Calling all Beanies past and present! It’s almost that time of the year!
The Beantown RFC 40th Reunion: October 8th 2016
Join us for a night or for the weekend! Friday evening (October 7th) for a casual night of socializing at a Boston-area bar (more info on location soon to come). On Saturday (October 8th), watch your current Beantown players take on Boston then watch our esteemed alumni play! Saturday night, help us celebrate all Beanies past and present with games, food, drinks & dancing at Marriott in Newton, MA. Sunday (October 9th) Join us for a final brunch to recap an amazing weekend and 40 years of red and blue success.
Buy your tickets soon for Saturday night, and keep an eye out for more information regarding the whole weekend!
Our first indoor practice will be Tuesday, March 15th from 7:30-9:30. We will be holding practice at Boston Basketball (411 Waverley Oaks Rd #208, Waltham). Please join us and don’t forget your sneakers!
We will continue to have practices at the same time and location Tuesday March 21st and Tuesday March 28th. Following this we will continue outdoors at English HS in JP Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, please contact beantownrecruiting@gmail.com.
Beantown Rugby Football Club is seeking qualified assistant and technical coaches to complete the coaching staff of our competitive D1 15s team, located in Boston, MA. While focused primarily on filling the assistant coach role, Beantown welcomes the opportunity to work with guest coaches focused on technical expertise. Coaches will work closely with Head Coach Kelly Seary to plan and run practices; develop and execute game plans for matches; contribute to player selections; and develop the skills of athletes on the team. Beantown values a high level of communication, inclusion of players of all skill levels, and commitment to a competitive and positive playing environment.
Beantown practices every Tuesday and Thursday from late August to early November in the fall, and mid-March to mid-June in the spring. Regular season matches will take place throughout the Northeast Rugby Union region, with an additional 3-5 matches a year requiring further travel to destinations across the US and Canada for playoffs or additional competition.
Assistant Coach:
We are seeking motivated candidates with experience playing and/or coaching high-level rugby. For this position, all match travel costs will be reimbursed by Beantown. In addition, there is a modest annual stipend for this position. Assistant coaches are expected to attend the majority of practices and games.
Technical Coach:
Compensation negotiable. Interested in technical coaches for areas including (but not limited to) lineouts, scrumhalf skills, and scrummaging. Specialists will attend one to four practices per season.
Interested candidates please contact Beantown president Julie Wang at beantownpresident@gmail.com with all inquires.
Bright and early on Halloween morning, Beantown met up with Boston for our league game rematch, with the earlier close game (24-21) not far from our minds. The match featured hard work from the forwards and fast footwork from the backs.
The first half was competitive, with Boston playing a large part of it the Town half, although possession was split fairly equally between the teams. Beantown’s forwards and backs all worked hard defense, making tackle after tackle. On one of the times Beantown worked its way up the field, we were able to score an unconverted try on a quick tap penalty and a terrific gumby-like stretch by Xanni over the try line around the 26 minute mark. Boston came back quickly with their own converted try up the middle. The score stayed that way until the last play of the half, when Sarah B. burst forth on a beautiful middle of the field breakaway, shaking several tackles and throwing a couple stiff arms to score a try, converted by Jones, sending Beantown into halftime with a 12-5 lead.
The second half was a very different story. Beantown scored another converted try at around 6 minutes with the forwards working several good phases and a quick penalty and Jones willing herself and a few defenders over the goal line. Throughout the game Duzzi had been making last-man tackles, but now she got to show off her speed and moves finally, scoring another converted try at about 14 minutes. Beantown never looked back. Boston did move it up the sideline at one point to score a converted try about 22 minutes in. But Duzzi made sure of a Beantown “W” off a nice backline play with a run in for the last try.
Beantown hosted the Albany Sirens for a second home game of the season. Though both teams racked up a number of penalties and turnovers, Beantown put points on the board early and never gave up the lead. In the second half, the gap widened further, as Town’s high fitness level kicked in, taking Beantown to a 51-17 victory.
Halftime score: 22-12 Final score against Albany: 51-17 (Beantown Victory)
Beantown tries: Sarah B (4), Autumn, Lili (2), Jones, Duzzi, Lili; Conversions: Jones
Beantown and Albany then squared off for a B-side match, which Beantown won 17-5. Beantown’s B-side tries scored by Sophie, Autumn, EmHsieh; conversion by Jones.
Beantown’s first match of the season was a fiercely fought game against long-time cross-town rivals Boston. The game opened with back-and-forth tries – Beantown took an early lead with an unconverted try, then Boston answered with their own try, converting for a slim 2 point lead. But Beantown came back with another two tries and a conversion in the first half, to go into halftime with a 10 point lead.
In the second half, Boston brought in two more tries to bring them into the lead: first, a breakaway from their half of the field brought them into the try zone, bringing the sore up to 17-14. Then, more than 30 minutes into the half, Boston turned over the ball in a Beantown scrum, leading to a try off an eightman pick – and putting Boston ahead at 17-21.
Finally, with just a few minutes left in the half, and Boston backed up against their try line, a Boston penalty for playing the ball on the ground put Beantown in good position for a score – a position capitalized on by captain Jones, who put the ball over the line for a try and finished it up with a conversion, to bring Beantown ahead to what would be the final score of 24-21.
Cost per entry is $20 for the entire season; 50% to winner’s pool, 50% to Beantown.
There is no limit to the number of entries per person.
Select one team each week to WIN, no spreads just a straight up win, a tie is a LOSS.
