AF rugby team wins armed forces championship Published Oct. 27, 2004 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- The Air Force rugby team swept the competition during the 2004 Armed Forces Rugby Championships held Oct. 18 to 22 at Camp Lejeune, N.C.The teams played each other in a single round-robin competition with the top two teams competing against each other for the championship.During the first day, Air Force began the competition defeating the former armed forces champion Army, 31-17. The second game was against the Marines. The Airmen came away with a hard fought 9-6 victory.On the second day, Air Force dominated Navy, 64-0. In the final game of the round robin, Air Force defeated the Coast Guard, 59-7.The championship match pitted the 4-0 Airmen against the 3-1 Sailors.The championship game started off with Navy jumping out to a quick 12-point lead when their kicker made four penalty kicks.Air Force then rallied together scoring a try, but missing the conversion. The Airmen added a penalty kick to end the first half, with the Navy ahead 12-8. The Air Force dominated the second half by scoring two tries, one conversion and one penalty kick to win, 23-12.In rugby, a try scores five points, a conversion scores 2 points, and a penalty kick scores 3 points. (Courtesy of Air Force Services Agency)