Championship ended in a TIE

UNDER 13/19 FALL SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS
BLACKS 60 REDS 60

First Half (40 Minutes)
Blacks kick off out of end zone. Scrum is brought to the half line where the Reds win the ball. The Blacks steal the ball and Jonathan runs it into the end zone for a try.
Reds – 0 and Blacks – 1

Blacks kick off out of end zone. Scrum is brought to half line where the Reds win the ball again. Blacks steal the ball. Reds steal it back. They scrum again where the Reds pull the ball out again. The Blacks steal the ball back and the Reds respond in kind. The Blacks dispossess the Reds again and Jonathan runs it back for a second try.
Reds – 0 and Blacks – 2

Blacks kick off out of the end zone again. Scrum at the half line and the Reds win again. The blacks steal the ball back for their side and Shane runs it back for a try.
Reds – 0 and Blacks – 3

Blacks kick off and then recover their own kick. The Reds steal the ball. Black steals it back. Reds don’t relinquish that easily and get it back for themselves. They scrum and the Blacks win possession. Yet another scrum and the Blacks pull it out again. The Blacks try to kick for better field position and get themselves a line out. The Reds win the line out and Izaak runs it into the end zone for a try.
Reds – 1 and Blacks – 3

Reds kick off and we have a scrum that the Reds win. The Blacks steal the ball and Jonathan runs the ball into the end zone. It’s a hat-trick for Jonathan today.
Reds – 1 and Blacks – 4

Blacks kick off then dispossess the Reds who take it right back and Jeff takes the ball into the end zone for the try.
Reds – 2 and Blacks – 4

Reds kick off and take possession back from the Blacks. The Blacks take the ball back and then allow the Reds to take possession again. Izaak runs it in for his second try.
Reds – 3 and Blacks – 4

Reds kick off and take possession back from the Blacks shortly after the kick. The reds give it back and the Blacks run it out of bounds for a line out. Reds win the line out and there’s a penalty to the Blacks. Scrum Blacks and they win it. The Reds steal it back and kick for position down field. They scrum and the Reds win possession and Jeff runs it in for a second try.
Reds – 4 and Blacks – 4

Reds kick off and the Blacks, Alex, run it back for a try.
Reds – 4 and Blacks – 5

Blacks kick off and steal the ball back from the Reds and Jonathan takes the ball into the try area and touches it down for a fourth try.
Reds – 4 and Blacks – 6

Blacks kick off. Reds kick the ball out of their half and it results in a line out for the Blacks. Reds win the throw in and lose the ball to the Blacks. The Reds not happy with the dispossession take the ball back for themselves and kick the ball downfield. Blacks have possession and then get the ball taken away. Reds give the ball back. Blacks scrum. Blacks keep possession. Scrum Reds. Blacks win possession and get the ball to Jackie who scores a try.
Reds – 4 and Blacks – 7

Half Time
Second Half (40 Minutes)

Reds start the second half with the kick off and steal the ball back from the Blacks. The Blacks don’t like that and take the ball back and then give it away to the Reds who give it right back. Scrum Reds. Reds win the scrum and kick the ball down field. Blacks line out. Reds win the line out and Dallen scores a try.
Reds – 5 and Blacks – 7

Reds kick off and it goes out of bounds. Scrum at the 22. Reds win possession and lose it to the Blacks. They scrum and the blacks win the ball. Another scrum that the Reds win and Jeff scores a third try for a hat-trick.
Reds – 6 and Blacks – 7

Reds kick off and Blacks recover. Reds steal the ball. Penalty to the Blacks. Now they scrum and the Blacks win the ball. The ball falls into the hands of McKay and he scores a try for the Blacks.
Reds – 6 and Blacks – 8

Blacks kick off and Reds return. Blacks take possession then lose it as Jeff takes the ball in for his fourth try.
Reds – 7 and Blacks – 8

Reds kick off. Scrum and Blacks win the ball. Reds steal the ball then give it back to the Blacks who give it right back to the Reds. They scrum and the Blacks win but theres a penalty to the Reds. Another scrum and the Blacks get possession back and kick downfield. Reds recover and kick but it is blocked. They scrum again and the Reds win the ball. Another scrum and the Blacks take possession. Reds steal the ball and get it taken back by the Blacks who give it back to the Reds. Jonathan gets a slight knock to his left hip. Another scrum and the Reds take possession. Yet another scrum and the Blacks win the ball and take it to another scrum that they win again and Jacob scores a try for the Blacks.
Reds – 7 and Blacks – 9

Blacks kick off. Reds return and lose the ball to the Blacks. Scrum and the Reds take the ball and Valerie scores a try.
Reds – 8 and Blacks – 9

Reds kick off. Scrum and Blacks take the ball. Reds steal the ball and the Blacks take it back just to lose it again to the Reds. Valerie takes it to the end zone and touches down for a second try.
Reds – 9 and Blacks – 9

Reds kick off. Jonathan returns it to the end zone and passes it to Jackie for a second try.
Reds – 9 and Blacks – 10

Blacks kick off and Reds return. Blacks take possession and go to a scrum. Blacks win the ball then give it to the Reds who give it back and Alex scores for the Blacks.
Reds – 9 and Blacks – 11