If the team you select wins, you will advance to select the next week. If you’re selection does not win, you are eliminated from the pool.
Each NFL team can only be selected once. There are 32 teams and 17 weeks in the regular season.
Entries must be sent by midnight on Friday or midnight the night before the game you’re choosing if you’re choosing a weekday game.
There will be one re-buy within the first 4 weeks—if your selection loses in weeks 1-4, you can re-enter for another $20. Only one re-entry per entry slot. If you buyback, all teams you have chosen are still off limits.
If you forget to make a pick, you will get the first team alphabetically on the list that you have not taken.
Last person standing wins. 75% of the cash pool goes to 1st place, 25% to 2nd place, $20 to 3rd place. Pool is only through the regular season. If there is more than one entry left after Week 17, all survivors will split the pool and there will be no 2nd or 3rd place.
Payment Options:
Paypal $20 to beantownpayments@gmail.com. Choose personal so the team doesn’t get charged the fees.
Send a check made out to “Beantown RFC” to Beantown Rugby, PO Box 1164, Watertown, MA 02471.
Beantown Rugby Football Club is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Richard Ashfield will be stepping down as Head Coach, to be replaced by Beantown alum and top-level coach Kelly Seary. Beantown is also searching for assistant and specialist coaches.
With great regret, we announce that Richard Ashfield will be stepping down from his position as Head Coach of Beantown Rugby Football Club. Beantown would like to thank Richard for his eight years of service to the team as an assistant coach and then as head coach. Richard’s efforts have helped the team to continue a tradition of excellence on and off the pitch, and led Beantown to this year’s second place finish Division 1 Championships in Glendale, Colorado.
Beantown is proud to announce that Kelly Seary, a Beantown alumnae and experienced top-level coach, will be taking over the Head Coach role, effective immediately. We are excited to have the opportunity to welcome a coach who combines a long history of dedication to Beantown with an exemplary resume of coaching experience.
Seary’s coaching experience includes assistant coach and attack specialist for the USA Rugby AIG Women’s Junior All-Americans and assistant coach for Harvard Women’s Rugby Football Club. As a player, Seary played for the Northeast Rugby Union U23 and senior all-star teams, the Canadian U-23 15s team, the USA U-23 7s team and the USA 7s Developmental squad. She has played rugby for 21 years, 14 of them for Beantown , and has served in most positions on Beantown’s Executive Board.
Apply Now: Assistant and Technical Coaches
Beantown Rugby Football Club is seeking qualified assistant and technical coaches to complete the coaching staff of our competitive D1 15s team, located in Boston, MA. Coaches will work closely with Head Coach Kelly Seary to plan and run practices; develop and execute game plans for matches; contribute to player selections; and develop the skills of athletes on the team. Beantown values a high level of communication, inclusion of players of all skill levels, and commitment to a competitive and positive playing environment.
Beantown practices every Tuesday and Thursday from late August to early November in the fall, and mid-March to mid-June in the spring. Regular season matches will take place throughout the Northeast Rugby Union region, with an additional 3-5 matches a year requiring further travel to destinations across the US and Canada for playoffs or additional competition.
Assistant Coach:
All match travel costs are reimbursed by Beantown. In addition, there is a modest annual stipend for this position. . Assistant coaches are expected to attend the majority of practices and games.
Technical Coach:
Compensation negotiable. Interested in technical coaches for areas including (but not limited to) lineouts, scrumhalf skills, and scrummaging. Specialists will attend one to four practices per season.
Interested candidates please contact Beantown president Mary Sung at beantownpresident@gmail.com with all inquires.
Beantown plays with heart and determination, but comes up short in the attempt to beat the Seattle Saracens, in the finals of the D1 Nationals Championship.
In sunny, warm conditions on a beautiful field at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, Beantown matched up against the Seattle Saracens to see who would take the 2015 USA Rugby D1 Championship. With their strength in their backs, Seattle started the game by putting Beantown on the defensive, putting in two converted tries in the first ten minutes. But soon Beantown rallied back with strong forwards, piling the entire pack over the line to score our first try. After that, Seattle and Beantown traded tries: Seattle with points at about 26 minutes, a penalty try for Beantown at about 34 minutes, after Seattle’s pack was unable to hold up under the pressure of Beantown’s scrum working for a pushover try. After another try for Seattle, the game went into halftime with Beantown down by 7 points.
The second half started with another try for Seattle at 49 minutes. And then…the skies started flashing with lightning, thunder started booming, and the rain came pouring down. The game was suspended for safety at 50 minutes and everyone was sent to the locker rooms for a mandatory 30 minute delay, which turned into a long, grueling, 2+ hours delay as everyone waited anxiously for word that the game would be allowed to resume.
Finally, in a torrential downpour under the lights, officials deemed it safe for players to step back onto the pitch and begin again. The long delay didn’t hurt Beantown’s players, however – back on the field, players in red and blue dominated the play and territory, settling in the the offensive zone. Scrumhalf Liza was able to grab a misplayed ball from SEattle’sscrum and zip in for the score, bringing the totals to 24-31 at about the 64 minute mark. Beantown kept the intense pressure up, coming close to scoring a few times, with Seattle desperately able to clear the ball. Unfortunately, the tying score never came and the final whistle blew, leaving Beantown with the title of D1 Runner-Up.
Though every player on Beantown wished for a different outcome to this final match, we are proud of a strong season and to have won the title of second best D1 women’s team in the United States. This journey would not have been possible without the incredible support from our friends, family, fans, and alumnae. Thank you for all that you’ve done to support Beantown this season.
