Snow Day Fun with UW-Madison Women

April 2, 2016

What do you do when Mother Nature can’t make up her mind about spring weather? Play rugby anyway.

With a Saturday that at times was a snowy blizzard, at other times a beautiful, sunny spring day, the Wisconsin Women welcomed little sister team, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Women, to the Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex on April 2.

Conditions made a true competitive match difficult – hard to play officially when you can’t see the pitch lines – but the two teams opted to play some fun, snow rugby. No score was kept. A rugby snowwoman was built.

Check out this crazy time lapse video of the Wisconsin Rugby Club men’s games held on the same afternoon.

A fun joint social was held afterwards at Wilson’s and was further enhanced by the surprise appearance of three men’s teams, including our Wisconsin Men, whose social plan had fallen through. A good time was had by all, despite Wisconsin’s wacky spring weather.

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Flanker Andrea Clark leads a crash for Wisconsin (gray) vs. UW Women (red)
UW-Madison's Laura Adams picks and goes against Wisconsin.
UW-Madison’s Laura Adams picks and goes off a ruck against Wisconsin.
Wisconsin flanker/lock Sammy Clevenger goes up for the ball in a snowy lineout against UW-Madison.
Wisconsin flanker/lock Sammy Clevenger goes up for the ball in a snowy lineout against UW-Madison. Check out the new gray uniforms too!
Our new team mascot
Our new team mascot