View Full Version : USA Rugby 2004- Games to look forward too
CelticOnFire
19 May 2004, 06:16 PM
2004 could be a big year for US rugby. A look at some of the fixtures:
7-3-04- France. Hartford
November- Ireland. Dublin
November- Italy. Rome.
Although only 3 games, I am still excited. I was at the last Eagles match in Chicago aganist Canada for WCQ. Hopefully Chicago can get another game.
I would like so see an Eagles-Scotland match. I honeslty think we have a shot aganist them.
BhoysFC1995
19 May 2004, 10:49 PM
how well do you think the game at hartford will draw? i wonder why they picked that location.
CelticOnFire
20 May 2004, 12:13 AM
Realistly I see about 6,000 at the most. Hopefully a lota people will come from New York, Boston ect. to see this RWC rematch.
MiamiAce
22 May 2004, 05:16 AM
Wow, I would love to watch a match of the Eagles elite take on another country's elite. I'm very new to Rugby, I've developed an appreciation ever since catching a few games of World Cup 2003. I hear it's played in huge numbers in New England. I wonder to what extent it's covered, promoted, and played in up states? Could you fill me in COF even though you're in midwest?
PsychedelicCeltic
15 Jun 2004, 05:29 AM
Wow, I would love to watch a match of the Eagles elite take on another country's elite. I'm very new to Rugby, I've developed an appreciation ever since catching a few games of World Cup 2003. I hear it's played in huge numbers in New England. I wonder to what extent it's covered, promoted, and played in up states? Could you fill me in COF even though you're in midwest?
California (particularly San Francisco) is really the home of the game.
Gioca
17 Jun 2004, 12:00 PM
Where is the game in Hartford? Haven't heard of it.
PsychedelicCeltic
17 Jun 2004, 12:30 PM
Where is the game in Hartford? Haven't heard of it.
The Rent.
Pretty shocking promotion if you haven't heard of it though. USA Rugby is really awful at this - no ads whatsoever in SF for games, and then they blame US (San Francisco rugby players and my club, who hosts the game) for bad attendance.
I like Hartford (parents are from NE, and CT in particular), but there's not much else going on, and during a July 4 weekend, it's totally logical.
Gioca
17 Jun 2004, 04:29 PM
That game will be during Riverfest then, a big festival in downtown Hartford. There aren't many sports events in Hartford, so each one is treated as being of greater importance than most similar sized cities. I just never heard of this game, and I'm usually one of the first to know. But I went on The Rent's website, and there it is. So now I'll get some people together, and have an excuse to drink in the afternoon.