Baar is coming of age, with two great wins for the new season. Two weeks ago it was a hard fought win against RU Zurich, 25-14, with the forwards taking the ball up and busting through their line. Our rucks were solid and we could really plan our attacks.

At the end of the day we went over the line 4 times, and the bad guys twice. It was a good game which set the tone for what was to come next.

On the 24th the Panthers again took to the field against a local club, the Zug Bombers. All the hard work that had gone on before was on display for this day. Everyone knew what to do, and did it. At the end the Panthers scored 14 unanswered tries for a final score of 80. Only a couple of times did the Bombers come close to scoring but were always denied with big hits in the tackles.

Scores like this only come from hard work, knowing the game of rugby, and what and how to train. What was awesome to see was the back line passing the ball from one side of the field to the other, and back again. Beautiful to watch and great rugby. The score says it all.

On 2nd Oct the team ran out against Eschen-Mauren, who has mostly beaten us in the past. And this time they certainly wanted to repeat the dose.

That’s right, training is on again. Usual times, Tuesday / Diesnstag and Thursday / Donnerstag at 19.30.

See you all then. That is, those keen people in Kanton Zug who want to play rugby.

Season gets going on the 28th of August (doesn’t leave much time).

The season had ended. Everyone had a great time over the last year, and the team really impoved. A 14-17 result against Ticino really shows we can be competive. As for the Wintethur result, not much you can do against a really experienced and fast Fijian and NZr.

See you all next seaons, and enjoy summer.

Last Saturday, 15 May, Baar went out against the Bern 2nd team. At the end of the rumble the scores were level at a respectable 15 all draw. Everyone felt good about the result and came off the field smiling.

The tackling was good and hard, and stopped their much bigger forwards running through us, and the backs played intelligently, kicking into open space a lot of the game. Both Cyril and Corren scored very intelligent tries. Corren kicked the points.

This showed the team has really matured over the last year or so. Structurally we are now far better organised and can hold our own, and can challenge superiour teams. Sure, there are some things we could do better. But this shows how far we have come, and that now we play as a team rather than individuals.

Good effort all round, and good result.

Well that’s all dandy, all this roughing and toughing – or should I say – rucking and tackling? It must be pure testosterone rushing through the players’ veins as the impact of a tackle hits them and causes yet another bruise, cut, tear or what have you. “How can he do this to himself?” I cringe.

Well, what a game. We had fun. The Zurich mixed team had fun. Rugby was the winner.

We had a friendly on the Sat, 10 April, against a Zurich mixed team. The final score was 5-17 to the bad guys.

But there is no question that the Baar Panthers team is getting better all the time and, perhaps, the newbie Swiss players don’t need to learn that much from the old ex-pat players of Steve Mac and Chris now.

Welcome to the “new look” Baar Panthers Rugby Club website.

It is pretty much the same as before except this time it has a new and exciting “blog” attached to it with the great functionality of WordPress. Yah.