Although we lost a hard played match 5-22, all players involved played good hard rugby. From start to finnish we took it to the opposition in the forwards… our srcums were a little sloppy due to the fact we had a much smaller front row. But full credit goes out to Belly, Keith and Jason. They stood up and worked hard to ensure that the tightheads were minimal. Both locks, Flowbee and hags also played some great rugby. special mention goes out to Flowbee for some good old fashion rucking which led to the opposition player crying on the ground. any one who can make a grown man cry without kicking them in the nuts deserves a hand shake. Hags put the fear in the eyes of a few opposition backs with some great hard running and tackling. Our loose forwards wern’t as loose as the needed to be but still were noticed with great hitting from both Kyle and Sol. I would love to saysomething nice about Waterboy… ok… he was out there! (we love you water boy).

The backs unfortunatly didn’t see much ball, but we did have a few stand out players. in his first Fort Rugby match our Irish import played an outstanding game on the wing… Jeff also ran well at 13 and with maybe just a little more room could have really opened up a can of whoop ass. with a little more ball i believe we can be a very dangerous backline and great things will be seen out of them in future games.

Unfortunatly due to a couple of break away tries and a drop goal to Queen City mid way through the first half, we went into the break down 0 – 17. however Fort Collins came out in the second half with an attitude that shocked Queen city. We rucked and mauled better and even hit harder than we did in the first half which resulted in a well deserved try. Queen city scored another try late in the game to seal the game.

Starting line up:

1. Belly
2. Keith
3. Jason S.
4. Hags
5. Flowbee
6. Sol (c)
7. Kyle
8. Waterboy

9. Jake B.
10. Christian
11. Fintan
12. Terje
13. Jeff (vc)
14. Micah
15. Marty

Reserves used:

Drew, Gabe, Brandon,

Man of the Match.
A-side: Jason S. (it was close between Jason and Fintin, but due to some great foot work from jason he sealed the deal.)
B-side: Brandon (and in his first ever game of rugby)

Mug of the match:
A Side: Jake B (for thinking we were playing touch)
B-side: Kawika (for blowing a 3 on 1 over lap… let the ball do the work mate)

Well done to all. it was a fantastic start to the season and we will build nicely to come out in two weeks and stick it to the quins.

Fort Collins came with a short team to play the University of Wyoming Cowboys. With no extra players, Fort Collins took to the field against the younger, fitter team, and for the first half, neither team was able to score. When the second half came around, the Flamingos, running into the wind, played a hard game, coming out on top at the end. Final score 19-7 Fort Collins Wins.

Fort Collins took to the feild with heart and excitement. The Flamingos quickly set the pace for the game securing two quick penalty kicks, and securing the lead. The Barbarians and Flamingos spent the rest of the game driving headily into each other, keeping a close game with the Flamingos maintaining their lead up until the final ten minutes of the game. The Barbarians then executed two well performed drives and conversion kicks, putting the Barbarians in the lead at the end, final score 21-32 Barbarians.

With 25 Flamingos, dozens of supporters, and many whores, we played a B-Side game against a motly crew consisting of some Barbarians, some whores, and even some Flamingos, to finish the day off with another great rugby game.

Flamingo Spring Migration

Following the game and afterparty, we held our 4th bi-annual pub crawl. Once again, the migration was a huge success, and we thank our sponsor bars for hosting us.