Monthly Archives: November 2010

Mystic River Too Much for New York

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RugbyMag.com
By Ed Hagerty

RANDALLS ISLAND, NY – A massive second half come-back gave Mystic River a 32-17 win over the New York Rugby Club. New York went into halftime with 17-10 lead but visiting Mystic River, scored 22 unanswered, second half points to defeat NY 32-17.

Mystic advances to Sunday’s Northeast Division I Club Final where they will face the Boston Irish Wolfhounds. The Wolfhounds defeated Long Island in their semifinal.
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Article originally posted at RugbyMag.com, but is no longer available.

2010 NERFU Div 1 Final Standings

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Team P W L D PF PA PD BP Points
Boston RFC [x] 6 6 0 0 341 60 281 4 29
Mystic River (1) 6 5 1 0 275 108 167 5 25
Wolfhounds (2) 6 4 2 0 182 104 78 5 21
White Plains (3) 6 3 3 0 104 173 69 1 13
New Haven (4) 6 2 4 0 139 183 -44 3 11
Amoskeag 6 1 5 0 69 303 -234 1 5
South Shore 6 0 6 0 77 256 -179 2 2

(x) = Clinched Playoff Spot
[x] = Ineligible for playoffs
For official up-to-date standings visit www.nerfu.org.

Coaching Change Comes at Critical Time

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RugbyMag.com
By Alex Goff

So Mystic River has a new coach and gets into the playoffs – well done for them. But hold on one moment; John Banarhall joined Mystic River in the week before Halloween … by that point the Mystics had already secured said playoff spot.

They had done so, however, unclear about their direction as players and as a team. Banarhall, who left Amoskeag on fairly good terms and remains on the club’s Board, has brought in structure.
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This article originally appeared on RugbyMag.com, but is no longer available.