May 8, 2004: Rugby State Finals against Brentwood

Although Maryville played hard, it wasn't close -- Brentwood was better in every facet of the game, and won soundly, 41-8.



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  • Description: The teams face one another during the National Anthem.


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  • Description: Some ruck action -- Jeff is trying to "rake" the ball out with his foot.



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  • Description: Ryan is about to tackle, following a Brentwood scrum.



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  • Description: The ball popped straight up, and Jeff is about to catch it and get clobbered.







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  • Description: Sparky pursues (either that, or he has just kicked it)


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  • Description: I'm guessing Charlie has just committed a knock-on.

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  • Description: This picture is indicative of our scrums -- their scrum half would attack Jesse as soon as he touched the ball, and it was effective in disrupting Maryville's attack.


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  • Description: Some more violent action -- we had a hard time bringing a few of their guys down.

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  • Description: Ryan passes to Adam. Adam scored our only try of the game.



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  • Description: Maryville is knocking on the door (this is close to when we scored)







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  • Description: The MVP for Brentwood -- this guy ran us over like an 18-wheeler.