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Rugby club splits road games

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A host of Cardinals rally to a Whitman College rugby player to stop his progress on April 5 in Walla Walla, Wash. The Missionaries topped the NIC rugby club 28-17 on Whitman’s campus. Photo courtesy of Bob Gibson

 

The North Idaho College rugby club hit the road for a couple games against Reed College of Portland and Whitman College of Walla Walla, Wash., coming away with a win and a loss.

The Cardinals shut out Reed College’s club team 17-0 on March 29.

NIC’s team captain Jim White said it was a physical game.

The Cardinals’ Ashton Clark dislocated his jaw after a knee collided with his face. White said he will be out six to eight weeks recovering from the injury.

As NIC held Reed College scoreless, the Cardinals went on the attack.

Sean White scored the first try of the game, which is worth five points. White scored a conversion, worth two points, to put the Cardinals up 7-0 heading into halftime.

Aside from the game’s physicality, the weather conditions also stood out. White said it rained during the match, and at one point, it started to hail.

The Cardinals put the game away in the second half with tries by Calin Watt and Joseph Middlemore.

While NIC dominated Reed College, it was a different story April 5 in Walla Walla on Whitman College’s campus when the Cardinals fell 28-17 to the Missionaries’ club team.

“It was just a frustrating day,” White said.

White said NIC made mistakes, including poor tackling.

“Not to make excuses or take anything away from Whitman, but we could have done better,” White said.

Since the game took place over Spring Break, he said some guys were still on vacation. Clark was sidelined due to his dislocated jaw and another player was ill.

White said it was “sloppy all the way around for the most part.”

NIC did most of its scoring in the first half as opposed to its game against Reed College in which NIC sealed the game in the second half with two tries.

Middlemore scored two tries, one in each half. Andrew Petersen scored a try in the first half while White scored a conversion in the first half.

NIC will face Gonzaga’s club team Saturday, April 26 in Post Falls.

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