Michael and his Daughter

At last weeks Ruggerfest Michael was critically injured and suffered a broken neck in a game playing for Boston Irish in the over 35’s. He was rushed to North Broward hospital and despite emergency surgery he is now paralyzed from the neck down. We all hope and pray he will recover some movement over the coming months.

In a great show of generosity on the Sunday $2000 was raised for Mike’s family and Life University donated their $ 2000 winners check to help ease the burden in the short term. Mike has a wife and 2 children.His club, Albany (NY) Knickerbockers is rallying round to support.

A number of clubs have suggested a collection for Mike at this weekends games. Should you want to FRU has set up for our treasurer Lisa O’Donnell to consolidate funds and channel them through the trust that is being set up.

This is a time for us to pull together for a brother.

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6-Mar FL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS @ USF Scott Florance & Rob Leach
FLL @ Miami Div I Phil Klevoric SoCal ruckinphil@hotmail.com
Naples @ Tridents Div I Ross Devonport AR’s Jason Nimark, Dave Tell
Gainsville @ Pelicans Div II Simon Page
Krewe @ Daytona Div II Bruce Soileau
Jax @ Orlando Div II Haylee Slaughter BOB ILLMAN – Canada bobillman@andex.ca
Pasco @ Brevard Div III Gerty Heath
Daytona B @ Palm Beach Div III Chris Roehm
Krewe B @ T-Coast Div III John Fiore
Jax W @ Daytona W FL Cup Bruce Soileau
FLL W @ Miami W FL Cup Jason Nimark
HS Northeast @ Jupiter Div I Bing Towne
HS Naples @ Weston Div I Nicole Sadgrove
HS Sharks @ Taravella Div I Rocco Kryns
HS St. Pete @ Cape Coral Div I Roy Monk
HS Brevard @ LPA Div II Greg Tchanz
HS Daytona Beach @ Miami Div II Craig Kartiganer KO Noon
FIU @ UNF Friendly John Freeman
Boca B @ FAU Friendly TBA

7-Mar FL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS @ USF Scott Florance & Rob Leach

6-Mar FL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS @ USF Scott Florance & Rob Leach Keith Periera
FLL @ Miami Div I Phil Klevoric SoCal ruckinphil@hotmail.com C1 Chris Hardcastle
Naples @ Tridents Div I Ross Devonport AR’s Jason Nimark, Dave Tell Tom Galante
Gainsville @ Pelicans Div II Simon Page Mike Kennedy
Daytona @ Krewe Div II Roy Monk David Metcalfe Bill Kaiser
Jax @ Orlando Div II Haylee Slaughter BOB ILLMAN – Canada bobillman@andex.ca
Pasco @ Brevard Div III Bruce Soileau
Daytona B @ Palm Beach Div III Chris Roehm
Krewe B @ T-Coast Div III John Fiore
Jax W @ Daytona W FL Cup Brian Richardson
FLL W @ Miami W FL Cup Jason Nimark
HS Northeast @ Jupiter Div I Bing Towne
HS Naples @ Weston Div I Nicole Sadgrove
HS Sharks @ Taravella Div I Rocco Kryns
HS St. Pete @ Cape Coral Div I Gerty Heath
HS Brevard @ LPA Div II Greg Tchanz
HS Daytona Beach @ Miami Div II Craig Kartiganer KO Noon
FIU @ UNF Friendly John Freeman
Boca B @ FAU Friendly TBA

7-Mar FL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS @ USF Scott Florance & Rob Leach

The 2010 Collegiate Florida Cup Championships will be held at the Intramural Fields at USF in Tampa March 6 & 7.   Come out and check out some great collegiate rugby.  The tournament will determine who represents Florida in the D1 South Champiosnhips as well as the seeding for the D2 South Playoffs.

Florida Cup Schedule:

Gerry FitzGerald
iRB Educator

Charging into the ruck
February 2010

Players entering a ruck must do so in accordance with the Laws of the Game. Referees are reminded that appropriate binding is a requirement, and charging into a ruck is dangerous play and must be penalised as such.

The video clips below all show examples of illegal charges into the ruck.

Law text
16.2 JOINING A RUCK
(b) A player joining a ruck must bind on a team-mate or an opponent, using the whole arm. The bind must either precede, or be simultaneous with, contact with any other part of the body of the player joining the ruck.
Sanction: Penalty kick
10.4 DANGEROUS PLAY AND MISCONDUCT
(g) Dangerous charging. A player must not charge or knock down an opponent carrying the ball without trying to grasp that player.
Sanction: Penalty kick
(h) A player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Charging includes any contact made without use of the arms, or without grasping a player.

Video clips

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THE SOUTH SPRING INVOICES ARE OUT TODAY AND ARE DUE BY MARCH 20TH.  PLEASE REMIT ALL PAYMENTS TO 6250 PARKERS HAMMOCK ROAD   NAPLES FLORIDA 34112.

THANKS,

LISA O’DONNELL

27-Feb RUGGERFEST Mike Kennedy, Scott Florance, Tom Galante, Bill Kaiser, Jason Niemark, Martin Gardner, Ross Devonport, Rob Leach,
Rocco Kryns, Nicole Sadgrove, Chris Roehm, Craig Kartiganer, Gerty Heath, Tim Russell
FSU @ ECKERD FL Cup Chuck Krblich
UF @ LYNN FL Cup CANCELLED
UCF W @ FSU W Div I Eric Neiberger
Ave Maria @ UNF Friendly John Freeman

28-Feb USA Womens A Team @ NTC Clearmont – Simon Page & Haylee Slaughter

20-Feb Shreevepot @ Austin Tx Ex Tom Galante
FLL @ Boca Div I Craig Kartiganer KO 2pm
Miami @ Naples Div I Ross Devonport
Orlando @ Daytona Div II Rob Leach John Selden
Krewe @ Gainsville Div II Haylee Slaughter
Jax @ Pelicans Div II Scott Florance Ron Pruitt
Brevard @ Krewe B Div III Simon Page At Krewe
Daytona B @ T-Coast Div III Jason Nimark KO 2pm
Pasco @ Palm Beach Div III Nicole Sadgrove KO 2:30 pm
USF @ FAU FL Cup Rocco Kryns
ECKERD @ UNF FL Cup Wes King
FSU v UM @ Krewe FL Cup Mark VanTrees KO 3 pm At Krewe
UF @ AVE MARIA FL Cup Roy Monk
Old Blue NY @ Tridents Mike Kennedy in Miami
HS Jupiter @ Weston Div I Bill Kaiser Terry Day
HS Naples @ Tampa Div I Ed Eshbaugh KO 2pm At Krewe
HS Sharks @ Cape Coral Div I Bing Towne KO 3:30
HS Jax @ Brevard Div II TBA
HS LPA @ Daytona Beach Div II Jason Nimark KO Noon At Port St. Lucie
HS Miami @ N. Broward Prep Frendly Rocco Kryns KO 11:30 at Boca Game
College W round robin – USF Div II Gerty Heath 3 games KO 11am
UF W @ FSU W Div I No Ref Available
FIU @ Boca B Craig Kartiganer KO Noon

21-Feb Old Blue NY @ FL Select Mike Kennedy Jason Nimark & Bill Kaiser

21-Feb Old Blue NY @ FL Select Mike Kennedy Jason Nimark & Bill Kaiser

26-Feb HS Taravella @ Weston Div I Bill Kaiser KO 7pm

The Championship will be held at USF on March 6 & 7.

The top D1 team will play in the South Champiosnhip March 27

The top two D2 teams will play in teh South Qurter-finals March 20.

Teams eligible to advance to the South and National Champioships: