Yes, there is such a thing as indoor touch rugby, and it looks like a blast.
The Upper Valley Mountain Men have been active during the winter months, staging informal pickup outings every other week in the Lebanon Middle School gymnasium.
After going 7-2 and finishing second to Monadnock last autumn during its inaugural New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) Division IV season, Upper Valley’s players are keeping the game fresh on their minds while using the outings as a recruiting tool. A fair number of newcomers have shown up for one or more of the untimed, unscored contests, introducing them to the fundamental rules and skills of the game, minus much of the physicality.
It’ll be a different story once the spring scrimmage season kicks off in mid-April, but for now, playing on a gym floor beats what the club was doing last winter.
Read the full article via the Valley News originally posted Sunday, February 12, 2017.