Last Saturday the 15th the Saint Paul Pigs took on the Banshees rugby team in their annual Spring game.  It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon for rugby.  The first half both found both teams pounding on each other between the 22’s.  The Banshees found the try zone first and put up a 5-0 score.  They followed with a second try and increase their lead to 12-0.  The Pigs first try came from Scott Colby with a gallop down the side line.  Colby followed with a second try through the middle of the Banshee back line to close the score.  At half time the Banshees held a slight advantage over the Pigs.  In the second half the heat caught up to the Pigs and they weren’t able to close the gap any further.  Thanks to everyone who made it out and to those strong souls who stepped up to play both A and B side matches.

Great work to all the guys who made the trip down to Iowa this weekend for Rugby Daze.  The Pigs opened their first match against the Minneapolis Mayhem.  They were able to make quick work of the Mayhem with a variety of tries.  The second match proved to be a bit more of a challenge.  Although dominating most aspects of the match, the Pigs had difficulty getting the ball across the tri line and lost 10-5.  That opened the our last match of the day against the Luther College team.  The Pigs brought it all together and won in triumphant fashion.

Thanks to all the Pigs who made the trip to Sioux Falls over the weekend.  The team hung strong, but with some depleated numbers did not come out victorious.  Great job by all the step up in the evening to win the party.

The Pigs took the field on Saturday against the young Duluth team ready for a big match.  The weather started rainy, but by the time the whistle blew the sun was starting to come out.  The Pigs started the match a little slow with the ball handling now quite there.  However as the minutes progressed they showed their true form and really got the ball moving.  Great work by the pack in controlling the ball and by the backs by getting the ball moving across the  field.  A great win for the Pigs side.

The Pigs traveled to Faribault expecting to help fill out the Faribault team in a match against Iowa Falls.  When the Pigs arrived at the pitch they had brought nearly a full team.  Faribault having less players than the Pigs changed gears and decided to fill out our side.  The match was won by the Pigs 14-7.  Click here for more details.

Saturday the Saint Paul team was under the impression they were going to help fill in the Faribault Boxsprings for a match against Iowa Falls.  However when we arrived at the pitch with nearly a full team we found we had more players than Faribault.  Thus Faribault gave us a couple of players to fill us out and we had a match underway.

The game was a good opener to get the lungs going and get our legs under us again.  The Pigs dominated nearly every aspect of the game and would have shut out the Iowa team except for a late score from them to end the game.  Saint Paul won the day 14-7.  Special welcome to newcomers Josh and Ben and the great play they brought with them.  And a special come back player to Wes for starting his first game with the Pigs in 8 years.

Tries:  Dietrich (1), Mattox (1)

Conversions:  Match 2 for 2