The 8th Annual Mike Lundberg Memorial Tournament was a great success. Thanks to eveyone who attended and to the sponsors for the event. We were able to raise over $2,000 for the Courage Center!
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2011-02-07
Spring Season Training
ruggerThis spring there will be fitness requirements. You can begin by working on the following.
100 Burpee Challange. When practice begins in the Spring you will be required to perform 100 burpees (up downs) in five minutes. This drill will be performed as the season moves along with the time going down each time.
Shane’s Filthy 50. The Filthy 50, as the players coming out for summer rugby can attest to, is a very challenging test. The Filthy 50 is a group of the following exercises preformed in succession:
– 50 walking lunges
– 50 push ups
– 50 body weight squats
– 50 situps
– 50 star jumps
You must complete this in 8 minutes. As the season progresses, there will be a sprint included.
For additional workouts, click here to check out what Mr. Kramer has put together for us as well
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2011-02-07
Spring Season
ruggerThe Spring season is not far away. Practice begins on March 24th, with our first game for April 2nd. Check the calendar for a full list of matches. Everyone needs to ensure they are fit as we head into the season. Coach Neil has given us goals to reach as we head into practice. Click here for a list of those goals and practice requirements.
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Saint Paul Pig Song
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Annual General Meeting
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Thanks to everyone (especially Mr. Grand Pre) for making the 2010 banquet a success. Congratulations to those players who went above and beyond to make the Pigs a better organization on and off the field. Joe Lang – Back of the Year, Ben Mattox – Forward of the Year, Erik Gustaf – Buca Award, Stephen Grand Pre – Silver Swine, Zac Bauer – Schmitty, Shane Sargent – Danny Award.
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2010-10-14
PLAYOFFS – Green Bay
ruggerThe Saint Paul Pigs have qualified for the playoffs for the 6th year in a row. This year we have qualified as the 2nd seed out of Minnesota. We will be traveling to Green Bay to take on the Celtics. For those of you who remember, we lost to Green Bay three years ago by 6 points with the ball inside the 5 meter line as time expired. Lets avenge that loss this weekend! Players are expected to travel Friday night. For those of you coming in on Saturday the game begins at 1pm. Click here for directions to the pitch.
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2010-09-26
Pigs vs. Killers Bs – 9/25/10
ruggerThe Saint Paul Pigs took on the Minneapolis Killer Bs on this Saturday morning. It had been raining for the majority of the week, but today the sun came out and it appeared to be a great day for rugby. The Pigs controlled the first 15 minutes of the first half, playing the majority of the time in Minneapolis’s end. However a small error from the Pigs allowed the Killer Bs to take the ball on a 95 meter break away and they opened the score at 0-7. The Pigs continued control the ball however another mistake gave the Bs another try.
The Pigs determined to keep it close took control with their pack. Cros took the ball over the line to bring the score to 7-14. The Killers Bs took one more in before the half to bring the score to 7-21. The Pigs were very much still in the game having controlled a good portion of the first half. However a couple breakdowns led to Minneapolis points.
The Pigs worked the second half like the first, but mistakes continued to plague the Saint Paul team. With 15 minutes to play the Pigs were looking up at a 7-42 score. A lot of teams at this point would have thrownin the towel. Words of, “let’s embarrass them” came from some of the younger Bs players. This seemed to spark some life in the Pigs and they decided they were not going down without a fight. The Pigs smashed into the Minneapolis team with the pack taking control once again. This time Kroost took the ball in to give the Pigs another try. This continued to build life into the Pigs.
The Pigs took the ball off the kick off and began working the backline. Rubber broke through the line with some fabulous footwork. He put a perfect grub kick through the defence, Dietrich broke through the line and dove for the ball and slide across the try line on his belly. With time dwindling down the backs again went to work their magic. New center, Andy, found the ball in his hands and broke down the sideline, he pulled the defence towards him and tossed a perfect pass again to Dietrich, bursting down the sideline Dietrich again found the try zone. With the final whistle, the score read 24-42. Not a win for the day, but a great effort by the Pigs.
Scoring
Bannon (1)
Martin (1)
Dietrich (2)
Penalty Kicks
Michno – 0 for 1
Conversions
Michno – 2 for 4
The Pigs having good numbers one the day were able to field a good looking bombers squad. Some of the ageless old boys filled in with some of the younger players. The bombers controlled the majority of the game with tries being brought in by Goose and someone else, who I’m sure put in an amazing try. Final score of the second match was 12-0 in favor of the Bombers squad.
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2010-09-20
Weekend Recap
ruggerThe Pigs finished league play with a 75-0 win over Faribault. Great play by everyone. The Bombers took the field against River Falls. Following the match I overheard a player say while throwing back a frosty beverage, “Well winning isn’t everything.”
Next comes Green Bay!