Blacks kick off. Blacks steal the ball from the Reds and the Reds take it back. Blacks take the ball again to lose it back to the Reds who kick the ball downfield and it rolls out of the end zone. Scrum at the 22 goes the Blacks way and they kick it downfield. Reds return and lose possession to the Blacks. Alex runs it to his second try.
Reds – 9 and Blacks – 12

Blacks kick off. Reds return and lose possession to the Blacks. Reds take the ball back and kick downfield. Izaak recovers his own kick for the Reds and scores his third try for a hat-trick.
Reds – 10 and Blacks – 12

Reds kick off. Penalty to the Reds. Dallen runs it in the end zone for his second try for the Reds.
Reds – 11 and Blacks – 12

Reds kick off. Blacks return and lose the ball to the Reds. Blacks take back possession just to give it back to the Reds. Penalty to the Blacks. Blacks kick downfield and the Reds recover. Reds kick downfield and we have a scrum. Reds win the scrum and Joey runs the ball to the end zone for a try.
Reds – 12 and Blacks – 12

Reds kick off. Scrum goes the Reds way. Another scrum goes the Reds way. Penalty to the Blacks and they kick downfield.


Full Time
Tie Game at 12 Tries Each
Overtime (10 Minutes)

Kick off Blacks. Blacks win a scrum. Penalty to the Reds. Line out Blacks. Reds win the line out then lose possession to the Blacks. They have a scrum that the Reds win. The Blacks steal the ball and kick downfield. Reds recover the kick. Penalty to the Blacks. Another Penalty to the Blacks. Reds steal the ball and kick downfield where the Blacks recover the ball. Reds take the ball and go to a scrum. Reds win the scrum and the Blacks steal the ball to go to another scrum. Reds win the ball and kick. Blacks recover and the Reds steal it back. Penalty to the Blacks. Penalty to the Reds. Blacks steal the ball.

Full Time
Tie Game at 12 Tries Each
Sudden Death (5 Minutes)

Reds kick off. Line out Blacks. Reds win the line out and the Blacks steal possession then kick the ball downfield. Reds recover the ball and the blacks steal it again. Reds take back possession only to squander it and give it back to the Blacks who in turn lose possession to the Reds. Penalty to the Blacks. Reds take the ball from the Blacks. Scrum. The blacks take possession from the scrum. Penalty to the Blacks. Reds steal the ball and kick downfield for a line out.

Full Time
Tie Game at 12 Tries Each
Kick Off
Reds Blacks
Izaak No Good Daphne No Good
Homer No Good Alex No Good
Brayden No Good Jonathan No Good
Dakota No Good McKay No Good
Zak No Good Sione No Good

Extra Kicks (Vaha’s Choice)
Valerie No Good Trevor No Good
Malcolm No Good Micah No Good

Championship Game Over
After Full Time, Overtime, Sudden Death and Extra Kicks
We have a TIE
REDS – 12 Tries Blacks – 12 Tries

Under 7/Under 10 Fall Championships

LAS VEGAS RUGBY ACADEMY UNDER 7/ UNDER 10

LVRA BLUES HOLDS ON TO WIN THE FALL 2010 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov 20 2010 (Silvestri Middle School)
In one of the most exciting championships game this season the Blues held on to win its 2nd championship this year. Second-half tries from #1 Job and #12 Gabriel proved crucial for Blues as they were pushed all the way by the Chiefs but eventually won 49-44.

Led by Man of the Match #12Gabriel helped the Blues by scoring 4 first half tries and two in the 2nd half, with the 6th try being the game decider. The Chiefs got on the scoreboard first with #11 Damien beating 3 defender to go under the post. (conversion good by #10 Anthony) Less then 1 minute the Chiefs scored again. The Blues were penalize for being offside and #7 Paula tapped the ball and ran 40 meters to give the chiefs the lead. 14-0 (Conversion was good by #10 Anthony)

But the Blues will be denied with #12 Gabriel breaking the Chiefs defensive line and out pacing the cover defense to score. 7-14(Conversion was good by #8 Logan) The Chiefs #10 Anthony extended the Chiefs lead with some nifty ball handing spinning the ball wide and working well his forward, after several attacking phases #10 Anthony dummy pass his forward and sliced a small gab to score. 19-7 (Conversion missed) The Blues received the kickoff and started attacking the chiefs defense. After what seemed like 100 attacking phases #12 Gabriel found the try line. #12 Gabriel went on to score 2 more tries to give the Blues a 27-19 lead going into the half.

Chiefs Coach Siva said “we got too comfortable when we had the lead and let the Blues back in the game. We need to get focus and work together to stop their scoring opportunity.” All of the Blues tries game from #12 Gabriel but could not have done without his teammates. Blues Coach Lama said “All of our tries was scored by one person but it was a team effort. We can win this game relying on one player.”

The 2nd half started with the Chiefs Ami taking the pass from #9 Sarah and beating 2 would be tacklers and sending the ball wide to Tristan T. to score in the right corner. 24-27 (Con. Missed) The Chiefs started to make their comeback only to have one the passes intercepted by #12 Gabriel. Gabriel went the distance to extend the Blues lead (32-24) Blues extended their lead with tries from #8 Logan (conversion made by Tristan h.) and #1 Job. 44-24. The Blues were now in a comfortable lead, so they thought.

