Morris Lions U19s Blog

Morris Lions Lions vs LIRFC Match Photos

c/o of Mr Hickey. You can see all of them here.

Morris Lions U19s First League Win - A and B Team beat LIRFC

Morris U19s beat a very shouty and sweary LIRFC. The A team won 10-0 with a try from Jack Little, a penalty and superb convo by Luke Hickey. B team won too by 14-0 with tries by Andies Sweet and Goodfellow with brilliant conversions by Smokie and Sebastian.

Here are the match highlights.

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You can find it at http://twitter.com/morrislionsu19s

Photos From Charlotte

c/o of Mrs Sweet and Mr Hickey. You can find them here and here.

Updated Schedule

Fri. 3/26 – League Match vs NYRFC U19 – Away – 7:30 PM (2 matches – new date)

Sun. 3/28 - League Match vs Long Island U19 – Away – 1:00 PM (2 matches )

Sun. 4/4 – No matches, Easter weekend

Sun  4/11 – League Match vs Parsippany U19 – Home – 2:00 PM (2 matches )

Tues. 4/13 – League Match vs Lehigh Valley U19 – Away – 4:00 PM (2 matches)

Sat./Sun. 4/17 & 4/18 – Tournament – Maryland Rugby Festival, Bethesda, Md.

Sun. 4/25 – League Match vs Union U19 – Away – 1:00 PM (2 matches)

Wed. 4/28 – League Match vs Harvey – Home – 4:00 PM (2 matches)

Sat./Sun. 5/8 - 5/9 – NRU HS Championships – West Point, NY

Sun. 5/23 – HS Jersey Cup – Location TBD – All Day

Fri. 6/4 – Morris Rugby Golf Outing – Bearbrook Golf Course – 1pm

Sun 6/6 – End of season Banquet/Barbeque – Location TBD

Sat. 6/12 – “Gibby” Scholarship Bike Run, Barbeque and Match– Zeek Field - Denville

Match Videos from Charlotte

The victorious captains celebrated at Hooters

 

Carolina Youth Rugby Festival 2010 - Morris Lions Tournament Winners

The Morris Lions U19s won all three of their matches, beating Vance 24-14, Atlanta 34-5 and Unionville 55-17. As a result the boys were announced as tournament winners.

 

 

Morris Lions U19s 31 - Keio College 21

The U19s had their first serious scrimmage today and won a hard fought victory over Keio. Thanks to all the folks at Keio for being great hosts.

 

All,

There are many reasons why I have taken the path of rugby over other sports, as well as my desire to channel my passion for the sport to the U19 program.  Over the years we have had our share of success and for the lack of a better term, "down" years.  But through it all, year after year, we forge ahead believing in what we are doing. What we did yesterday, playing at Keio is one of the big reasons I have continued.  Not because we had success against Keio, but because of the outcome of the 3rd period.  Below you will find a wonderful note from the coach of Keio, Mr. Tomonori Inugai, a man with a similar passion and love of the game for all it's good reasons. 

To those boys and parents that made the trip to Keio yesterday, thank you.  Thank you for representing our club in such a positive way, thank you for "Protecting the Legacy" of the Morris Lions.  We should all be proud of the fact that we showed through a simple jesture of playing a combinded perior that rugby is a world sport and even if we don't speak the same language outside of the lines, inside the lines, the universal language is the game itself.

I am proud to say that I am part of something that shows the good about rugby and the Lions, when we receive such compliments as below.

Regards,
Coach John

 
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John,

Good morning.

I'd like to thank you of coming over Keio yesterday.
It was great pleasure to have game with your team.

Yesterday Keio lost, but keio improved much better than last time. So I'm relieved.
In the third match, we had a mixed team game. Keio students were really having a good time with your players. I enjoyed watching that they were playing together with smiles.
I really appriciate it.

I hope Morris have a great season in this year.

Thank you,

Tomonori Inugai