NBC to broadcast Yale rugby
NBC to broadcast Yale rugby
Monday, March 8, 2010
In what is probably the first ever appearance of college rugby on broadcast television, NBC will televise the first Rugby Sevens college championship, featuring a game between Yale's rugby team.
NBC will broadcast the tournament, which will be held in June in Columbus, Ohio, in the 4:30 p.m. ET slot on Saturday and Sunday.
The Yale team is currently on tour in Ireland and will also make a stop to play a match in Cambridge.
Rugby Sevens will debut as an Olympic sport in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Correction: March 8, 2010
An earlier version of this article misstated that Yale would be playing Navy. The bracket has not yet been determined.
Comments
None 2 years, 2 months ago
Why isn't this on the new sports blog??
None 2 years, 2 months ago
who provided you with this info? I ask because I contacted the YRFC and they are on a waiting list to get into the 7's tournament at all.
None 2 years, 2 months ago
it's all over the news (although the yale vs. navy part isn't for sure, they're just across from each other on the list online:
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/137522
http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/sevens/College_Sevens_on_NBC.shtml
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