| 2004 |
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Captains'
Knocks
by Brian Lowe
Newport,
RI (June 15, 2004)
Now
that this year’s Super League championship
is all said and done and the 2004 season is in
the books, we thought it might be interesting
to give you a little insight into what the respective
captains thought about the championship game. |
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Belmont
Shore make it a double
by Brian Lowe
Newport,
RI (June 14, 2004)
Belmont
Shore has retained its title as the number one
team in the country with a hard fought 24-21 win
against a well-drilled San Francisco Golden Gate
in the 2004 USA Rugby Super League championship
game. |
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Belmont
Shore and San Fran to the finals
by Brian Lowe
Newport,
RI (June 13, 2004)
For
the second year in a row, the USA Rugby Super
League championship game will be an all-California
affair with Belmont Shore and San Francisco Golden
Gate winning through to Super Match VIII. Both
teams won their respective semi-finals Saturday,
but in vastly contrasting styles. |
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Champs
Upended
by Brian Lowe
Los
Angeles, CA (April 25, 2004)
Round
five of the 2004 USA Rugby Super League season
has seen defending champions Belmont Shore upended
in Seattle, while there was yet another tied game,
the fourth of the year. |
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Top
Guns Put Daylight Between Themselves and the Rest
by Brian Lowe
Los
Angeles, CA (April 18, 2004)
Another
round of thrilling rugby has seen front-runners
San Francisco Golden Gate and Belmont Shore stretch
their lead at the top of the Red Conference standings,
while Old Puget Sound Beach scored their second
straight win, as the Denver Barbarians and Philadelphia-Whitemarsh
played out one of two ties in Week Four of the
USA Rugby Super League. |
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Shore
on form with win over Old Blue by Brian
Lowe
Bronx, NY (April 4, 2004)
Reigning
USA Rugby Super League champions Belmont Shore
are back on track after coming from behind to
edge Old Blue 24-19 in an exciting contest Sunday
in New York. Shore scored three tries to one to
improve to 2-1 on the season. |
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Shore
lose on last play of the game
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
28, 2004)
Upsets
and come from behind wins marked Week Two of the
USA Rugby Super League championship and prime
among the results was San Francisco Golden Gate
finally breaking its run of defeats by Belmont
Shore by upending the reigning Super League champs
33-32 in Long Beach, California. |
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Shore
sneak by in Super League opener
by Brian Lowe
Denver, CO (March 21,
2004)
Reigning
champions Belmont Shore have opened the defense
of their Super League crown by coming from behind
to beat the Denver Barbarians by the narrowest
of margins on opening day of the new season. Other
Red Conference winners included Old Blue, Chicago
Lions and San Francisco Golden Gate. |
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SoCal
weekend report
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
8, 2004)
Belmont
Shore continued its buildup for the 2004 Super
League season with a hard fought 33-22 win against
Back Bay in Week Eight of the Southern California
championship. Other winners were Riverside and
Santa Monica. |
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Shore
Shuts Out Unicorns
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
1, 2004)
Belmont
Shore racked up the biggest winning margin so
far of the Southern California championship by
blanking the Huntington Beach Unicorns 70-0, but
despite the lop-sided scoreline, the Unicorns
never threw in the towel. Other Week Seven winners
were Back Bay and Santa Monica. |
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Riverside
Clears Out In Front
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (February
3, 2004)
Killer
Bees take over Southern CA. The Riverside Killer
Bees have taken sole possession of top spot in
the Southern California Division I championship
with a 42-27 win against Belmont Shore in the
match of the round in Week Four. Other winners
were Santa Monica and Back Bay. |
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Riverside
and OMBAC Top Table
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (January
19, 2004)
Belmont
falls at home for the first time in 2 years. Riverside
and OMBAC have moved into a two-way tie for first
place following second round action in the Southern
California Championship. |
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Southern
Cal teams look to regain their form early
by Brian Lowe
Los
Angeles, CA (January 12, 2004)
While
the northeast was shivering through the deepest
freeze in decades at the weekend, a typical winter's
day with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s
ushered in the start of the 2004, Division I,
Southern California championship. |
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Southern
Cal teams look to regain their form early
by Brian Lowe
Los
Angeles, CA (January 12, 2004)
While
the northeast was shivering through the deepest
freeze in decades at the weekend, a typical winter's
day with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s
ushered in the start of the 2004, Division I,
Southern California championship. |
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| 2003 |
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Belmont
Shore ready for Title defense
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (June
24, 2003)
Welcome to the first installment of what will
be a regular feature on rugbyrugby.com. Just because
it’s the off-season, don’t think that
USA Rugby Super League teams are sitting around
twiddling their thumbs, far from it, so we’ll
be taking a look inside the Super League, club
by club, with me, Brian Lowe. |
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Shore
wins US Super League
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (June
8, 2003)
Belmont Shore have been crowned the new USA Rugby
Super League champions with a 23-15 victory over
long-time rivals OMBAC in the 2003 championship
game in San Francisco. |
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Shore
ready for Super League final
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (June
5, 2003)
Past champions Belmont Shore are gearing up for
another crack at USA Rugby Super League supremacy
when they face OMBAC in Saturday’s Super
Match VII in San Francisco. |
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Aspen
gallant in defeat by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (June
1, 2003)
The curtain has come down on the end of an era
with the defeat of two-time defending champions
Aspen by Belmont Shore in the USA Rugby Super
League semi-finals. Shore, playing at home in
front of a vocal crowd, downed Aspen 25-20 to
advance to Super Match VII in San Francisco. |
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Aspen
vs. Shore preview by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (May
29, 2003)
Reigning USA Rugby Super League champions, the
Gentlemen of Aspen, are gunning for their fourth