The Chiefs started their comeback with some great teamwork and individual effort to close the gap on the Blues. With ball in hands the Chiefs attacked in their own territories and found #2 Paula out wide to took the space and never looked back. 29-44 On kickoff the Blues knocked the ball given the Chiefs the ball in the Blues 22meters. Chiefs wasted no time and sent #12 Ami under the post. 34-44. It seem like deja vu again with the Blues knocking the ball deep in their own territories. This time it was Tristan T. doing the honor. 39-44 With less then 5 minutes in the game, #2 Paula taking a quick tap at the Chiefs 40 meter and beating the scramble defense. 44-44.

With less the 5 minutes and the Blues attacking from their own 22 meters. The Blues were having a hard time breaking the Chiefs defense. Waves after waves of Blues attack could not break the Chiefs defense. Fatigue started to show on both side. The Blues kept attacking the same direction and was able to find a overlap with some quick hands found #12 Gabriel who barely beat the defender to score. 49-44 The Chiefs receiving the kickoff with no time left and started to move the ball up field. The Chiefs finding themselves in the Blues territories kept attacking. Blues started to get fatigue and gaps started to open. Chiefs had opportunity to score only to be caught meters from the tryline. A knock-on by the chiefs ended their comeback as the referee blew the whistle to end the game. There was no jumping or yelling or any sort of celebrations as both teams were tired from an exciting game. Blues showed class by hugging the Chiefs players and saying it was the best game they ever played. Sportsmanship won today. Both the Blues and the Chiefs are CHAMPIONS. As the Las Vegas Rugby Academy logo says “Rugby, we dare you to TRY”, today the Blues and the Chiefs put that to the test.

Blues sneaks past the Chiefs

UNDER 10/UNDER 7
Nov 13 2010 (Silvestri Middle School)
In one of the most exciting game this season, the LVRA Blues came from behind to beat the LVRA Chiefs at the final whistle (48-46). Blues played the last 5 minutes of the game with a man short. Blues Fly half #10 Ami was hurt and was out of commission till the final second when Ami score the final try to tie the game (46-46). Blues #9 Anthony was given the ball to kick for the win. Anthony took the ball and placed it and took a few steps back. Doing his best Jonny Wilkinson pose, Anthony kicked the ball sending it to the right side and fans went crazy. The kick is good.
Coach Siva said “Anthony did awesome. He was calm and focus and if it was me I would definitely missed it” Anthony was 4 for 4 for the day and the final kick was something to remember. Referee Vaha said “It was one of the best games I ever refereed or watched. Anthony was awesome but the whole Blues team was outstanding coming back at the last second to win the game”
The Blues struck 1st with #10 Ami taking a pass from Sarah #7 and going the length of the field to score (Conversion was good by Anthony). The Blues scored again with Anthony #9 taking a quick tap, Anthony side step a defender and then out ran the chiefs. (Conversion missed by Ami. 12-0) The Chiefs got on the board with Tristan #13 getting the ball out wide with space to run. (Conversion missed 12-5) Tristan scored hat trick22 meters out tie the game. (Conversion good by Logan 12-12) The Blues replied back with Anthony scoring his 3rd try with some great ball movement from his forwards and backs. The Blues extended their lead with Sarah #7 finding space outside with no defender in front of her. (24-12) But the LVRA Chiefs fought back before the half, with Job #4 taking the ball short from Dillian#2 splitting two Blues defender and sliding into the try line. (Conversion made by Tristan 19-24) Just before halftime, the chiefs took the kickoff and sent the ball wide left and then back to the right and Tristan found a gap to score. (Conversion missed 24-24)
Halftime LVRA Blues 24 LVRA Chiefs 24
The 2nd half started the same way the 1st half ended. The Chief took the kickoff and attack the left side of the field, sending Tristan #13 under the post. Tristan again scored 3 minutes later to give the chief the lead. (34-24) But the LVRA Blues did not give up and kept fighting back with tries from Anthony (34-34). With 10 minutes left in the half, Chief’s Tristan scored two more tries and one conversion to give his team the lead (46-34). With only 3 minutes left on the clock, the blues attacking in the chief’s 20 meter line finally broke the defense with Anthony doing the honor. (41-46). at some point during the Blues attack to score Ami #10 was injured. So with no time left and a reminder from the ref, that the next dead ball is game, the Blues attack and made sure they kept possession of the ball. For what seem like 5 minutes of attacking by the Blues, the Chiefs defense started to some fatigue. After some treatment to Ami (who received it while still on the field of play) the Blues got a boost of confident and kept attacking. After a tackling (touch tag) Dominick #3 passed the ball to his left to Sarah who sent it to Ami. Ami sidestepped a defender then out ran the cover defense to score in the corner with no time left (46-46) now comes the moment of courage. The entire Blues player looked at Anthony to take the ball to kick and Anthony with no hesitation took the ball and placed it on the kicking tee. The kick was good, Blues 48 Chiefs 46. What a way to end the regular Fall Season. Don’t miss the 2010 Fall Season Championship next week as the hungry and on fire Chiefs goes up against the Summer Champions Blues.

