycle near 1,800 miles in July as he heads out from the Kingdom (of

Breckenridge) on a route that wil l take him through four states and across the Canadian

border to Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia in the proposed 21-day charity ride.

Pete wil l be riding for the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, a Summit County non-

profit whose mission is, “to expand the potential of people of al l abil it ies through

meaningful educational and inspir ing outdoor experiences, with a specialized focus on

serving those with disabil it ies and special needs.” - http://www.boec.org

Clarke has returned from a month in Europe where he rode London-to-Paris in three days

and is now hard into a series of lengthy and arduous, mountain training sessions that wil l

prepare him for his cruise to Canada.

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European Professional Club Rugby on in form at ion supp lied by the Mentor o f the Mid lands

2 Tournaments: Championship and Challenge. Kinda sorta the same as it ever was with

these differences meant to enhance the level of competit ion:

composition of the f ive (not 6), four-club pool system is rendered with more of a nod,

nudge and a winky to the quality of play in the English and French domestics, less so

the Celtics in the top f l ight, Champions Tournament:

o top six from (previous season’s) Aviva Premiership, top six from French Top

XIV, top seven from Pro 12 w/every country in that Pro12 represented

o for the tournament beginning fal l , 2014, the 20t h slot came from

a pair of playoff matches between the numbers 7 in Aviva and T14, or

Stade Français v London Wasps ; won by the English club after edging Stade, 30-

29 at home in a thri l ler by virtue of Andy Goode’s last second sticksplitter, and

then dropping the French club into the Challenge bracketing with 20-6 victory

in Paris

also a more equitable distribution of proceeds is meant to affect players’ purses in a

more fruitful manner

Champions Tournament

Pool 1: Saracens

Mun ster C lermon t Au vergn e Sa le Sharks Pool 2: Lein ster

Castres Har lequins Lond on Wasps Pool 3: Toulon

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Pool 2: Exeter Ch iefs

Bayonn e Connacht La Roch el le

Pool 3: Stad e Fran çais

Newp ort Gwen t Dragons Newcast le Falcon s F IRA-AE R q 2

Pool 4: Edinbu rgh

Bord eau x Begles Lond on Welsh Lyon

Pool 5: Glou cester Rugby

Br ive Zebre Oyon nax

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not to scare you or anything, but 2014 Halloween falls on Friday

this year… raise your hand if you’d like to see a doubleheader, maybe

Lady Raptors v Black Ice , and Raptors v Barbos or possibly Highlanders v

Harlequins in the Kettle prior to a rockin’, rollin’ … perhaps a bit of ravin’

as well… Halloween Costume Rugby Ball in the stadium

prosaic or proactive

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I’m afraid

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bring ‘er

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scary

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are you afraid?

I’m afraid of what I might

become…

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And speaking of World Cup Rugby, 2014 Women’s RWC begins August 1s t in France, but in preparation for that, USA Eagles wi l l play:

Wales on Saturday, June 28th

England on Wednesday, July 2n d

and England once more on Sunday, July 6t h

before making the channel crossing for pool play in 2014 WRWC where they’l l match up:

v Ireland , Fr iday August 1s t;

v Kazakhstan , Tuesday August 5t h;

v New Zealand , Saturday August 9t h;

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Developing America’s Future Rugby Players Today

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Individual Skill Work

Situation Drills Breakdown & Tackling Techniques

Team Concepts Rugby 7’s Training Positional Training

Daily Matches Conditioning & Nutrition

GET IN THE ACTION. REGISTER AT

800.944.7112/USRUGBYCAMPS.com Regis University Denver, CO July 21 - 24 Ages 8-17 Overnight $525 Ext. Day $425 Day $295

Professional Staff

Eugene Mountjoy: Camp Director & Santa Clara University Assistant Coach

Steve Lewis: Coach - Old Blue RFC & NYC 7’s

Andy Katoa: Former USA 7’s Assistant Coach

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It ’ l l take 50 MPts plus to win a conference and pretty much in the high 40s to earn a wild card spot, with 60% of the clubs yet in posit ion for post-season glory:

clubs w/2 f ixtures remaining: Brumbies , Bulls , Hurricanes , Sharks o Brumbies can cop a maximum 10 points which, at 50 MPts, should

see them into extra t ime, but those two fixtures are: at Waratahs, and host duty of their dangerous and current hind-snapper, the Force franchise… cream shal l r ise;

o Bulls are on the outside rail and must have the max from their brace of matches left to keep the dream alive, but those contests be: on the road at Newlands v surging Stormers and also they must have a f inal fulsome victory over Rebels at Loftus Versfeld:

o Hurricanes also can pop a tenner, but they’l l have to do it: in host duty of conference- leading Crusaders and on the road in Hamilton v Chiefs , each of whom have after-hours aspirations of their own;

o Sharks need to win out, because they’l l want to maintain their league lead to ensure home fixtures throughout the playoffs; they can keep themselves on potential with big wins over: Cheetahs at Free State Stadium and Stormers at Newlands, a precarious road;

clubs w/3 f ixtures remaining (match in hand): Chiefs , Crusaders , Highlanders , Western Force , Waratahs

o Chiefs , defending tit leholders, will l ike to win out with as much pointage as possible for they currently reside in 4t h place on the NZ conference table; they’l l have to do it: at playoff-minded Highlanders , with the host win past Hurricanes and lastly with road victory in Auckland v the pretentious Blues ;

o Crusaders are in the catbird seat in the Land; they may remain that way with victories: on the road in Well ington v Hurricanes , with a delivery of the Blues at home and also joy in the f inal home fixture v Highlanders - each match, a l ightning-sparked conflagration ;

o Highlanders gotta win out, but by doing so wil l most certainly garner an after t ime slot; they’l l do it: hosting Chiefs , in a crit ical quiz v Waratahs in Sydney and by topping Crusaders on the road in Christchurch - a trio of would-be wins over: last year’s champions and this season’s present leaders of the Free World, errh, the Australian and New Zealand conferences, resp.;

o Western Force have found their pace this season; with a steadfast and formidable forwards group and the 9/10 combo of Alby Mathewson and Sias Ebersohn serving a capable three-quartersl ine that includes the l ikes of the Honey Badger of Oz, Nick Cummins; Force have stunned the league this season and would continue to do so after t ime via colorful home victories over sad songsters with a stingy melody, Blues , also the f laming Reds , and then on the road in the nation’s capitol, Canberra, v Brumbies…

over

Super XV Rugby

over

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Upcoming the end of your month

