Hawaii Rugby Schedule

A couple of emails and look at the Union's website prompts me to post this Hawaii Rugby events schedule:

November 20, 2010 - Wendall Sailor clinic at Kapiolani Park, 10:00 am

December 4, 2010 - Islander's 7's Tournament at Kapiolani Park, 9:00 am

December 9-11, 2010 - Game Plan Rugby Academy at BYU Hawaii campus in Laie, 9:00 am

December 11, 2010 - Hawaii Pacific University 7's Tournament at Laie Park, 10:00 am

January 15, 2011 - Hawaii Rugby Season Begins, Kapiolani Park


Also find contact info for the Union and the Hawaii clubs at the Union's website.

Wendell Sailor at Kapiolani Park

There's going to be some sort of event or clinic at Kapiolani Park this Saturday (11/20/10) with Wendell Sailor. According to the flyer, it starts at 10:00 am. Meet a real life professional rugby player up close and personal.

Wendell represented Australia in both Rugby League and Rugby Union.

Hawaii Rugby Finals

Hawaii Rugby Finals this Saturday. From David Ma'afu Wendt, Union President:

SATURDAY 6/5/2010 RUGBY HAWAII UNION FINAL / USA RUGBY AFFILIATE.

11AM : ISLANDERS RFC (2009 CHAMPIONS) VS KALIHI RAIDERS RFC ... 80 minutes game.

12:30PM : TAMA LAIE LIONS RFC VS HAWAII MARIST RFC ... 80 minutes game.

2PM : WOMENS GAME.

3:30PM RUGBY HAWAII UNION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 2010 ... 80 minutes game.

INVITE YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO KAPIOLANI PARK TO SUPPORT THE TEAMS.


Aye-yah! I've missed so much rugby this year. I've really got to make it to the park this Saturday.

Hawaii Rugby Week 5 Results

WEEK 5 Results 3/20/10

Tama Laie won by default against Rhinos ( didn’t show up )

UH 44 Harlequins 0

Raiders 20 HPU 17

Marist 8 Islanders 5

Hawaii Rugby Week 1 through 4 results

I've been a bit lax posting these updates. Sorry.

WEEK 1 Results 2/6/10
HPU won by default against UH ( playing unregister players )
Tama Laie 34 Harlequins 3
Marist won by default against Rhinos ( didn’t show up )
Islanders 8 Raiders 5
WEEK 2 Results 2/20/10
Both teams disqualified ( Raiders never turn in roster & Tama Laie never showed up )
Islandrs won by default against Rhinos ( didn’t show up )
Harlequins won by default against HPU ( playing unregister players )
Both teams disqualified ( Marist and UH played unregister players )
WEEK 3 Results 3/6/10
Islanders 31 Harlequins 5
Marist 19 Raiders 15
Tama Laie 8 UH 3
HPU won by default against Rhinos ( didn’t show up )
WEEK 4 Results 3/13/10
UH and Rhinos forfeit their game for not showing up on time
Tama Laie 7 Marist 5
Islanders 36 HPU 34
Raiders 37 Harlequins 5

Making A Splash

Hawaii Rugby has been making the news lately.

The Honolulu Advertiser posted an article and some pictures about the La'ie women's team winning the Las Vegas Invitational 7's tournament last month.

eRugbyNews posted an article about the Islanders on March 10th.

A little late, but here's some information from Ma'afu about the youth tournament going on this week at Kapiolani Park and a Positive Coaching Alliance Clinic:

ALOHA TO ALL RUGGERS!

12 NOON: WEDNESDAY KAPIOLANI PARK on the rugby field during the ALOHA 7's.

The POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE CLINIC sponsored by USA Rugby, Hawaii Youth Rugby and Rugby Hawaii Union ..... invites coaches, players, parents and fans to attend.
Please bring your own chair and coaches a pen.

See you all there ! Invite your friends.

SPRINGBREAK YOUTH RUGBY at KAPIOLANI PARK ... get your keikis out!

