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BARBO 7S FACE ‘WIN OR GO HOME’ TOURNAMENT IN KANSAS CITY
Your Denver Barbarians 7s squad will face a “win or go home” proposition when they travel to Kansas City to compete in the Fountain City 7s. After taking 1st place in our home qualifier Denver 7’s, the squad fell to the Kansas City Blues in the final of Omaha 7s and now sit among a three team race for Nationals Qualification. The Denver Barbarians, Kansas City Blues & Kansas City Reds, will all battle it out on Saturday July 26th at the Raytown Soccer Complex. Winning the tournament outright would see the Denver Barbarians advance to the Club 7s Nationals in Madison Wisconsin.
BARBOS LOOK TO TOP A COMPETITIVE DENVER 7S LINEUP
Denver Barbarians A
Arnaud Agasse
Julian DeRaffele
Ben Haapapuro
David Hightower
Campbell Johnstone
Tadiwanashe Kainga
Logan Lair
Marcel LeFevre
Jack Miller
Takudzwa Musingwini
Luke Neely
Alex Wormer (C)
Ian Wormer
Denver Barbarians B
Kai Arye
Lane Gahagan
Steve Karas (C)
Brad Kissinger
Conor O’Brien
Todd Oswald
Adam Otto
Elian Robles-Revuelto
Vinny Sikorsky
Dillon Stander
Zach Thies
Jacob Valdez
Logan White
DENVER 7’S AT COOK PARK FEATURES A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MIX OF TEAMS
Nothing gets me more excited than watching the Barbos compete in a high stakes 7’s qualifier tournament on home soil. This year’s Denver 7’s Frontier region qualifier will be held at Cook Park, Saturday June 28th, from 8am-5pm. While the men in Green & White have won the past three Denver 7’s tournaments, they will surely be challenged this year by some highly competitive teams from the Heart of America conference in the Midwest.
Pool A: Denver Barbarians A, Air Force Rugby 7’s A, Kansas City Blues B
Pool B: Kansas City RFC, Denver Highlanders, Air Force Rugby 7’s B
Pool C: Kansas City Blues A, Vail Rugby, Colorado Springs Spartans
Pool D: Omaha Goats, Gentleman of Aspen, Denver Barbarians B
SUMMER 7’S HAVE ARRIVED
The Barbos opened up their 2024 summer 7’s with a strong showing in the Gateway 7’s in St. Louis, Saturday June 15th. The men in Green & White played sharp throughout the day, winning 4 straight pool games before a tantalizing final against the St. Louis Bombers. The cup final went into sudden death, and the home side won 26-21 after 5 minutes of extra time. The Barbos played with strong cohesion throughout the day, and the lessons from the first tournament in the summer will be valuable.
The Barbos lineup for Gateway 7’s:
Nick Johnson
Eric Sykes
Campbell Johnstone
Alex Wormer
Mickey Bateman
Rufus McLean
Ian Wormer
Arnaud Agasse
David Hightower
Jack Miller
John Ryberg
Kobe Millar
Logan Lair
BARBOS CLAW THEIR WAY THROUGH GRIZZLES
Your Denver Barbarians defeated the Colorado Springs Grizzlies 50-0 on a cold and windy spring day. Robert Valle scored a hat trick of tries off the bench as the Barbos finally adjusted to the adverse windy conditions and adapted their strategy. Many of the first half passes that didn’t go to hand (perhaps due to a combination of frozen fingers and air-headedness) finally hit home when the Barbos put together one of the more beautiful open field tries we have seen this season!
Take a look below as Luca Tani puts Robert Valle away with a snappy flat ball under pressure !