Friday, 6.27.14 Highlanders (38) v Chiefs (35) at Forsyth Barr: each lost last match; not right direction for the playoff-bound; Jumpin’ Jack Flash in the stadium on the weekend; Rebels (21) v Reds (23) at AAMI Park: last month when these clubs played, this weekend’s hosts had the road joy and popped this weekend’s guests down the ARC dungeon; they’ve opportunity to reprise that effort this upcomer;

Saturday, 6.28.14 Hurricanes (37) v Crusaders (41) at Westpac: right result could see homeboys driving the NZRC show; this’l l put your Northern Lights on in f ine fettle the Southern Hemisphere; Waratahs (43) v Brumbies (35) at ANZ: visitors cannot lose if they wanna playoff; home team can go a long way in securing the conference with victory here; Force (36) v Blues (31) at NIB: homeside has never been in this posit ion so late in the season and they’ve got to win big to remain in the hunt; visitors have neither sympathy nor care for their situation; one more disruptive act ion by the azure ones?

All SARC on bye this (6.27/28.14) weekend

Did you know? - Westpac Stadium , home to Hurricanes , hosted a Military Tattoo in 2000?

and last, yet certainly not anywheres the near end of least, Waratahs : the

Sydney franchise wins out with al l possible points, they wil l have earned a

f irst in the Austral ian Conference, and unseated their South African pals,

Sharks , from top of the league heap, thus ensuring themselves of home

playoff matches as long as they keep winning; should the ‘Tahs stumble

somewheres along the remainder of their Super Rugby path, Crusaders can

yet take the league with al l-points victories in their last f ixtures; any event

Waratahs remainders: at Canberra and Brumbies , home v Highlanders and on

the road in the Reds championship game

So close to the end of the season, though the only thing for sure is that it wil l be a

cl imactic and clashy [sic] conclusion to 2014 Super XVs Rugby; al l- in, a l l-on in the

last 160-240+ minutes of 2014 Super XVs Rugby action one should think!

from before

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Australian Rugby Conference

Club Won Lost Drawn MPts

Waratahs 9 4 0 43 Brumbies 9 5 0 40 Force 8 5 0 36 Reds 4 9 0 23 Rebels 4 9 0 21

New Zealand Rugby Conference

Club Won Lost Drawn MPts

Crusaders 9 4 0 41 Highlanders 7 6 0 38 Hurricanes 7 7 0 37

Chiefs 6 5 2 35 Blues 6 7 0 31

South Africa Rugby Conference

Club Won Lost Drawn MPts

Sharks 10 4 0 45 Bulls 6 7 1 33 Stormers 6 8 0 28 Lions 5 9 0 22 Cheetahs 3 10 1 20

Sharks 10 4 0 45 Waratahs 9 4 0 43 Crusaders 9 4 0 41 Brumbies 9 5 0 40 Highlanders 7 6 0 38 Hurricanes 7 7 0 37 Force 8 5 0 36 Chiefs 6 5 2 35 Bulls 6 7 1 33 Blues 6 7 0 31 Stormers 6 8 0 28 Reds 4 9 0 23 Lions 5 9 0 22 Rebels 4 9 0 21 Cheetahs 3 10 1 20

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*Daktari’s Rugby Cypherlast week’s solution: “Today, if we gave ourselves a

mark it would be 70%,” All Blacks pilot Steve

Hansen on the win over England in f irst Test

today’s cryp

X PJ AIDDBE MNG DSB AIRK PCC VCPHTK CBABZE PZE HPZPEP HNPHS TXBGPZ

HGNOCBR PMDBG HCNKB CNKK DN KHNDCPZE

to solve: substitute letters in the pattern above to determine the rugby

Summer Youth Rugby 15s CampZach Fenoglio

day camp: Regis Jesuit High School campusovernight camp:

USA v Canada Sacramento (CA), 2:30pm MT on Universal Sports cable channel

h er e in a n d t h e re i n a n d ev er yw h er e i n R M 3 R © h R

Daktari’s Rugby Cypher* “Today, if we gave ourselves a

mark it would be 70%,” All Blacks pilot Steve

the win over England in f irst Test

cryp below

X PJ AIDDBE MNG DSB AIRK PCC VCPHTK CBABZE PZE HPZPEP HNPHS TXBGPZ

HGNOCBR PMDBG HCNKB CNKK DN KHNDCPZE

hint: X = I

text is encrypted

substitute letters in the pattern above to determine the rugby-related phrase

RSVP the

cryp

Nike Rugby Camps Rugby 15s Camps instructed by USA Eagles front row,

Zach Fenoglio - [email protected] and staff day camp: Regis Jesuit High School campus, June 23-25, 2014

vernight camp: at RJHS, July 31 - August 3

Daktari on the Han River, Seoul, SK

MT on Universal Sports cable channel

X PJ AIDDBE MNG DSB AIRK PCC VCPHTK CBABZE PZE HPZPEP HNPHS TXBGPZ

related phrase.

front row,

25, 2014

Daktari on the Han River, Seoul, SK