LVRA Hurricanes hold on to win

LAS VEGAS RUGBY ACADEMY
Under 19/Under 13
Nov. 13 2010 (Silvestri Middle School)
In the final game of the Fall Season the LVRA Hurricanes upset the LVRA Brumbies 40-35. The game started with Hurricanes kicking off the ball. The Brumbies using their deadly back attacked from their own 22 and was awarded with John scoring in the left corner (5-0). John will score his 2nd of 3 tries after tackling his opposite # and taking the ball to score under the post (Brumbies 10-0 Hurricanes). The Brumbies then turn the ball over again and this time saw Cody score his 1st of 2 tries. (15-0) it looked like it was going to be another blow out game for the brumbies, but the Hurricanes other plans.
Trailing by 15 points the LVRA Hurricanes lead by their playmaker, Shane #9 attacked the Brumbies forward pack. Hurricanes forward began to move the ball up the field and Shane was able to receive a pass from Dallan to score. (5-15). Shane led the Hurricanes in scoring 3 tries and was controlling the pattern and game plan. Coach Cody “Shane did well under pressure to regroup his team and focus on playing Hurricane rugby.” Hurricane scored their 2nd try with some nifty ball handling from the backline and sent the ball out wide where Alex #11 did the rest. (Hurricane 10 Brumbies 15) Before the whistle for halftime, Brumbies responded back with Jeff #13 intercepting a pass and going 40 meters to score.
(HALFTIME: Brumbies 20 Hurricanes 10)

The 2nd half started the same way the first half with the Brumbies John #13 intercepting a pass and out running 2 hurricane defender. (Brumbies 25 Hurricanes 10). That try must have hit a nerve in the Hurricanes team. The Hurricanes went to work and score 3 tries (Shane 2 and Alex). With the score tie and halfway through the 2nd half, the game got a little bit more intense and exciting. The Brumbies scored a try from Cody #9 and then John #13 to take a 10 point lead. But it was short lived as the Hurricanes Shane #9 scored his 3 try from the base of the ruck and then Isaac #10 intercepting the ball to even the score. Hurricanes took the lead for the 1st time with a try from new player Dayline #6. (Hurricanes 40 Brumbies 35). “It was awesome to score my 1st try in rugby and I look forward to more” said Dayline. Brumbies had several opportunities to score but handling errors and mental mistake hinder their chances. With the win LVRA Hurricanes goes into the Fall Championship with confidence while the LVRA Brumbies goes back to prepare to defend the title.

LVRA at Clark County School District Staff Development

District Wide Staff Development
Physical Education/Adapted PE Conference

November 2 2010 Sunrise Mountain High School

While most kids were off from school enjoying time with family, friends and so forth. Las Vegas Rugby Academy (LVRA)staffs were out working and spreading rugby to the Clark County School District Physical Education Department. Clark County School District had a two day Staff Development and Las Vegas Rugby Academy (LVRA) was invited to teach all the PE teachers the fundamental of rugby. President of the LVRA Siva had this to say, “It was a great success today with all the PE teachers participating in the session and for their willingness to learn all about rugby. I did not expect to have so many teachers come out at 7am and want to learn rugby.”There was a total of 150 teachers, from elementary to middle school and high school, whom all attended the early session at Sunrise Mountain High school. It was awesome to see how excited the teachers were to compete against each other in rugby and still walk away injury free (well not quite). LVRA Director of Rugby Vaha Esikia said “At first the teachers were not sure rugby would be a good sport to introduce to their kids. But after participating and learning they soon realized that rugby is a sport for everyone. We taught them the non-contact version of rugby and it was funny how competitive they (PE teachers) got,at one point of the clinic we saw one guy hurt his shoulder.” The teacher was fine and just needed to walk it off. But the teacher said he will definitely introduce rugby in his school because he had a great time. This is the 2nd time Las Vegas Rugby Academy has linked up with Clark County School District to teach rugby. LVRA is looking forward for more opportunity to share the fun sport of rugby with all of Clark county and its surrounding areas.

Hurricanes outlast the Brumbies

Hurricanes outlast the Brumbies

Under 13/Under 19 (Oct 30 2010)

This was a game of two halves. Hurricanes and Brumbies played a very physical and fast game. Brumbies McKenna scored two tries against Hurricanes 3 tries (Brad 2 and Cody). “Both team played very well and at the end it was who wanted it more” said Coach Bill. It seems that the Brumbies lost that competitive edge in 2nd half. “We just gave up in the 2nd half and pretty much gave the game away” said McKenna.

The 2nd half started with some good forward drive from the Hurricanes forwards and backs. Hurricanes beat the Brumbies to the breakdown. After several effort to break the Brumbies defense, Hurricane’s #9 Shane split two defender to score (Hurricanes 20 Brumbies 10). Brumbies score two more tries from Prop Jacob and fullback Cody to take the lead and the win. “At halftime we talked about what we needed to do to beat the tough defense and it worked” said Hurricanes Brad.

Coach Allen said “The Brumbies just fell apart due to lack of communication and teamwork. We will go back to the basic on Tuesday and work on what rugby is all about” It’s a different story then last weeks game when both team played a high intensity game and some great individual efforts. Director of Rugby for LVRA Vaha Esikia said “I think both teams played great. Brumbies players are doing well and will enhance their rugby skills at training and that they will be well prepared to handle any situation on the rugby pitch.”

Las Vegas Rugby Academy have a bye next week and will play their next game Nov 13 2010. So we will be waiting anxiously for the kickoff on that day.

