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Touch Rugby Highlights, Week 3 - read more...

Touch Rugby, Week 3 - read more...

Sit Down Interview with Coach Ferguson - In the middle of the 2009-2010 spring season, the Blacks acquired a new Head Coach in Australian-born Lachlan Ferguson. Last week, I sat down with Coach Ferguson to talk about his coaching background, rugby in Texas and the Blacks upcoming season. Coach Ferguson began coaching in 1998 with the Western Districts RFC in Australia. He read more...

Summer Touch Rugby Correction - Due to heavy rains last week, the ARFC’s Touch Rugby League will not officially start until next Thursday, July 22nd. This Thursday, the 15th, will be the final pre-season match play, starting at 6:30pm at Burr Fields. If you have any questions about playing in the league or watching the matches, you can contact the read more...

Summer Touch Rugby - The Blacks enter into their first stage of preseason training with touch rugby starting this Thursday at Burr Fields. They will mix with current, former, and prospective players for the Austin Rugby Football Club, in a competitive stretch of touch that will last through August. read more...

ARFC Selects Board - Front Row (Left to Right): Alan Sharpley, Mark Brewerton, Gary Hewitt, and Bill Taute. Back Row (Left to Right): Kirk Risha, Chris Bugge, and David Hook. The Austin Rugby Football Club held their 2010 Annual General Meeting at Burr Field on Wednesday. In previous years, the ARFC has had an eleven-member Board of Directors to read more...

Build Your Speed - Richard Boadu: How to build up your speed Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of 6Magazine Speed kills. You canâ€™t teach it, or can you? You canâ€™t manufacture a Usain Bolt, but you can make sure you get the maximum speed your body will allow you to have. Your speed is comprised of your shoulders, biceps, triceps, abs, read more...

Speed Training - This is a twenty minute exercise that I’ve been using since 2004. I do it no more than once a week, and when I stick with it for four to six weeks I can notice a change in my speed on the field. Increase the speed in the workout after completing it a few times read more...

Personal Training with the Blacks? Sam Areias - Sam “Sammy” Areias was trained by Master of Strength and Conditioning Coach Jeff “Maddog” Madden and Donnie Maib at the University of Texas while playing football from ’03-’06. Maddog’s key to training was in explosive movements. Once Sammy picked up Rugby, he needed to transform that into explosive movements consistently for 80 minutes. Donnie Maib read more...

Todd Clever Training - Todd Clever has been one of the most dominant players for USA Rugby over the past eight years. He plays flanker for the Eagles and is currently playing in the Super 14 for the South African Lions. This clip sheds a little light into his training, and you can read more at http://www.toddclever.com/fitness read more...