Brooklyn Rugby men top Old Maroon; women fall to Burlington
The Brooklyn Rugby men won their third consecutive game on Saturday, defeating Old Maroon (NYC), 57-17, in the Bronx; while the Brooklyn women dropped a tough match to visiting Burlington Rugby Club (VT), 34-19.
Kicking off the second half of the 2015 season, the Brooklyn men traveled to Fordham University to face Old Maroon, who they defeated 41-0 in the opening week of the season. Brooklyn fell behind early in the first half after Old Maroon scored the game’s first try to go up 7-0. Brooklyn responded when Mike Reilly broke through Old Maroon’s back line at midfield for a try to even the score at seven, following James Brodribb’s conversion. Old Maroon added a second try several minutes later, missing on the conversion, but taking a 12-7 lead. But Brooklyn responded again after James Brodribb scored on a run down the sideline to level the score at twelve.
Brooklyn would then go on to score three more tries in a span of two minutes, the first coming from Errol Jones off of a blistering return on the ensuing kickoff, followed by Murray Stephenson and Mark O’Donnell each adding tries of their own. In a matter of minutes, Brooklyn was ahead 31-12, where the score would remain until halftime.