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Bend Rugby Headed to Nationals

The team’s undefeated league play was capped by a big win in the Pacific NW Division title game
Chris Miller

Bend Rugby’s undefeated league play was followed up by a 58-point thrashing of the Boise Lions for the Pacific Northwest Division title. Bend won the game 70-12. Bend now travels to San Francisco to play in the Nationals, which starts April 28. Bend Rugby was started in 1975 when Keith Erickson and John Jeans founded […]

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Go Here 9/28-10/5

Hayley Jo Murphy

Bend Rugby Men’s Calendar Release Party Ladies and gentlemen, the Bend Rugby Men’s team presents its inaugural calendar for 2017, featuring the fit men of the Bend Rugby team. Not only will buyers get to view team members participating every month in a different activity that Bend is known for, but 10 percent of the […]

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Playing Rough

Local rugby champions host annual tourney this Saturday
Russ Axon

What sport combines the endurance of soccer, the dexterity of basketball and the toughness of football? A local team of athletes known as the Lady Roughriders knows the answer: Rugby. And with that, these champions are ready to take the field for another winning season. The Bend Lady Roughriders Rugby Club will host the annual […]

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Picks 8/24-8/31

The Source Staff

Thursday 25 Metal Mulisha Rocks Redmond MOTORCYCLES—The Metal Mulisha people have been behind some of the most entertaining riding exhibitions of the last few years. Their clothing line bears a bit too much of a resemblance to the symbols and iconography of the Schutzstaffel (SS), but they mostly just ride motorcycles around and act extreme. […]

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Women’s Rugby Gains Momentum

Bend Lady Roughriders reach regional playoffs
Brian Jennings

“Rugby? I didn’t even know it existed in Bend,” says Mara Burnell in summarizing the common response when the sport is brought up in conversation. There is women’s rugby competition in Bend – and at a high level thanks to the Bend Lady Roughriders, whose following is growing as the sport becomes more popular. They […]

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A Drinking Game With A Rugby Problem

At 40 years old, Bend Rugby Football Club is still young
Allison Miles

Nope, the Bend Rugby Football Club (Bend RFC) isn’t anything new in town. It is 40 years old, founded in 1975, from a time when Bend was a sleepy post-glory mill and pre-corporation ski town, and when the closest locally brewed beer was a good 300 miles away (like, maybe, Olympia, Washington?). Early on, the […]

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