Denver Barbarians continue their ambitious partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods Park with a rugby triple header this Sunday, March 14, 2010, in that state-of-the-art 18,000 seat stadium. 

 

Kick-offs for all these matches are: 
11:00 am - Queen City  v. Denver Harlequins
1 pm - Barbarians RSL v. San Francisco Golden Gate
3 pm - Barbarians A v. Denver Highlanders

The highlight of the day will be Denver Barbarians’ match against San Francisco Golden Gate, 2009 Rugby Super League (RSL) Champions in the opening 2010 RSL match for both clubs .   The RSL is the top rugby league in the United States.  The Barbarians fell in San Francisco in last year’s RSL Semi-Final 19-16, when SFGG scored on a try on the last play of the match.  These two clubs have split the last 4 decisions, with Denver winning in San Francisco in 2007, in Denver in 2008, while SFGG swept Denver in the regular season match, as well as, the RSL semi-final in 2009.  

For what others are saying about the Barbarians follow this Internet link:  http://www.rugbymag.com/news/clubs/super-league/2010-rsl-preview-denver-barbarians.aspx.

Denver Barbarians 2010 Rugby Super League Matches:

March 14 - San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (stadium), 1 pm kickoff
March 20 - @ Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (San Diego), 2 pm (PT) kickoff
March 27 - Dallas Harlequins RFC @ DSGP stadium, 4 pm kickoff.
April 3 - OPEN
April 10 - @ Chicago Lions, 1 pm (CT) kickoff
April 17 - Chicago Griffins  -  @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (stadium), 4 pm kickoff
April 24 - OPEN
May 1 - Old Puget Sound RFC, TBD (PT) kickoff
May 8 - OPEN
May 15 - RSL Quarterfinals – time and location TBD
May 22 - RSL Semi-finals – time and location TBD
May 29 - OPEN
June 5 - RSL Final – Infinity Park, Glendale, CO*

*RSL Final move to May 29 is being considered by league.

The Barbarians v. SFGG match will be followed by the Barbarians’ D1 side’s league match against long time Western Rugby Football Union rival Denver Highlanders.  The Barbarians’ D1 side hope to improve on their D1 Fall record of 3-2.  The Fall Season included a heavy loss to the Highlanders, a score that the Barbarians hope to even on Sunday.  Denver’s D1 playoff possibilities are completely in their control with half of the league matches still to be played.  The Barbarians will be seeking some consistency.  Their Fall record showed victories over teams at the top of the table (Aspen and Glendale) while dropping 2 of 3 from the remainder of the league.  

Current standings for the Western USA Rugby Football Union are as follows:

Club	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Bonus	Overall
Aspen	6	5	1	0	5	25
Glendale	6	3	3	0	5	17
Kansas City	5	3	2	0	2	14
Barbos	5	3	2	0	2	14
Highlanders	4	1	3	0	2	6
Boulder	4	0	4	0	0	0

General admission tickets and some specialty tickets for all matches on March 14 and all Barbarian matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park are available online at:  http://tickethorse.com/sports/rugby.   Information on all packages for all Barbarian matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (stadium), including VIP hosting at the Eagles Nest suite are available at the Barbarians website at:  http://www.denverbarbarians.com/schedules-a-results/events/547-2010-ticket-packages.

The remainder of the Barbarians 2010 Division 1 fixtures, all league matches, are:

March 27      Boulder RFC @ DSGP stadium, 2 pm kickoff.
April 3         Gentlemen of Aspen @ Grand Junction, kickoff TBD
April 10       KC Blues @ Denver University, 12:30 pm kickoff
April 17        Glendale Raptors @ DSGP stadium, 12 noon kickoff