LVRA Blues thrashed the LVRA Chiefs

LVRA Blues thrashed the LVRA Chiefs

Under 7/Under 10 (Oct 30 2010)

The LVRA Blues came out firing all cannons as they beat the LVRA Chiefs 52-14. The Chiefs had no answers to the fire power the Blues and new recruit Tristan C. “Tristan is a new player from the Red Raiders Youth Football and did not miss a beat today” said Coach Jessica R. Most of the Blues tries came off Chiefs mistake and not recovering quick enough to defend the attacking Blues.

“We just need to get back to the basic and not make easy mistake. We gave a lot of easy tries cause we just did not get back on defense.” said Coach Siva E. The game was a lot closer then what the score showed. Chiefs were also hit with some injury during the game and missing a few key player. Captain Sarah said “we know we can do better so we will try harder to pass the ball more and maybe score more tries”

LVRA Blues LVRA Chiefs
Tries: Tristan 5, Anthony3, Paula 2 Tries: Gabriel 2
Conversation: Anthony Conversation: Logan 2

12. Ami 11. Gabriel
11. Sarah (Captain) 10. Ore
10. Anthony 8. Jaya
7. Paula 6. Naya (Captain)
6. Dominic 3. Max
4. Leo 2. Jonah
1. Tristan 1. Logan

LVRA Reds fall short against the Blacks

Oct 23 2010 (Silvestri Middle School) On a beautiful Saturday morning the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Student-Athletes took the rugby pitch ready to showcase what they learn from training. Each team doing their warm-ups and trying to catch their second wind minutes before kickoff.

At the start of the whistle the game was fast and quick. Each team trying to find their rhythms and play their pattern.

Black’s Coach Allen D. “ Our game plan was to spread the ball early and attack midfield. On defense we wanted to force the Reds to make mistake so we can capitalize on it.

Red’s Coach Cody “ We wanted to attack them (LVRA Blacks) early with our forwards and then send the ball wide. We had a new player in fly half in Taylee. She did well but through training and game time under her belt, she will be a effect player maker.”

The Blacks follow their game plan and spread the ball wide causing the Reds to scramble to defend their goal. After 10 min. of attack Black’s Alex found the Try line (5-0). Blacks 2nd try came from a scrum on the right side of the 50 meter. #9 Shane got the ball to his backline who did some nifty ball movement to go wide. Black’s forwards were there on support to ruck, where #9 Shane sends its to #10 Isaac to made a awesome scissors to send #14 Alex under the post. (10-0). The LVRA Reds responded with a 80 meter solo try from Jeff. Jeff picked up the ball after the Blacks backline knocked it and went the distance. Red’s Jeff out pace 3 defenders and side step another in his hat trick try.
Reds Captain, Makena “It was an awesome solo effort and moral boost to our team” Reds got back on the board with the forwards #8 Dallen doing the hard work to beat the defender to score in the right corner.

Halftime score Reds 20 Blacks 25

Second half was another story as the Blacks scored 4 unanswered tries to take a 35-20 lead. But the Reds fought back and seem to close the gab only to have the final whistle end the game. Assist Coach Keith was not to happy with how his team performed after scoring 4 tries. “ We (Blacks) let them back in the game with poor defense and lack of communication. That’s something we will be working on at training” If there was a little bit more time in the half I think the Reds would have made history as one of the best comeback of all time. Reds Coach Cody “ I’m proud of the players and how they reply back being down 40-20 and losing 40-30. They never gave up and worked hard. We will go back to the drawing board and work out the mistakes”

The score could have been closer being 30-35. The Reds were attacking and a knock-on gave the ball to the Blacks who with 2 passes found space and out ran the Reds cover defense. This is was one of the most memorable games of the Las Vegas Rugby Academy history.

LVRA Blues hold on to beat the LVRA Chiefs

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Under 7/Under 10

The Blues did everything in their power to hold the Chiefs from scoring. The Chiefs were without their high scoring player Ami due sickness.

Cheifs Coach Tino F. " Not having Ami on the field hurt our scoring opportunity but made us work more as a team. Iam more impressed with how our team stuck together and kept fighting till the final whistle"

The Blues got on the board 1st with some excellent ball movement saw Anthony score from 15meter out. Anthony also score 4 more tries to help the Blues take the win.

Blues Coach Jessica R. "Anthony was awesome today and you can tell he knows his way around the rugby field. Anthony is a great asset to the Blues with his knowledge and understanding of the game. He also has a sweet accent"

Anthony is a transfer player from England, whose father had to relocated to Las Vegas for work. Anthony has a bright future in the Las Vegas Rugby Academy and in rugby.

The Chiefs got the board a few mintues with Tristen doing the honor. The conversion was missed (7-5) Also for the Chiefs Naya got 2 tries and Job got one. Tristen also add two more tries.

Final score was 41-37 as the Blues holds on to win a thriller. A side note was the Under 7/Under 10 got Goal Post and was awesome to see the kids faces as they tried to kick the conversion after scoring. Also scoring for the Blues were Domanic and Dillian. We have some future rugby star coming from the Las Vegas Rugby Academy.

Training Location has been changed

We are still training at Sunset Park but we moved to a new field (untill end of the year). We moved to field #7 (west of the softball area) Training are still Tues and Thurs at 445pm to 615pm. Hope to see you all there!

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Updates

Just a reminder if you have not paid for Fall League Please contact Siva (702)807-4775. The next game will be Saturday Oct 2 2010 at 10am (Silvestri Middle School) Hope to see you all at training.

