

HOW
IT ALL STARTED
In the spring
of 2001 Dan Dayringer was working at Town Branch in Tahlequah when he noticed
Todd Leib in the restaurant wearing a rugby jersey. They began talking more and
more about what it would be like to start up a rugby program here at NSU, and
finally they set out to do just that. While Dan took care of the paperwork,
Todd told his friends about the idea. Todd assembled a rag tag bunch of men,
and then practices began. The team didn’t know much about the sport at that
time, but when the Taber brothers came to school in 2002 they quickly took
control as the Coaches and taught everyone about the fine art of