consecutive appearance in the championship game,
but in order to do so, they must first get through
a tough semi-final this weekend against Belmont
Shore. |
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PAC
give Belmont Shore tough test by Brian
Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (May
18, 2003)
2002 championship finalists Belmont Shore had
to fight hard all the way before downing a gallant
Potomac AC 37-11. |
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Shore
tops Old Blue by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (April
13, 2003)
Like a finely tuned Indy car, Belmont Shore powered
their way to the chequered flag ahead of Old Blue
to win the USA Rugby Super League game of the
week 32-27. Other Round Five winners: OMBAC, Aspen,
Boston, Philadelphia-Whitemarsh, San Francisco
Golden Gate and the Chicago Lions. |
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Shore
tested by Lions by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
31, 2003)
2002 championship finalists Belmont Shore have
kept their unbeaten record intact, but were tested
all the way by a determined Chicago Lions in the
USA Rugby Super League Sunday showdown in southern
California. |
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Belmont
Shore make statement by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
23, 2003)
Last year’s championship finalists Belmont
Shore have made a big statement in downing the
much vaunted San Francisco Golden Gate 31-28 Saturday
in the USA Rugby Super League match of the round. |
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Sharks
test Shore by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March
9, 2003)
The Back Bay Sharks were about twenty minutes
away from pulling off a major upset, but Belmont
Shore's superior fitness allowed Southern California's
top team to sail away with a 33-12 victory in
Round Nine of the SCRFU winter competition. |
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Shore
still unbeaten by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (March 2,
2003)
Belmont Shore is still unbeaten after eight rounds
of the Southern California winter competition.
Shore trumped Santa Monica 27-5 on the Dolphins'
own "club day". |
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Shore
wins President’s Day showdown by
Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (February
16, 2003)
Fittingly, on the President’s Day long weekend,
Belmont Shore produced some presidential-style
football to down long-time rivals OMBAC 31-20
in the latest round of the 2003 Southern California
championship. |
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Shore
wins top of the table clash by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (January
25, 2003)
Belmont Shore remains the only unbeaten team in
the Southern California Division I competition
after downing Santa Monica 27-8 in a top of the
table clash. |
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Shore
routs OMBAC on opening day by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA (January
12, 2003)
Opening day of the 2003 Southern California First
Division season produced a shock with Belmont
Shore lighting up arch rivals OMBAC 59-17. The
Long Beach-based club ran in a total of nine tries
to just two by the San Diego side.
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| 2002 |
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Aspen
repeats for Super League Championship
by Brian Lowe
Aspen, CO - (June 8, 2002)
The Gentlemen of Aspen have retained the USA Rugby
Super League title by downing a gallant Belmont
Shore 34-23 in the championship game in Aspen.
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Championship
rivals claim underdog status by Brian
Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (June
5, 2002)
It'll be game on this Saturday in picturesque
Aspen, Colorado when the homeside and defending
champions the Gentlemen of Aspen host Belmont
Shore in the USA Rugby Super League championship
game. |
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Shore
and Aspen into Final by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles,
CA - (June 1, 2002)
Belmont Shore and the Gentlemen of Aspen are into
the USA Rugby Super League championship game after
contrasting victories in Saturday's semi-finals.
Aspen outlasted Old Blue New York 17-8, while
Shore dumped OMBAC 34-6. |
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Semi-final
showdown II by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (May 24,
2002)
Four teams are hoping to extend their season by
one more week, but only two will do so. It's showtime
in the USA Rugby Super League championship as
all four clubs prepare for the semi-finals.
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Playoff
euphoria and disappointment by
Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (May
18, 2002)
The Super League championship has reached crunch
time with the first round of the post season played
Saturday. The results went pretty much with seedings
as Old Blue New York, Aspen, OMBAC and Belmont
Shore all advanced to the semi-final round. |
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Breaking
Down the Quarter-Finals
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (May
16, 2002)
The 2002 USA Rugby Super League post season gets
underway this weekend and rugby fans across the
country can expect to be treated to some outstanding
football. |
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Hollywood
and Rugby - An Interesting Combination
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (May
13, 2002)
If acting's your game and Hollywood's your aim,
then go to Los Angeles to make a name. That's
precisely what Belmont Shore winger Alex Hammill
decided to do four years ago. |
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Quins
in and Aspen gets fourth seed
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (May
11, 2002)
The Dallas Harlequins have secured the final wildcard
seeding for the USA Rugby Super League playoffs
by virtue of a 36-29 Denver Barbarians win over
the Potomac AC. And in the other make-up game
played Saturday, a red-hot Aspen crushed Boston
78-14 to get the fourth seeding. |
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Shore
upend champs while NYAC breaks through for first
win
by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA –
(April 27, 2002)
Belmont Shore’s secret is out: They’re
good baby! In what was the undisputed match of
the round, Shore toppled reigning Super League
champs Aspen 21-8 to remain unbeaten in 2002.
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Shore
blows Philly away by Brian Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (April
21, 2002)
Belmont Shore flew into Philadelphia with victory
on their minds and they weren't to be denied as
round five of this year's USA Rugby Super League
championship was completed on Sunday. |
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Aussie
rivals team up in SoCal by Brian
Lowe
Los Angeles, CA - (April
11, 2002)
The United States is undoubtedly home to one of
the most diverse rugby communities on the planet.
Guys from all over the world populate clubs across
the length and breadth of this vast country. |
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