Fall Season 2010

We are back on the field again!! Tomorrow is the start of the Fall League. Las Vegas Rugby Academy Under 7/ Under 10 takes on visiting Sin City Spartens from up north. The Under 13/19 see the Defending Summer Champs Brumbies take on the Hurricanes. With some new players mixed in, this fall season looks to be another exciting season. Also the Lady Blackjacks will be selling plate lunch for their trip to arizona next month. "Rugby, we dare you to TRY"

Summer League Championship

Aug. 21 2010: CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

CONGRATS TO THE SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:
BLUES AND BRUMBIES

UNDER 7/UNDER 10
The Chiefs are the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Summer League Champions. The Chiefs sneaked past the Blues (Spring League Champs) 20-15. This was one of the most exciting game played this year with both teams trying to get the upper hand. The Chiefs got on the board first with Mat scoring after some nifty ball movement. (Chiefs 5 Blues 0) A few minutes later Mat scored his 2nd try of the game running half the field (Chiefs 10 Blues 0). The Blues replied with back with Ami side-stepping his way through the defender and feeding Kenny to score in the corner. (Chiefs 10 Blues 5) After several back and forth attacks the Blues took the ball and spread wide and back to the center. When the ball came back to center where Ami scored to to tie the game. The Blues took the lead when Paula scored after some great forward movements. Just before the halftime whistle Chiefs Josh scored to go into the halftime tied. Halftime Blues 15 Chiefs 15
This was a half of two stories. The 2nd half was all about defence and both side found it hard to move the ball foward. The Blues had several opportunity to score but just couldnt get the ball to the open player. The Chiefs finally broke the Blues Defenses when with Matt scoring in the corner. In the final minute of the game the Blues tried but just couldnt get over the tryline. Final Chiefs 20 Blues 15.


UNDER 13/UNDER 19
The Brumbies are the LAS VEGAS RUGBY ACADEMY Summer League. The Brumbies now has two championship under their belt (winner of Spring League). Brumbies and Hurricanes played a very rough and phyiscal game. Brumbies's Jacob scored 1st to give his team the lead. Brumbie's Issac scored his team 2nd try with an awesome chip kick and well timed bounced, scoring under the post. LVRA Hurricanes got back on the board with Jon attacking the right corner and outpacing the winger to score. Hurricane's Buddy scored to tie the game. The Brumbies scored before halftime with Brad sneaking through the left of the ruck. (Halftime:Brumbies 15 Hurricanes 10)
Halfway through the 2nd half saw Brumbie's Dallen taking the ball in hand and outpacing the several defender and scoring in the right corner. On kickoff Brumbie's Jacob intercepted the ball and went distance to score. (Brumbies 25 Hurricanes 10) LVRA Hurricanes got back on the board with tries from Jon and shane. A few more attempts from the Hurricanes fell short and the final whistle blew.

SUMMER LEAGUE AWARDS

LVRA MVP
SHANE P.

UNDER 7/UNDER 10
MVP: AMI E.

UNDER 13/UNDER 19
MVP: ISSAC C.

Under 13/Under 19 Las Vegas Rugby Academy Results:

Aug 14 2010 (Silvestri Middle School)

Coming off a big win last week, the Las Vegas Rugby Academy Brumbies looked to be the favorite to win it again. But today's result’s was a different story and a different team. The Las Vegas Rugby Academy Hurricanes had other plans for the outcome of today’s rugby match. Before kickoff the LVRA Brumbies were missing a few key player, most notable was Ethan R. (last weekend’s Man of the Match and top scorer) and Head Coach Allen Dunford. LVRA Brumbies stated the game with no Coach till halftime. The LVRA Hurricanes received the ball on the kickoff and moved the ball wide from end of the rugby pitch to the other. After several phases the Hurricanes found Shane R. open in the right corner. (Hurricanes 5 Brumbies 0) Hurricanes wasted no time to score their 2nd try coming of a long interception by Jon F. to go half the pitch to take a 10-0 lead. LVRA Hurricanes then display some awesome defense holding the LVRA Brumbies from scoring or even getting close to the try line. On a LVRA Brumbies knock-on the Hurricanes spread the ball wide and found Shane R. again to score his 2nd rugby try. Hurricane’s Jon F. was on fire scoring his 2nd try of the game on a Brumbies error. With 10 minutes left the Brumbies finally got on the board with Isaac C. shooting a gap found in the defense and scoring. Just before halftime Bud scored a hat-trick for the Hurricanes. (Halftime score LVRA Brumbies 5 LVRA Hurricanes 25)

Playing without several keys hurt the Brumbies but also without Coach Dunford was even more frustrating for the Brumbies. Stepping to coach the Brumbies was Rob Cornelius and with a little word of encouragement sent the team back on the field. Trying to regroup, LVRA Brumbies Captain Isaac C. led his team in attacking the Hurricanes Defensive line. It paid off as #8 Dallen D. scored to make the score Brumbies 10 Hurricanes 25. But that was the only time the Brumbies scored as the Hurricanes defense became harder to break. The Brumbies had several close opportunity but the Hurricanes defense was just too good today. Hurricanes had tries from Micah T. scoring his 1st try of the year and returning from long vacation Alex. Winning this game was very important for the LVRA Hurricanes as they head into the Championship Game next week. The LVRA Brumbies are on the receiving end and who knows what the outcome will be next week at the Championship Rugby Game. Will the Brumbies jump back and win it all or will the Hurricanes keep their winning streak going?

