There are a few important schedule changes!!

The game this Saturday 3/6 against Plano has been switched to play Jesuit at 9:30 AM at Glencoe Park in Dallas . That's right! A morning game! Be at the field at 8:15 AM. You'll have the rest of the day to do the chores your Mom has for you.

Our Alliance game on 3/27 has been moved to Lake Highlands Park, Dallas with a time yet to be set. It will be a tournament style format where we play teams from the Austin area too.

See you at practice Thursday and then bright and early Saturday morning.

The tentative Maverick High School Schedule has been posted.
Please be advised that it is NOT finalized. We will fill in a few more dates and set the starting times shortly.

For those who weren't at practice last night tomorrow's match against Alliance has been cancelled due to a scheduling and numbers issue. Next up is a home match on February 9th at 12:00PM against Panther City (Fort Worth). Need to get everyone's paperwork turned in and minimum portion ($30) of dues no later than Thursday, February 7th.

There have only been a handful of players who have turned in the paperwork required to participate in the 2008 season which is scheduled to start in earnest this Saturday, February 2nd. If we do not have enough players registered we will not be able to play this weekend. We have about 17-18 boys who have been out over the past few weeks so the numbers are there to be a viable team when all are available.

We need a minimum of $30 of the $100 registration fee to insure all players are CIPP'd with USA Rugby. The various leagues haven't enforced this like they should in the past but will be doing so this year per the note below from the TRU.

Check the Registration link for more details including forms and fax number.

Note from Texas Rugby Union
The TRU, as per USA Rugby regulations, requires that in any game [friendly; social, alumni or league] that being is refereed by a qualified referee has to be CIPP registered with USA Rugby. This means that every player must be CIPP enrolled to take the field. That doesn't mean the forms were mailed, promised, invoiced or getting around to it - it means enrolled and on the USA CIPP listing.

Effective Friday February 1st 2008, the TRU and TYRA will be checking the USA Rugby CIPP rosters of each Texas club. In the event that any club has less than 15 players CIPP registered at midday on Friday of each week, the TRU, TYRA and STRR have agreed that the referee assigned to that game [which was planned to be played over that weekend which includes Friday evening] will be re-assigned and the game cancelled. The offending club will also face additional sanctions.