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Getting to Know Rugby

Mitchell Lobetos

Sports Editor

At USF we have 13 D-1 teams competing in the West Coast Conference, seven women’s teams and six men’s teams. But also here at San Francisco are 10 club teams that compete at the intercollegiate level, one of which is rugby. Though many may know what rugby is, they may not know how the game is played.

Sophomore club player Dallas Hogue, a sociology major, tried his best to put it all simply. Rugby is a 15v15 sport, with two 40-minute halves. It’s a full contact sport with no pads and the ball can be thrown freely sideways and backwards.