AF rugby team wins armed forces championship

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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)