Sat Aug 14 2010 Under 7/Under 10 Report

Report given by Cody Adams:

Chiefs 30 Blues 25

The Chiefs and Blues sqaured off today in a tight game. The Chiefs kicked off to start the game and immediately gave up a try to the blues with Michael taking it in for a try. (5-0 Blues)The Chiefs responded Immediately on the ensuing kickoff with a return for a try by Matthew.(5-5) The Chiefs kicked off and played some solid defense forcing a turnover. The Chiefs drove the ball to the five meter line with some nice quick passing with Dylan taking it in from 5 meters out. (10-5 Chiefs) The Chiefs kicked off again only to give up another score to Kenny. (10-10) The Chiefs turned it on after that to finish the half scoring three more times with Matthew scoring two more times and Caleb scoring once using good passing and teamwork to get the blues on their heels defensively. The half came with the Blues reeling and the Chiefs confident. ( 25-10 Chiefs at Halftime) The second half start with good defense from both teams until the Blues used some good passing and teamwork enabling Ami to break a long run and feeding Mike for a score right before he got touched. (25-15 Chiefs) The Blues kicked off and forced a turnover shortly after. After a good defensive stop from the Chiefs they lost focus for a second and allowed Mike to break free with Nyah chasing, Mike fed Nyah for the try and the Chiefs were now reeling defensively. With the score 25 to 20 in favor of the Chiefs they had to regroup and did so with a break away from Max. With the Blues chasing him he off loaded the ball to Matthew and continued chasing with Matthew giving the ball back and Max scoring the try to put the Chiefs up 30-20. The Blues weren’t done yet, fighting to the finish they received the ball and drove the to the Chiefs 5 meter line with Ami taking the pass and scoring a try. (30 to 25 Chiefs) The Blues kicked and gave up some ground defensively but stiffened up this time inside the 5 meter line and forced a turnover, but couldn’t mount any offense, having a knock on behind the try line as time expired. Both temas fought from start to finish, with the Championship game next Saturday at Silvestri High School at 10 AM it will be another fight t see who takes home the Championship for this season.

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News

News: "Saturday Results:
LVRA Blues(2-2) shocked 1st place LVRA Chiefs (3-1) beating them 50-35. Blues were trailing early from a Chief counter attack that went the distance and kenny scoring in the corner. Kenny (Chiefs) again scored after some nifty ball movement between the chiefs to take the lead 10-0. Blue's Mike took the matter into his own hands and scored a solo try. After a long period of back and forth attacks the Blue's Job scored to even the score. After a short water break, the teams went at it again and the flood gate opened. LVRA chiefs made several breaks but could not finish due to lack of support. Blues were a little more successful then the chiefs and took the lead at half 30-25. The 2nd half was all LVRA Blues lead by Job and Mike. Chiefs tried several times to get into the tryline but several knock on and lack of support hurt them. Final Score: Blues 50 Chiefs 35 (Summerlin Spartans had a bye)

Under 13/19:
Under the 110 degree and partly cloud, LVRA Hurrricans took on the Brumbies to see whose the better team. Both teams rugby skills increased tremendously and ball movement was smooth. Of course there was your normal knock-on and forward passing but overall both teams played a very fast control and exciting game. The halftime score was 25-25. The final score was 40-40 and each played awesome. The players have a bright future in rugby and hopefully be part of the 2016 USA team in the olympic."

Blackjacks rugby

THE BEST RUGBY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME- LAS VEGAS BLACKJACKS VS BELMO...

Championship is around the corner

Attention to all LVRA Parents, as you know our championship game is coming on April 24, 2010. We will be celebrating the end of the spring season. We will need you to bring food and drinks. Please give Siva a call at 702-807-4775 and she will let you know what to bring. Thanks for all the support! LVRA Admin

LVRA 3rd Round and Blackjacks 35th anniversary

The 3rd round of the LVRA: Blues took first place (3-0) by beating the chiefs (1-2) 20-10 in a close tight game. The chiefs scored first with a hat-trick from mele. Blues struck back with two tries from huni. Before halftime the cheifs score to tie. Second half started in lots of turnover and penalties. With just 2 min. left the blue's mat scored two tries. Brumbies(2-1) shocked the hurricanes(1-2) 10-5. Two tries from seth put the brumbies in first place. Hurricanes scored first with veuki taken the ball wide with great movement from the hurricanes. Hurricanes will be training hard and fixing mistake to take the brumbies down. Chiefs will be looking to add some power and speed with their players coming to camp this week.
The Las Vegas Blackjacks 35th Anniversay was a success with lots of fans and old boys out to watch the men take on OMBAC (san diego). The blackjacks won the game and making the 35th anniversary a speical one. Its great to see new and old faces gathering together to share a commen hobbie, RUGBY. Las Vegas Rugby Academy was also treated with a rare opportunity to watch U19 Highland (utah) national high school champion take on U19 Tempe (Arizona). The kids where excited to watch the game and cant wait till the get the opportunity to face the best in U19 Rugby in the USA. Look out Las Vegas Rugby Academy is on a roll and it wont be stopped. "We dare you to TRY"

