ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

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ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

Boys Varsity/JV Rugby


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2023 Recap


Updated on 05/31/2023

Team Scholar - Max Welling

Team MVP - Steven Gentile & George Billups III

THE RUGBY TEAMS RECORD THIS YEAR DID NOT REFLECT THE EFFORT AND GRIT THAT OUR TEAM EXHIBITED WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT ON THE FIELD OF PLAY.  

WE HAD A LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS COME OUT FOR RUGBY THIS YEAR BUT WITH INJURY AND ACADEMIC COMMITMENTS OUR NUMBERS DWINDLED AS THE SEASON PROGRESSED.  OUR SENIORS AND JUNIORS DID A GREAT JOB IN RECRUITING CLASSMATES TO FILL THE RANKS OF THE TEAM.   THE NEW PLAYERS THAT CAME OUT EXHIBITED AT GREAT WILLINGNESS TO LEARN THE SPORT  AND WERE LEADERS TO OUR UNDERCLASSMEN.  MANY OF OUR UNDERCLASSMEN THIS YEAR DID SO WELL IN THE FIRST MATCHES ON THE JV LEVEL WE WERE CONFIDENT THEY COULD STEP UP AND HANDLE ROLES ON THE VARSITY IF CALLED ON.   AND THEY WERE CALLED ON.

WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH A MATCH AGAINST A TEAM FROM ENGLAND.  THE ENGLISH COACH WAS AMAZED AT THE SKILL OUR PLAYERS EXHIBITED AND WAS BAFFLED WHEN HE FOUND OUT HOW MANY WEEKS NOT YEARS MOST HAD BEEN PLAYING. HE COMPLEMENTED THE WAY THE PLAYERS HANDLED THEMSELVES, EVEN AFTER A BRIEF MID GAME SCUFFLE.  THE DECOREM OUR PLAYERS EXEMPLIFIED AFTER THE MATCH WAS GREAT TO WITNESS.  NOT ONLY DID THEY MAKE PEACE, THEY WELCOMED THESE PLAYER INTO THEIR HOMES.  THEY SHOWED THE WESTONBRIT SCHOOL OF ENGLAND THE TYPE OF HONOR AND DIGNITY ST ANTHONYS STUDENTS EXHIBIT EVERY DAY

THE MATCH THAT SUMS UP OUR SEASON MAY HAVE BEEN THE HARVEY SCHOOL.  DOWN AT HALF TIME 33-5 THE TEAM RALLIED AND BATTLED BACK. THEY PLAYED WITH CONFIDENCE AND EXHIBITED A CALMNESS UNDER PRESSURE.  MASSIVE TACKLES ON DEFENSE AND CARRYING MULTIPLE DEFENDERS WHEN WE WERE ON OFFENSE; THE TEAM DID NOT QUIT.  THEY JUST RAN OUT OF TIME.  FINAL SCORE THAT MATCH WAS 42-39   IN HARVEYS FAVOR.

THE COACHES DID NOT CONSIDER THAT MATCH A LOSS OR ANY OF THE OTHERS BECAUSE YOU ONLY LOSE WHEN YOU GIVE UP.   NO ST ANTHONY'S RUGBY PLAYER ON OUR TEAM EVER QUIT.  

WE CONGRATULATE THE SENIORS AND LOOK FORWARD TO STEPPING BACK OUT ON THE FIELD NEXT SPRING WITH A HARDENED GROUP OF VETERANS.

“Congratulations to the Varsity Rugby Team on a great season.”

Head Coach
Coach Young Graduated from SUNY Maritime in 1994.  He was at sea as Merchant Marine Officer until 1997.  Presently he runs the operations department for an oil tanker broker company in Norwalk CT.  Coach Young Started Coaching Rugby in 1999 at Xavier HS.  He left Xavier when he moved to Long Island in 2006.  He then Coached at East Islip and developed a youth rugby program at South Shore Rugby in 2010, and handed over the team to one of our other coaches when he started at St Anthony's in 2019.  

 

SPRING INFORMATION


Updated on 02/01/2023

RUGBY @Cy Donnelly

Mon. Jan. 30th 3:00 PM -5:00 PM  to Thu. Feb. 2nd 3:00 PM - UNTIL

No Workouts over Winter Break.

 

Head Coach:  Mr. Young

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