A Passion for Rugby
New York Athletic Club vs. Washington Rubgy Club
March 25-26, 2006 - Lineout Video,inc traveled to Washington D.C for the Super League match between the New York Athletic club and the Washington Rugby Club. The New York Athletic Club is the defending champion from the Super League. The match took place at Hyde School.
This was a close match with the NYAC winning 16-14. NYAC scored the go ahead try with about 2 minutes left in the match. In the first half, NYAC converted two penalty kicks to go ahead of Washington 6-3. Washington's three points came on a penalty kick early in the first half. Then Washington scored a try to go ahead 8-6 but failed to make the conversion because it was blocked by NYAC when the kicker went forward setting up for the conversion.
The NYAC scored a try to go ahead 11-8 and then Washington converted its second penalty kick of the match to tie the score at 11-11. Washington took the lead 14-11 on a penalty kick late with about 5 minutes left in the match but then NYAC drove the ball down the field and scored the winning try . The NYAC improved to 2-0 while Washington dropped to 0-2. Both clubs play this weekend - NYAC plays at Boston while Washington plays at Old Blue (NY).
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