LVRA 2nd Round-League Play

1030am kickoff tommorrow! U7/U10 Chiefs gets a 2nd shot at the Blues. In the U13/U19 the Brumbies to close the gap on the Hurricanes! Dont miss all the action! Following the academy the Las Vegas Blackjacks will take on LA Rugby at 1pm (Aside) and 230 (Bside)

LVRA 1st game results

Las Vegas Rugby Academy 1st game went off with a bang.It was awesome to see the kids out playing and using the skills they learned from training. In the Under 7/ Under 10 the LVRA Blues took on the LVRA Chiefs. The blues were the 1st to go on the board with a from hat-trick try from Huni. The Chiefs answer with quick hands and a few side-step and pure speed as Mike score a try. A few minutes later the chief went on the board again with mike scoring a solo effort try. The halftime score was Blues 5 Chiefs 10. The 2nd half started with high turn over rates and a few contact (we playing two hand touch rugby). On a turn over the blues attack the right side of the field and then shot the ball back to the left to where Mat was waiting to score the blues try. what a great team effort. With both teams tied at 10, the blues Huni then took the ball in his own hands and score 3 solo tries to give the blues a 25-10 lead. The chiefs kept working back to score and were at the 5meter line but never was able to score. With 1 min left in the game Mike score the chiefs final score to fall short. Chiefs 15 Blues 25. great effort by both teams.

In the Under 19/Under 13 was a much faster and higher scoring. As the LVRA Hurricanes ran away from the Brumbies 60-30. In the 1st half is was all Hurricanes with 4 tries coming from Veuki and one from Sione. In the 2nd half was a little bit more even as the Brumbies started to fight back with Dallen (2 tries) and Veuki (3 tries) and craig one. Hurricanes also got tries from Ana(2 tries) Joe (4 tries) and Sione (1 try) Veuki was traded to the brumbies at halftime on a multi-dollor contact:). At the end both team played well and all enjoyed it.

See you all at training Tues. Let spread the word and get more kids to fall in love with rugby and play the sport they play in heaven.

LVRA schedule

Teams time of Training (all teams train on Tuesday and Thursday)

Under 7 : 415pm - 530pm
Under 10: 415pm - 530pm
Under 13: 430pm - 615pm
Under 19: 430pm - 630pm

Game Schedule
March 6th 2010
March 13th 2010
March 27th 2010
April 3rd 2010
April 17th 2010
April 24th 2010 (championship)

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Youth League

Las Vegas Rugby Academy Youth League starts Tuesday 23 2010 at Sunset Park. Training starts for all teams (Under 7, Under 10, Under 13 and Under 19) at 4pm. Registration starts at 330pm - 4pm. The fee is $75.00 for the season and first game is March 6th 2010. Training are Tuesday and Thursday 4pm-6pm. We had over 80 kids turnout to the "LVRA "we dare you to TRY" rugby clinic and we look forward to those kids to continue playing the fun game of rugby. Please spread the word! If you have any question please feel free to contact us.

LVRA "we dare you to TRY" Youth Clinic

Next Youth Clinic will be satuday, February 20th from 10am-12n. Support LVRA and order your shirts for $25.oo. Rugby is for boys and girls ages are 6 to 19. Tell your family and friends!

LVRA is owned and operated by Vaha and Siva Esikia.

Our mission is to introduce rugby to all Las Vegas children under 19 years of age. We welcome boys and girls to join our academy as we help improve their skills and knowledge of rugby.

If your school is interested in rugby, we will be more than happy to schedule a clinic.

Calendar of Events

• 1-16-2010, Youth Clinic 10am-12n at Sunset Park
• 1-19-2010, Bilbray Elementary School, 9am-1030am (Rookie Rugby School Clinic)
• 1-20-2010, Bilbray Elementary School, 9am-1030am (Rookie Rugby School Clinic)
• 1-20-2010, Woodbury Middle School, 1pm-230pm (Rookie Rugby School Clinic)
• 1-23-2010, CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
• 1-23-2010, BYU vs BlackJacks (Kick off at 1pm)

2010 Rugby Season for Children, $75.00
Rugby Games will be held on saturdays.
Rugby Practices will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Article written from rugbyrugby.com

Rookie Rugby is a game that is targeted at children aged five-12 years old. It is a fun, safe and enjoyable sporting experience that aims to expose the international game of rugby to the youth of the United States. Rookie Rugby programs are administered through schools, community-based and state-based rugby organizations (SBRO), as well as USA Rugby national events.

Following the training, volunteers will now visit at least eight schools within Clark Country and host 19 clinics within physical education classes. These clinics will reach out to 1,490 students in the district and take place over the weeks leading up to the USA Sevens tournament over Valentine’s Day weekend. Students will be provided with tickets to the tournament where they can participate in various youth activities and watch a plethora of rugby events at all levels.

Leading the front in growing Las Vegas rugby is Vaha Esikia. Esikia is a former USA Eagle and currently plays for the Las Vegas Blackjacks. He also pioneered a Las Vegas Rugby Academy including Under-7, Under-10, Under-13, and Under-19 teams in 2009.

"Participating in the Rookie Rugby training session was exciting for both me and those who attended,” Esikia said. “Being able to learn how to teach rugby to kids of all ages as well as parents and physical education teachers is a great tool to promote rugby in Las Vegas. This Rookie Rugby training has opened the door for people who love the sport and given them the ability to share it with others who are not aware of the fun activity that they are missing".