HR teams have a total of 10 losses this season.
Very difficult to scale up and duplicate the, thirty year 390 - 9 super dominating team model when you now have multiple teams and only the U-19 has the 8 import players.
The U-19 continues with the 100 point wins until they met United, Skyline or Kearns. Two of 100 + point wins, 126-0, came over FIRST YEAR teams. Cheers to those two teams for walking on to the field.
This begs the question. If other Utah teams are getting more and more competitive while HR increases the numbers of import players on the U-19 squad from year to year. Why? HR has confirmed that this year there are 8 import players. Two are US citizens but do not live in the USA.
All of the other HR teams have found fair, good and very good competition form week to week. Yes and finding themselves on the short end of the stick 9 times.
9 losses in one year compared to 9 losses in 30 years is very significant.
This dilutes the HR magic. Magic mixed with 8 import players,100 point wins and no losses appears to be leading to mediocrity not superiority and domination. A good loss once and a while is the best experience for any team.
The U-19 team was lucky, not magic, to squeak out a one point victory over United. Only scoring when United had 14 men on the field. The ref put a United player in the sin bin for being offside in the final 5 minutes. This created the opportunity for HR to score. They could not score when United was at full strength.
The key for United in the upcoming rematch, hopefully, in Rio Tinto will be keeping 15 men on the field
The losses are not listed on the HR website, only the wins. Keeping up appearances, the perfect record, is hard work.... "delete" ... ha ha
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Don't flatter yourself. Highland Rugby posts every score, whether it be a win or a loss. It isn't all about the wins. We'd much more appreciate a tight game than having no competition whatsoever. And trust me, nobody enjoys the 100+ point games. Already the frosh/soph and the HS1 teams have been crowned state champions. The fact that the U19 AND the HS1 have been undefeated this season proves your ridiculous theories wrong. THe HS1 team have NO import players and the U19 are only allowed 5 non-citizen players. Compared to United (who has 4), I hardly think this is significant. Also, ask yourself - was the game between Highland and United close because United played well? Or was it because Highland were plagued by horrible handling every time they got inside United's 22 (which, I must note, was most of the game). I'll enjoy seeing your reaction after nationals when a much more focused and motivated Highland team come out and kill United.
Dave,
Remember the rule is show me.
Show me where the scores are posted.
You have obviously not checked the HR website. No losses have been posted and today the scoring column has been removed completely.
No losses have been posted and today all of the scoring columns have been removed.
Thanks for your comment.
"In a heartbreaking match V2 lost to Davis 1 in overtime."
"United came away with the victory [over the Highland 9/10 "B"]"
"The 7/8 developmental squad came away with a loss."
"Highland came in to this game as a definite underdog after suffering two losses by double-digit margins to Davis in the regular season."
These are all taken directly off of the match reports on the Highland web site. Who's hiding anything? And every time I have heard Gelwix speak of the record he says "Our first XV record is..." No deception there.
Highland's teams won state titles at every level from 7/8 on up, and to reiterate what Dave said, no one in the state came CLOSE this year to the Highland Varsity 1 (HS) team, a team with no non-citizens who played without the 5 best HS players in the program (they were starters on U19 all year long, never played a minute for the V1). 60-3 in the state finals against Lowland, their only 2 non-blowout games were a win over a COLLEGE Frosh/Soph team (UW) and a 25-5 win over a U19 team from out of state. Please think before you speak.
Mustang,
Thanks for your comments. Very helpful.
Dave,
May the best team win!
See you on Saturday. The game will be memorable for sure.
United is just as good or better than Highland. Period. As the sport of rugby gets bigger here in the U.S. I think we will start to see Highland's losses go up. Not saying that they're bad because it's obvious that they're not, but I believe that as more contenders in the sport appear Highland, United, and all the other teams will face harder competition. United vs. Highland on May 1st could easily have been one of the greatest and fiercest games played anywhere. Can't wait for nationals.
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dave hows that reaction going? 22 17 i guess your "focus and motivated" team didnt do so hot. so "don't flatter yourself".
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