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SOCIAL GOLF & COMPETITIVE RUGBY; WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
Golf and Rugby at Applewood!
BARBOS RIDING HOT STREAK INTO DOUBLE HEADER CLASH VS. BOULDER
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 !
BARBOS DOWN THE WATERDOGS 69-14
Your Denver Barbarians defeated the Denver Waterdogs 69-14 on a perfect October afternoon at Infinity Park. The game was physical and included some impressive ball work as the two side duked it out for 80 minutes. Alex Wormer was impressive in attack all day as the open side flanker and lineout operator consistently broke the gain line finishing four tries (most of the under the posts). In the end, the relentless Barbo attack was too much for a Waterdogs side who had a man sent to the bin with a red card.
BARBOS FALL TO PARK CITY IN A TALE OF TWO HALVES
When the team travelling to Park City was named on Thursday night, we saw some new names looking for new opportunities on the rugby pitch. Luckily for them, there is no greater opportunity that travelling west to face our Utah based league rivals Park City Haggis.
BARBOS DEFEAT BOULDER TO OPEN 2022 FALL SEASON
The men in Green & White crossed the white line early and often in the first half, opening the scoring through the young (but experienced) fullback Luka Pavlakis. A line break in the first minute resulted in Pavlakis’ first try of the day as the Barbos got 5 points on the board in the first minute. Boulder countered back with a score of their own, and the score was knotted at 5-5, 8 minutes into the match. But, it was from that point on when the Green & White attack grabbed a hold of the game. A barrage of tries from the 10-40 minute mark put Dante Brown, Alex Wormer, Conor O’Brien, Stevie Karas (the skipper), Alex Schultz, Luka Pavlakis (again), Jason Tubbs Christensen, and the entire forward pack (penalty try) on the score sheet. Liam Wynne ticked over 6 conversions and score at halftime was 59-5.
BARBOS BATTLE GRIZZLIES IN COLORADO SPRINGS
Final Score: Denver Barbarians 65 - Colorado Springs Grizzlies 7
Tries: Gabe Bram (2x), Steve Karas, Luca Tani, Tyler Grant, Ryan Walker, Eric Sykes, Alex Wormer (2x), Marco DeGuire, Luka Pavlakis
DENVER BARBARIANS WIN AT JACOBS PARK
ry scorers were Charles Ajarrista - 1, Michael Al-Jiboori - 3, Landon Peterson - 1, Gabe Bram - 1, Antwun Baker - 2, Bt Shea - 1 and Crispin Estevan with 1 try.
Charles Ajarrista had 7 conversions and 1 penalty kick while Lance Eberhard completed the day's scoring with a conversion kick.
DENVER BARBARIANS AND THE 50TH ANNUAL RUGGERFEST TOURNAMENT
Ruggerfest begins on Thursday, September 14 with Old Boys matches. Please see the Ruggerfest website for a complete listing of games that take place on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
8:00 a.m. Wagner Park Rugby Stadium - Denver Barbarians vs. Heart of America
11:00 a.m. Rio Grande Park - Denver Barbarians vs. Goslings Gold
Are you driving to the tournament? Please read this travel advisory. For those driving from Denver and the front range, Ruggerfest suggests entering Aspen via Independence Pass.