DANIEL C. CAMERON for Broken Arrow Express
2009 has been a year to remember in Oklahoma high school rugby. The Green Country High School Rugby league is strong in Oklahoma, but the heart of the competition has remained in Tulsa. Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, and The Brethren, a combined team of players from many schools in the Tulsa area, have shown loads of rugby talent thus far in the season.
Five weeks remain in the Green Country regular season before the state championship takes place on April 16 and 17. Bixby and Broken Arrow are atop the league standings right as the GTR goes to press, with Bixby the only undefeated club and Broken Arrow possibly the most dangerous. But with the bulk of the schedule left to play, many teams remain contenders for the state title and qualification for regional playoffs. Jenks is showing strength and good support thus far in the season, and Brethren is too talented to be ruled out of contention.
Many private high schools have adopted rugby as a varsity sport, and locally Jenks, Union and Broken Arrow have permitted use of school property for rugby practice.