ALOHA 7'S youth rugby.... Monday 3/15, Tuesday 3/16 and Wednesday 3/17.

Hawaii Youth Rugby Invitational 15's starts 8:30am on Thursday 3/18, Friday 3/19 and Saturday 3/20.

Hawaii Rugby Games Tomorrow

SATURDAY 2/20/10

11:45am Rosters for the teams turned in..... 11:50 am 1st whistle...... 12noon ...... TAMA LAIE vs RAIDERS.

1:15pm Rosters turned in...... 1 :20pm 1st whistle ... 1:30pm ...... KAHUKU vs ISLANDERS.

2:45pm Rosters turned in .... 2:50pm 1st whistle .. 3pm ........ HARLEQUINS vs HPU.

4:15pm Rosters turned in .... 4:20pm 1st whistle ... 4:30pm .... MARIST vs UH

ALL GAMES will start on time, the 1ST WHISTLE of each game will be 10 MINS BEFORE KICKOFF , its more than enough for all the teams to get on the field, 2ND WHISTLE is the KICKOFF TIME.

Hawaii Rugby Photos

The Hawaii rugby season opened yesterday, and I missed it. But there are some great photos here. I hope I can make it out next week.

Maui Youth Rugby

Twenty Eight U17 Maui rugby players will gather tomorrow in Lahaina (Maui) to play the California U17 Grizzlies. This is the first stop on the Grizzlies tour of Hawaii.

After Maui, the touring party will come to Oahu for a BBQ on Friday night followed by a game on Saturday (3:00 pm at Kapiolani Park).

Good luck to everyone, and Go Hawaii Youth!

Hawaii Youth Rugby vs Pacific Coast Grizzly U17 All Stars

Here's what I can piece together from the Hawaii Youth Rugby website and some emails I've received:

The Pacific Coast Grizzly U17 All Star team will be touring Hawaii in a week or two (unsure of the start of the tour). They will start off on Maui, travel to Oahu, then finish up in Kona on the Big Island (officially Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawaii if you're not familiar with the islands).

On Oahu, the Grizzly will play an Oahu All Star team on Saturday, December 19th, at Kapiolani Park (time?). On Friday the 18th at 4:30 pm there will be a barbecue at the park for the teams, and another barbecue following the Saturday match. We love to eat here in Hawaii. A 2-Barbecue Extravaganza according to one of the emails.

BBQ expertise (that leave me out), food, and cash donations are most welcome. Contact Hawaii Youth Rugby or David Ma'afu Wendt to donate or for more information. I know they're looking for help getting the team from the airport to the park & their hotel when they arrive in Honolulu (sometime on the 18th).

The tourists leave for the Big Island on December 21st, to play their match against the Big Island Select U17 on December 23rd.

That sounds like a great Christmas Present to the all the players and fans. Come out to your respective venue and support Hawaii Youth Rugby and the touring side players and coaches.

Also, Hawaii Youth Rugby needs your donations to help fund all the great programs they're running. Information regarding donations (tax deductible) are on the website (I'll be writing my check and sending it in, as I'm already past due in doing that).

Hawaii Youth Rugby Update

It looks like Hawaii Youth Rugby is really picking up steam. Just received an update today:

Starting December 17th we will have games in Maui against the U17 California All Star team, Honolulu on Saturday Dec.19th and the Big Island (TBA).

Saturday, February 13th ..... Papakura HS. from New Zealand vs Hawaii U17's

March 14th til the 20th .... St Marys and St Johns HS from Canada are here in Honolulu.

Tuesday, April 13th ..... Napier HS. from New Zealand vs Hawaii U17's

... a possible 3 mainland teams to play in the Hawaii Youth Rugby Invitational, March 24th to the 27th 2010.

Hawaii Youth Rugby season on Oahu starts January 9, 2010.

Keep up the good work everyone!


*pinched this photo off the web from some blog.