The 2016 rugby season couldn’t have been scripted any better. The winter training sessions brought out a large contingent of new players as we practiced in the state of the art Athletico Indoor facility. We worked hard getting ready for our tour to Ireland in March. Over a week we played three days of games and won our final tournament in Skibereen.
Coming home we started our season against Arlington and Morton and were defeated by a close margin in both games. This put our backs against a wall as we had to win out the remainder of our games to make the Playoffs.
We won the next three and were faced playing Nequa in our final match of the regular season. Nequa came into the match undefeated. It was an extremely exciting game and New Trier came out on top handing Nequa their first defeat of the season.
Heading into the playoffs we beat St. Rita to then playoff with Mount Carmel. One of the top teams in the State, Mount Carmel fought hard. After New Trier went up early, the second half was a tight one as Mt Carmel marched back. Time finally ran out with New Trier winning and heading to the State Final. Once again facing off against Nequa.
This was our goal all season to get back to the State Finals after losing last year in the final minutes of the game. Nequa was determined to fix the blemish of their only loss all season to New Trier. An incredible tight back and forth game New Trier turned the table on last year by making a stand in the final seconds to win the game.
New Trier Rugby Club – 2016 Illinois State Champions! Proud of all the hard work the boys put in all season.
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