Edmonton Rugby Football Club

The U-18 schedule has been posted under the Junior Rugby page.  Pirates games will also be put in the Pirates Events Calendar.  We will continue to take registrations for juniors throughout the season.

After a couple of close losses to the Clan and Edson,  the Pirates Sr. mens team have got themselves into a 3 game winning streak, with 60-0 vs St Albert, 45-24 vs Leduc and 36-22 vs Lep/Tigers.
The Pirates have proven that they are a team not to be taken lightly.  With a game average of 42 points a game for, it’s obvious that we are looking to spread the ball wide and play some open exciting running rugby which, for the most part, we have done in every game this year.  The flip side of that is an average of 21 points against a game, which is something we will be working hard to improve on during the second half of the season.  So at the half way point of the season, we have some modest optimism that a playoff spot is in our future.- Mike Moss

Thanks to all the juniors who came out to juniors night.  Here is the updated dates/schedules for the upcoming season:

U-18 Boys practices are scheduled to being Tuesday, June 8th @ 7 PM and will be every Tuesday and Thursday through the summer.  U-18 Girls practices are scheduled to begin Tuesday, June 15th @ 6:30 PM and will be every Tuesday and Thursday through the summer.

First games are scheduled to begin Wednesday, July 7th, 2010.  All games will be on Wednesdays through July and August.  Most will have a 7 PM kickoff.  This means registrations and payments need to be received by Monday, July 5th, 2010 if you want to be eligible to play in this first game.  We will continue to take payments and forms beyond this date.  However, the AJRA needs more concrete numbers in order to plan the season schedule so we need players to be bringing in their registration forms and payments ASAP!!  They have set a deadline of Friday, June 25th, 2010 to get a MINIMUM of 10 players registered per team in order for them to schedule us into the league.

If you have questions or concerns, feel free to email Alexa Fleming (Club Registrar).

It was a wonderful night for Rugby, the sky’s cleared. No rain, but a soft pitch. The perfect situation for a Friday night game.  The Pirates have been trying to play some fast, wide rugby.  So the last 2 games, having been played in full out rain storms, lead to two straight (close) losses…  We could sense that things were going to be different tonight.  A full bench and lots of ball movement, was a little too much for St Albert RFC to handle tonight.  A very entertaining 60-0 victory for the Pirates was the result of some hard work done. The backs ran at will, at times. The forwards dominating the scrum, set a perfect attack platform as well. TGIF!