Thunderbirds Season Preview: Men’s Rugby
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
“The hardest thing is when we have the big guys running at us, a lot of our guys don’t step up and make the tackle,” fifth-year Charlie Jones said. That is a challenge the UBC Men’s Rugby team frequently encounters as they play in the Spray League, an adult men’s rugby league in Vancouver.
But there are other challenges. For one, UBC Athletics ranks its teams into three tiers. Men’s rugby is in the last tier and as a result, each player must pay $300 to play on the team. Tier one teams receive enough financial support from the athletics department to avoid this. Moreover, Head Coach Spence McTavish claimed that rugby’s yearly grant from the athletic department has slowly “diminished” in recent years.
