BatonRougeRugby

I was fishing off a dock and felt the dead weight, thinking for sure I had hooked some of the concrete rip-rap. Well to my surprise, as it neared the surface handlebars appeared. It was a old rusty bmx bike, but it was oddly too heavy for me to pull up completely to get my line off. So I set my rod down to go get a gig to pull up the bike by the handlebars, and to my further surprise the extra weight was a old car tire stuck to the bike pedal. Who knows what other mysteries lie at the bottom of that lake. :lol:

my first guess would be bluefish Pomatomas saltatrix

Where did it come from?

Congrats to New Orleans on finsihing out an excellent season with the well deserved championship icing on the cake. Way to represent Louisiana rugby.

Oh, and judging by that picture I bet he passed the ball the next time he came near you. And from the earlier pic - I've been saying it for years...you can't stop da bus!

:bow: hadn't seen that article.

Plus the 2 guys mentioned in the article (not pictured) - Bobby Johns and Adam Ducoing have both been in the pool of players for the USA National Team. Definitely legit, and I look forward to cheering for them this weekend...and drunkenly heckling the opposing teams. :cheers: :geauxtigers:

Yes. Arkansas State and Life have scholarships where they can bring in players from other rugby playing countries. Which kind of sets them apart, especially in 15-a-side rugby. Sevens on the other hand, is such a fast-paced version that in any given match the best prepared team that can execute the quickest can pull off the victory. For instance Utah beat Cal in the final at last year's tournament. But in the end it requires athleticism and skill.

The LSU Rugby club will be playing at the 2011 USA Sevens College Rugby Championships in Philadelphia on June 4 and 5 - LINK /. They were selected because of their great rugby play, and even better college fan base - so let's live up to the hype by supporting our Tigers.

Some matches from the weekend will be televised on the following channels:
Universal Sports
Saturday June 4th: 12PM - 2PM
Sunday June 5th: 12PM - 2PM

Versus
Saturday June 4th: 2PM 4PM
Saturday June 4th: 6PM - 8PM
Sunday June 5th: 2PM - 4PM

NBC
Saturday June 4th: 4PM - 6PM
Sunday June 5th: 4PM - 6PM


LSU is slated to play the opening match against Penn State. Later in the day they play powerhouse Cal-Berkley, and conclude Saturday's matches with Ohio State. Good luck to our players. :geauxtigers:


And for those of you not familiar with rugby, Sevens is a 7-a-side version of the game, with 7 minute halves on a full sized field. It results in a fast-paced game - think track meet with tackling. As such, this is the version of rugby that will be introduced in the 2016 Olympics.

We have been working with the cocahoe farmer as well. The gold ones do look badass. We've done some research with the minnows at different salinities, and yes they can survive for bait usage in freshwater. They just don't grow really well in freshwater, so they shouldn't be an escape/invasive problem if they were to get "liberated" from the hook.

Good luck to all teams playing. Hope to see some good rugby. :cheers:

We fished them on the bottom at a camp one night. Cast out a few on seperate poles, and free-spool. Reel in the cats and bass when the line started running.

Actually they are bringing that one back as well. I think it is going to be one of the sandwich specs (i.e. with fries) also. :cheers: