Weekend Wrap: 9.16.24
Legacy Cup
Berkeley All Blues v Colorado Gray Wolves
Drawn scores at halftime, 5-5. Colorado went ahead just before the hour mark on a converted try and 12-5 Gray Wolves at ’57. Wolves were in for another in the 63rd, and 17-5 just then. The XVs traded trys in the testy, terminal ten minutes, Colorado converting, and 24 – 10 the championship final result for the Gray Wolves, their second in a row, both in championship wins over the All Blues.
Men’s Division 2
Gentlemen of Aspen RFC sit atop the table alongside Denver Barbarians with identical 2-0-0 records after the Gents knocked off Denver WaterDogs at Wagner Park, 59 – 52, on the weekend. Denver Barbarians kept pace with Aspen in victory over visiting Park City Haggis (PCH) on the StoveTop at Infinity, 35 – 15 PCH, arguably the finest-eating organization on the planet, then turned around and got the bonus point win over Boulder RFC on Sunday, 22 – 0 It should be noted that Doggies, though they’re yet unwon this season, have only come adrift their opponents by a converted try or less, so in a game of incremental margins, future outcomes might reverse just sayin’
Divisional play is off next weekend, but will resume on September 28, the RugbyDay with: Park City Haggis (5) v (10) Gentlemen of Aspen: 1pm at Park City Sports Complex; Denver Barbarians (10) v (4) Denver WaterDogs: 1pm on the StoveTop at Infinity;
Men’s D3
Denver Barbarians, at 2-0-0, lead a close run thing by virtue of a greater points differential (80) along with Queen City Rams (2-0-0 and 63), and Denver Highlanders (2-0-0 and 59). All three won large on the weekend: Barbo throttled Grizzlies at Infinity’s StoveTop, 58 - nil; Rams ran past the Scots on the StoveTop, 40 - 20; and Highlanders topped Flamingos at the Jake, 51 - 19.
Upcoming Saturday, September 28:
Denver Harlequins (0) v (10) Queen City Rams: 1pm at Cook Park; Northern Colorado Flamingos (0) v (10) Denver Barbarians: 1pm at Greenbrier Park; Colorado Springs Grizzlies (0) v (0) Littleton Scots: 1pm at Flanagan Park.
In action around the globe, USA Eagles will contest the pill against Manu Samoa next weekend at 1am MST, live on Peacock, after dropping a semifinal to Fiji at prince Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo, 3-22. And Fiji will play in the Championship Test versus Japan after the Brave Blossoms booked their finals ticket by besting Samoa in Tokyo, 49 – 27. Tonga defeated Canada to claim fifth place in the Pacific Six Nations tournament, 30 – 17.
Lions will host Sharks in the finals of Currie Cup at Ellis Park next Saturday at 8am MST after an extraordinary comeback by the Durban-based bunch at Loftus Versfeld where Bulls had 15 players v Sharks 12 for more than five minutes and BullzyBoyz still could not put the Big Fishys on the crane scale; Sharks eventually advanced after drawing level with Bulls in the 18th minute of overtime and then winning their berth in the Championship match on total trys-scored
Sharks were meant to host the Lions at Kings Park, Durban, in the opening weekend of United Rugby Championship (URC) next weekend, but it’s a case of how can you be in two places at once…
