Club News

The women's team will be putting together an order of team jerseys for individual players. Contact Ashley Walker for details.

The Springfield Women travelled to New York City once again to participate in New York 7s, est. 1959.  This was the 3rd year that they have attended the event.  They came out on top of their pool play with no losses, and were placed in the cup playoff.  Springfield won their quaterfinal game handedly with a score of 37-10 vs. Long Island RFC.  They made it to the semi-finals, but lost to a strong Canadian side from Sherbrooke, QC, CAN.  The Springfield Women continue to make a name for themselve in the 7s scene, and look forward to playing in this tournament for years to come.

Looking for some rugby over the weekend? The men's team will be in Connecticut while the women are at home:

SRFC Men's vs. New London County

Match this Saturday is currently scheduled for 13:00 at the following address: Clark Lane Middle School 105 Clark Lane Waterford CT, 06385

Following the match there will be a social at the following address: Hot Rod Cafe 114 Bank Street New London CT, 06320

Saratoga vs. Springfield Women’s

Match this Saturday is currently scheduled for 14:00 at Van Horn Park, Springfield MA

Following the match there will be a social at JT's Sports Pub, Main Street, Springfield, MA

Support the teams this weekend!

The Springfield Women Rifles had another strong showing at the 2012 summer tournaments.  They kicked off the summer with their own Eric White Memorial 7s tournament.  The convenience of hosting the tournament allowed them to place two teams in the tournament, one in the social division and one in the open division.  The social team, which was a mix of experience and inexperience, had to face some strong competition, but they pulled wins versus Worcester and Ithaca in order to secure the bowl championship.  The open team, which include a little more experience in their line up, suffered one loss to a top teir Portland team, allowing them run away with the plate.

The following weekend, the Springfield Women travelled to Worcester with one team.  Having a lot of experience and speed created a winning record in pool play, posting strong wins against, Worcester, WPI, and the Falcons, with their only loss coming from a match versus Boston Women, losing by only 7 points.  This allowed the team to make it to the Women's Championship match.  The women again had to face the very strong Boston team.  This time, defense really came into play, but in the end the Springfield Women came up short, losing in a very close game, 10-14, placing them second overall in the women's tournament.

For the final tournament of the season, the Springfield Women travelled to Acton, MA for the well known Acton 10s tournament hosted by Old Gold.  All the women's teams entered into the tournament were entered into 4 pools of 3 teams.  In pool play the Springfield Women competed against Hartford and Beantown.  Starting off the day they posted a score of 20-0 versus Hartford, this gave them confidence going into their second game.  They then took their great offense and defense into their second gaming posting a score of 26-0 versus Beantown.  The team had a lot of down time before the brackets came out, but when they finally did, the Springfield Women were placed as the 3rd place seed in the Cup bracket.  Their first round match was versus Providence.  It was a big defensive match, allowing the game to be scoreless for much of it, but finally they broke through Providence's defense and put 7 points up on the board.  The game finished 7-0 in favor of the Springfield Women.  This carried them into the semi-finals, where they would have to face North Shore, who posted a lot of impressive scores in their previous matches.  The Springfield Women came out strong, and overtook North Shore 14-0, but the long day and limited subs started taking a toll on Springfield.  They allowed North Shore to score twice in the second half, however, North Shore wasn't able to convert one of their kicks, allowing Springfield to come out on top 14-12.  This placed Springfield into the Women's Chamionship match, versus the youthful and enduring Falcons' team.  A mixture of fatigue, injuries, and good play from the Falcons put the Falcons on top.  The Springfield women were happy to take second place, but never satisfied.

This summer established the Springfield Women as one of the top teams in the Northeast.  They look forward to the fall season, and would really like to grow their roster.  Feel free to contact the team, no experience necessary.