- Beginning April 5th, our practice field will move from Heather Farms to the Rudgear location. Wednesday, March 31st will be our last practice at Heather Farms. From Monday, April 5th, remember to report to the Rudgear site.
- Practices - Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:30 - 8 at Rudgear.
- Rain-outs - we are not expecting rain-outs in April but the coaches will issue an e-mail if the fields are closed.
- Siona & Matteaka Hausia have been selected to attend the USA All American trials in Denver. They were both selected to the 2009 USA U17 side that played last April in England.
- Sept 4th, Provo, Utah - Diablo alum Ben McKay (SRVHS '09) has been selected to the BYU Varsity Rugby team. All Diablo players, parents and friends congratulate Ben on making the team with the defending Collegiate National Champions!
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Welcome
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Diablo overall record - 8 wins 4 losses 2 ties. League record is 3-3 as of April 23rd 2010.
Diablo defeats De Lasalle 26 - 14 in the final league game of the season on April 23rd!
Diablo loses to the perennial powerhouse Lamorinda by a score of 19-7 on Friday, April 16th at St. Mary's Universtiy.
Diablo loses a heartbreaker to San Francisco Golden Gate 22-21 on March 27th. League record is now even at 2-2.
RESULTS
LEAGUE PLAY
Friday, April 16th
After a 3-week break in the schedule, the Diablo ruggers were back in league action vs. their Gold Division rival Lamorinda. The Diablo squad last played on the 27th of March and due to spring break and torrential rains, their practices were severely limited during the 3-week break. Conversely, LAMO was fresh off a 1-week playing tour of Vancouver and the surrounding areas of British Columbia where they racked up a 4-0 win-loss record against Canadian competition.
Nonetheless, the two sides got down to business early in Friday night's tilt. The action was fast paced and hard-hitting with LAMO sustaining a consistent advantage in field position. However, the Diablo boys never gave up and had several bursts of momentum through hard tackling and long runs.
Late in the game, LAMO held the 19-7 lead but Diablo had two very promising surges deep into LAMO territory that came up empty. Both teams coaches commented post game on the clean, disciplined, hard play of both sides and about the bright futures that many of the players on both teams will have in their future, rugby playing careers.
Diablo has one league game remaining vs. De Lasalle on Friday the 23rd followed by the PCIT tournament on the 24th/25th.
Diablo scoring - S. Hausia try, Matt Carter conversion.
Saturday, March 27th
Diablo lost a hard fought game played at SFGG's home pitch on Treasure Island. Diablo went into battle with 4 key players injured which resulted in at least 4 Diablo starters playing in unfamiliar positions. At the SFGG rugby complex Diablo jumped out to a 14-0 lead. The Diablo forwards played their best game of the season with great results in rucks and scrums.
Diablo heads into the Easter break playing well and looking forward to getting some of the injured players back for the remainder of the season.
Diablo scoring - S. Hausia - 2 tries and 3 conversions. Nico Larez - 1 try.
Saturday, March 20th
Hayward 38 - Diablo 18
Diablo scoring: Jeffrey Dominquez - try, conversion failed. 5 - 5 Diablo - Hayward.
2nd half - S. Hausia, penalty kick. Hayward 17 - Diablo 8.
Siona Hausia try, conversion failed. Hayward 17 - Diablo 13.
Nico Larez try, conversion failed. Hayward 24 - Diablo 18.
Saturday, March 13th
Diablo 31 - Marin 21
Diablo scoring: Matt Carter - 1 try, 4 conversions, 1 penatly kick; Siona Hausia - 2 tries, Mark Martinez - 1 try.
In the frosh/soph game; Diablo beat the Berkeley Rhinos 85 - 0. Scoring by Diablo: Feau Vunipola - 3 tries; Alex Encarnacion - 2 tries; Danny Lee - 2 tries; Armando Ybarra - 1 try; Kelli Dominguez - 1 try; Jose Prothro - 1 try; Uai Manoa - 1 try; Cesar Luengas - 1 try; Anthony Barnett - 1 try; Jose (prop) - 1 try; Junior Finau - 2 try.
Saturday, March 6th
Diablo 24 - PITS 17
In a hard fought game played at St. Mary's College, Diablo beat PITS for the first time in the past few seasons. Diablo led 19 - 5 at the half, but the well disciplined and persistent PITS team played hard to the final whistle and they were able to close the gap to a difference of just 1 try + conversion.
Diablo Scoring:
Drake Platt try and conversion by Matt Carter - 7 - 0 to Diablo.
Paul Martinez try. Conversion failed. 12 - 0 Diablo.
Matteake Hausia try and conversion by Matt Carter. 19 - 5 Diablo.
Siona Hausi try. Conversion failed. 24 - 12 Diablo.
In the freshman/sophomore game vs. PITS, Diablo won 15-7. Tries for Diablo by Kelli Dominquez, Danny Le and Feao Vunipola.
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 at Amador Valley HS, Pleasanton, CA
Diablo drops a non-league game to a team from Washington State. Several Diablo players were unavailable for this game due to other winter sports commitments.
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at San Mateo HS
Diablo 17 - San Mateo 17. The teams agreed to play 3 "halves" and in the 3rd and final segment San Mateo scored a try to knot the score in this non-league skirmish.
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at San Rafael, CA
Diablo 22 - Marin 0. In a complete mud bath, Diablo handled Marin with relative ease in a precursor to the league game to be played later in March. Both sides enjoyed the conditions and it was a good tune up for both teams.
Diablo scoring - S. Hausia try - Matt Carter conversion; Nico Larez try - conversion fails; Kevin Eaton try - conversion fails; M. Hausia try - conversion fails.
Saturday, January 30th, 2010, Sacramento Kick Off Tournament (KOT)
Diablo 5 - Jesuit 0
Diablo 3 - PITS 3
Diablo defeats San Mateo
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at Woodside HS, Woodside, CA
Diablo 19 - Peninsula Green 12
Saturday, December 19th 2009 at Diablo Vista Middle School, Danville, CA
Diablo 42 - Peninsula Green 7
Diablo scoring - Tries scored by Siona Hausia, Kevin Eaton (2), Matteake Hausia, Matt Carter and Tanner Kirk. Conversions - 5 by Matt Carter; 1 by Kevin Eaton |
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SPONSORS - Our players, parents and coaches thank the following major sponsors of the 2010 Diablo Rugby season:
ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTERS
THE DORNSIFE FAMILY FOUNDATION
Based in Walnut Creek, CA; our club is dedicated to providing a positive rugby experience for boys at levels including HS Varsity (U19), Junior Varsity (U17), U14, U12, U10 and U8.
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