I guess that loss up at UBC does count for Cal's record, but Jack Clark did not play any of his regulars for that match. I did catch most of this match on the Pac-12 Network broadcast. Cal once again (like the home win over UBC) benefited from a man advantage due to a yellow card to an opponent. - Bears basically scored 3 tries between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half to turn the game during that pivotal 10 minutes. Nonetheless, Bears greatly improved their ball handling in the second half to turn the match into a rout after a slow start.
By the way, those Southern schools just like to beat each other. Arkansas State beat Life few weeks ago. Life beat Lindenwood last week. I can't find the result from Arkansas State at Lindenwood from Saturday.
Perhaps because the World Cup matchups don't count toward Cal's record (they are not Rugby D-1A matches), Coach Clark almost always uses the trip to Vancouver to field a reserve team. Whenever I chat with the university, they are always quick to point out how the UBC Thunderbirds are a semi-professional team and not bound by NCAA rules, being outside of the U.S., and the U.C.'s more demanding academics.
UBC competes in the British Columbia Premier League, which includes semi-professional, non-collegiate clubs as the top-flight of Canadian provincial rugby. To remain competitive in their league, they recruit and field older players than the typical U.S. undergrad. Canada also has less rigorous college-athletics-eligibility requirements than the NCAA in the U.S.
I guess that loss up at UBC does count for Cal's record, but Jack Clark did not play any of his regulars for that match. I did catch most of this match on the Pac-12 Network broadcast. Cal once again (like the home win over UBC) benefited from a man advantage due to a yellow card to an opponent. - Bears basically scored 3 tries between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half to turn the game during that pivotal 10 minutes. Nonetheless, Bears greatly improved their ball handling in the second half to turn the match into a rout after a slow start.
By the way, those Southern schools just like to beat each other. Arkansas State beat Life few weeks ago. Life beat Lindenwood last week. I can't find the result from Arkansas State at Lindenwood from Saturday.
Perhaps because the World Cup matchups don't count toward Cal's record (they are not Rugby D-1A matches), Coach Clark almost always uses the trip to Vancouver to field a reserve team. Whenever I chat with the university, they are always quick to point out how the UBC Thunderbirds are a semi-professional team and not bound by NCAA rules, being outside of the U.S., and the U.C.'s more demanding academics.
What makes them semi-pro?
UBC competes in the British Columbia Premier League, which includes semi-professional, non-collegiate clubs as the top-flight of Canadian provincial rugby. To remain competitive in their league, they recruit and field older players than the typical U.S. undergrad. Canada also has less rigorous college-athletics-eligibility requirements than the NCAA in the U.S.