Mystic River Too Much for New York

RugbyMag.com
By Ed Hagerty

RANDALLS ISLAND, NY – A massive second half come-back gave Mystic River a 32-17 win over the New York Rugby Club. New York went into halftime with 17-10 lead but visiting Mystic River, scored 22 unanswered, second half points to defeat NY 32-17.

Mystic advances to Sunday’s Northeast Division I Club Final where they will face the Boston Irish Wolfhounds. The Wolfhounds defeated Long Island in their semifinal.
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2010 NERFU Div 1 Final Standings

Team P W L D PF PA PD BP Points
Boston RFC [x] 6 6 0 0 341 60 281 4 29
Mystic River (1) 6 5 1 0 275 108 167 5 25
Wolfhounds (2) 6 4 2 0 182 104 78 5 21
White Plains (3) 6 3 3 0 104 173 69 1 13
New Haven (4) 6 2 4 0 139 183 -44 3 11
Amoskeag 6 1 5 0 69 303 -234 1 5
South Shore 6 0 6 0 77 256 -179 2 2

(x) = Clinched Playoff Spot
[x] = Ineligible for playoffs
For official up-to-date standings visit www.nerfu.org.

USA Club 7s Championships

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In the opening day of the USA Rugby Club 7s Championship Series, Mystic River had Atlanta deadlocked  10-10 on two speedy tries by Chris Tofte and Dimitri Efthimiou. But costly mistakes were the story in the second half as the Mystics fell 10-29.

Tournament favorites, the Chicago Lions, bested the Mystics 7-38 in game two with the only try coming from Karl Darragh.

Mystic River bounced back in the final game of pool play, with a strong win over Belmont Shore 27-10 and advance to the plate round on Sunday.

Mystics Win Middlesex 7s

AMESBURY, MA – In their final warmup before the USA Rugby 7s national championships, the Mystics were able to cruise to victory at the Middlesex 7s, beating the hosts in the final 38-5 where they allowed their only try scored against them in five games on the day.

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