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Can someone confirm this years Alumni weekend dates for me. Thanks

Hey guys - I have various sizes of these pics. If you want to print them out, let me know, we’ll see what we can do.

photos sized down but not working yet steve

Steve,

As promised...attached are the earlier pictures that Kathy

sent to me of Dale and Jeff on top of Grand Dad's Bluff...

Let me know when you get them...

Semper Jensen,
Scott

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Dear Steve,

My apologies that this thank you is so long overdue. It’s difficult to express the gratitude I feel toward you and the others (Scotty, Jeff, Mark, MJ, Al, et al), who took the time to share their memories and photos of Dale on the website rugbyconnect. The fact that it created a place for you and others to share fun times and kind words is truly appreciated. The stories took me, and I’m sure many others, back to more care free days. It’s hard to believe that I had been with Dale 25 and a half years before he passed away. I miss him so much. I miss his smile, his inspiration, and his love.

Thanks to all of you who were able to make it to the visitation. It was good to see you all. I hope to get together again soon under more pleasant circumstances.

As you may know, I lost my job of 17 1/2 years a few weeks before Dale passed (they needed to replace me with a registered nurse). Now that I have closed downthe car lot, and have passed the karate school over to Dale’s partner, I’m concentrating on remodeling my house. I hope to be able to sell and move to the LaCrosse area to be near family and friends before starting a new career.

Wish me luck! This will be a big change for me and the boys, who, at this point in their lives, understandably, don’t relish the thought of moving.

Thanks to you all for the friendship you shared with Dale and me. Like Dale, you are forever in my heart.

With Love, Kathy

P.S. I attached a few photos I thought you might enjoy.

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A high tackle has most certainly ended the rugby career of Brian Lima.

A 3 week suspension for Brain’s high tackle of Jonny Wilkinson means the Zidane of this years Rugby World Cup, combined with Samoa not making it to the next round, clinches the fact we’ll not see the veteran in Rugby World Cup action again.

Brain Lima was spoken to by the referee for the high tackle during the England vs Samoa clash, but the Judicial Officer involved in the citing felt it deserved further punishment. “The tackle was inherently dangerous and the swinging right arm of Brian Lima connected with considerable force on the neck/throat of Jonny Wilkinson.”Three weeks for this tackle is once again inconsistent and harsh in this instance, but perhaps had a little something to do with his previous big hit on Andre Pretorious that went unpunished.Either way, we bid farewell to The Chiropractor, who made an invaluable contribution to Samoan and world rugby over the years.

Click Here to See the Brian Lima High Tackle and Ejection.

According to Dan Ritter, the alumni game is on the first weekend in May, I believe the date is May 3rd.

He will be sending an e-mail relatively soon.

Roger

The best rugby player fight videos I could find on YouTube.com.

Not exactly UFC or Hockey but entertaining enough.

Rugby Union: Canada vs England

Rugby League Brawls Part 1

Rugby League: NZ v GB II Fight.

BIG rugby fight (new zealand vs Samoa)

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Steve - thanks for putting this site together. I was shocked to hear about Dale - Al couldn’t have said it better, that man knew how to live.

Memories of 1983 summer sevens came flooding back to me - Kook and Jensen as props and me playing hooker. Who could ever forget the infamous Articfest tourney win? How about the road trip that Grant hosted our drunken tour of the Pepsi plant, and ended with us leaving our ride dead on the highway with the Wisconsin State Patrol searching for our hungover car stripping gang.

I’m ready for another reunion… it’s been about 15 years I think.

I’m living in Glen Allen, VA. It’s hard to believe my son will be graduating from high school next June and my daughter is a HS sophmore. All is well with me and my family.

The photo’s that folks have posted are great - I’m going to do some digging and see if I can come up with any from my archives.

Griff

Steve,

I’m the outgoing president at UWL (Rats RFC) and I’ve just come upon your website through
youtube.com I’ve attached some photos from the past year, including a team
photo with our new jerseys. I didn’t figure out how to post/add pics to the
site yet, hence I’m E-mailing you.

But I would just like to extend my thanks
to all the alumni who continue to support the team, we used donations from the
last Alumni game to purchase them. Thank you guys again.
Phil Paulsen
menrugby@uwlax.edu
paulsen.phil@students.uwlax.edu

Below: Back Row Left to Right: James Herro, Tom Jahnke, Tom Debacco, Ed Bremberger, Andrew Hagen, Dave Marek, Troy Syrjanen, Kyle Carrabine, Scott Staehler, Ben Mueller, Steve Russel, Mat Leitzke, Phil Paulsen, Brandon Shifflett, Judd Eastman

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Front Row Left to Right: JR Welch, Scott Debacco, Alex Koivisto, Dan Liska, Kenshi Setoguchi, John Awowale, Geoffrey Puls, Jimmy Taylor

ps. Links to the two rugby videos I made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMccMPwbyTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TthgbA6W1U0

Grunter says, “Had to send a few pics for the web. (Here are) a couple pictures from one of the Rugby Banquets in the 80’s.”

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Some pictures from a trip to St Louis over Easter.

More St. Louis during Easter

Snowy muddy day in LaCrosse. (UW-LaCrosse Coate Field)