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The Red & Black | Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | 9
Popularity of rugby grows
By ALEX HOOD
For The Red & Black
Rugby is the father of American football. Yet,
many students are not aware of the game or its
growing popularity at the University.
Rugby is played on campus just as it was in
Britain back in the 1800s, when the game was
invented.
As a touchdown is the goal in football, the
object of rugby is to score a “try.”
The team scoring a try earns a conversion,
the equivalent of a point-after kick. A try is
worth five points and a conversion is worth two.
That is where the similarities end.
Despite football’s adaptation from rugby,
there are many differences spectators must
understand to enjoy the game.
“Rugby is a continuous game of running and
tackling with little or no stopping until either a
penalty or a score,” said Jullian Harris, of the
men’s rugby club.
A game is played between two teams of 15,
over two 45 minute halves.
Protective clothing is not worn and all play
ers can touch the ball. Blocking and shielding is
not permitted. This allows for a flowing game
of rugby.
“Football is a lot more structured with more
rules, whereas in rugby you pretty much just
freelance it,” said Bryan Flaherty, a member of
the men’s rugby club.
But what would make rugby appealing to
Americans?
“Once you learn how to play the game, meet
the guys and actually make a big play in a real
game, you are hooked. Anyone can wear pads
and tackle somebody, but try doing it without
them,” said club player Chase Dalton.
Both the men’s and women’s rugby clubs
COLIN OWENS | The Red & Black
▲ Seth Burrow, a senior from Tucker,
stretches before a practice with the
men’s rugby team.
play friendly and collegiate games at the
Intramural Fields all year round. They practice
every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., and new
players are always welcome.
Rugby players need not be toned athletes
said Josh Price, club player/president.
“I love being 5 feet 9 inches, 140 pounds and
having football players thinking I’m crazy. You
just hit someone, get up, and do it again,” he
said.
Women’s rugby club Julie Fischer agrees with
Price.
“Rugby is a sport for all seasons and all peo
ple. It fills a unique sporting niche for women as
one of the few full contact sports we can official
ly engage in,” she said.
However, rugby remains largely anonymous
at Georgia.
It’s difficult to expand this base with the
resources available,” Flaherty said. “If rugby got
the right publicity and attention, I see no reason
why it couldn’t be one of the most popular
sports at Georgia.”
NASCAR races into Atlanta
for leg of Winston Cup Series
By BRAD HARRISON
bharrison@randb.com
University students don’t
have to go far to experience
the heart-pounding action of
NASCAR this weekend as
the Winston Cup Series rolls
into Hampton for the Bass
Pro Shops/MBNA 500 week
end at Atlanta Motor
Speedway.
The track is located south
east of Atlanta, a two-hour
drive from the University
campus.
It all starts Friday at 3 p.m.
with Winston Cup qualifying,
followed by Saturday’s ARCA
400 and capped by Sunday’s
500-miler at the 1.5-mile
quad-oval facility. The green
flag for both events drops at 1
p.m.
Tickets start as low as $25
for Sunday with three-day
packages starting at $60.
“The track is just continu
ing to get better to race on.
As we’ve seen here in the last
few races, we’ve been able
race right up by the wall, in
the middle of the race track
and right near the bottom,”
said Brett Bodine, driver and
owner of the Hooter’s Ford.
For smaller teams, racing
in Atlanta means exposure.
Bodine, one of the few
remaining driver-owners in
the sport scaled back its
operation to a 20-to-25 race
part-time schedule that
includes Atlanta.
Bodine’s sponsor, Hooter’s
Restaurants, is based in
Atlanta.
“It’s real important for us
with our sponsor’s corporate
headquarters being here in
Atlanta,” Bodine said.
“I mean we want to run
real good everywhere we go
but this has an extra mean
ing because it is Hooter’s
headquarters,” he said.
University graduate
Buckshot Jones had planned
to drive a car for two-time
Daytona 500 champion
Michael Waltrip in Atlanta,
but that plan has been put on
hold. Jones plans to attempt
October’s Napa 500, also in
Atlanta.
Jeff Fultz, a full-time fabri
cator for Jasper Motorsports,
will attempt to make both
races this weekend. Griffin
native Mark Wallace is co
owner of Jasper Motorsports
who fields Fords for
LEAH NEWMAN | The Red & Black
▲ Robbie Johnson, a
mechanic for the #57
CLR Ford car driven by
Jeff Fultz, tightens lug
nuts in between practice
laps at Atlanta Motor
Speedway.
Dave Blaney.
University graduates
Nelson Bowers, Thomas
Beard and Read Morton have
interest in MBV and MB2
motorsports, fielding
Pontiacs for Johnny Benson
and Jerry Nedeau.
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