After four long months, the boys finally got to wear their jerseys again to start a very exciting new season. In a big change to recent years, the league has expanded quite a bit and now consists of 11 teams from all over Southwest Germany and even a team from Luxembourg. While we know most … Read more
MATCH REPORTEintracht Frankfurt 7-22 Rugby Darmstadt Darmstadt finally got the second leg of the season underway on the weekend with another hotly contested match in Frankfurt against Eintracht. The Sunday afternoon kick-off proved a challenge for some of the players who arrived late from Köln following a successful Saturday of (pub)golf to celebrate Rupert‘s stag-do. … Read more
Darmstadt 81 – 0 Gießen The Darmstadt boys hosted Gießen for the second game of the season and finally had a full squad to choose from – which was helpful as Felix had to swap his playing jersey for his referee whistle and the bomb squad subs of Lukas, Markus and Ben P stepped in … Read more
Darmstadt Rugby 34 – 24 Eintracht Frankfurt After over a year since the wild boar rampage, rugby finally returned to Ziegelbusch. And what a way for it to return; the season opener of the 23/24 Hessen League against Eintracht turned out to be another thrilling encounter. However, things were not easy – following a couple … Read more
Two weekends ago the Fijian Flippers (aka Darmstadt‘s semi-unprofessional Rugby 7s team) headed down to the Kiliani 7s tournament. Wanting to make sure the boys were well rested and prepared for the tournament day, the team headed down on Friday night to Würzburg. After quickly erecting the tents, the boys changed into their traditional Fijian … Read more
