Are you ready for some rugby?: Texas A&M-Central Texas University begins play ... - The Killeen Daily Herald

“We’ve got a lot of things going on,” Warriors men’s head coach Dan Chase said. “Rugby is going to open up the doors to other sports coming into A&M-CT down the road. “I think it really defines A&M-Central Texas,” Warrior women’s head coach Ray Vitale said. The early portion of the A&M-Central Texas’ schedule will have a Big 12 rugby club theme as the Warriors visit Oklahoma on Sept. There has been a lot of excitement and anticipation in the air since university president Dr. Marc Nigliazzo announced that rugby would officially be the school’s first sport. “We’ve been doing a lot of recruitment, we’ve been doing a lot of state tournaments, we’ve been going to different youth rugby practices and helping those coaches out. Not only did the coaches have to get the word out, recruit, organize tryouts and put together a team to take the field, starting up the program also came with logistical challenges. “It takes constant recruiting, constant coordination with the school, constant coordination with other schools to try and get in and recruit,” Vitale said. “It takes a lot of recruiting effort to just. A&M-Central Texas was founded in 2009 and is a part of the Texas A&M system. While the Warriors men’s and women’s teams are new, rugby in America is not. “Football, basketball and other sports evolved from rugby,”. Source: kdhnews.com