On a bright sunny Sunday morning, the women’s and mens rugby teams got together at Warren to play a little social touch pickup game style tournament. Despite the men coming off from a tough game the previous day, they still showed up and showed out. The purpose of this event was to give many of the rookie players a chance to run around and experience gameplay without the anxiety of being in a real match or being bull-dozed by a massive tackle. The vets would also get a chance to warm up their hands and get themselves in a competitive mindset for their first scrimmage against Miracosta and USD the week later. But at the end of the day, the main objective was to just get outside with the full UCSD rugby community and have some fun. 

With the numbers, 4 teams were composed. The Neon Pumas, Bipolar Bengals, Orange Orangutang’s and Shirts. The tournament would be a round robin style, with each team playing each other before the points would be tallied to see who would play in a final. The Bipolar Bengals fell short with 1 loss and 2 draws, following the Shirts in 3rd place with 3 draws. In the final, we would see the Orange Orangutang’s with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw, against the undefeated Neon Pumas. In a shocking turn of events, the Orange Orangutang’s best the Neon Pumas in the final minutes  with multiple tries by Luca Boccalato. An honourable mention to the lead try scorer Sebastien Chilcott from the Neon Pumas who put on a class display of athletic prowess.

With the final whistle, the day ended and the Orangutang’s were victorious. A solid turnout for the first touch social in a long time, and the first of many in the future. There’s nothing the rugby team loves more than a cheeky game of footy on a beautiful Sunday morning.