Illesheim Black N' Blue Rugby

Coming to Germany almost 7 months ago I told myself sports leisure would be something I would get back into. My heart has always belonged to the best sport in the world: hockey. However, after learning about the difficulties in getting involved with a hockey club here in Bavaria, I decide to explore all possible options. Soon afterwards I learned about a local rugby team.

After never having played or watched a single game of rugby, I decided I would give it a shot, and to my surprise I fell in love with the sport. Since January 27th I've been heavily involved with the team. Although our season just finished with us hosting the Bavaria 10s Tournament, we're already looking ahead into the future and planning our fall season. Aside from planning our upcoming exhibition schedule, we're also looking into doing a team trip to Normandy, France in September as well as playing a match against a 3rd division French team. Today, our new uniforms came in. I thought I would share this with you all, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have. For those of you here in Germany, please come out and support your Black N' Blue! Cheers!

Our team having our cleats checked by the Referee before our match against Bayreuth
(I'm 3rd from the left)

Stretching before our match against Hafenlohr

Me right before being tackled.

A front shot of our new kits.

A close up, with the logo of our local sponsor: Mandarin China Restaurant 

The back of our kits. I chose #10 because of my graduation year and for number tradition also.

A close up. Torito is my nickname since I was a toddler. In spanish in means, "little bull."

The right sleeve dawns the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade patch, the unit we belong to.

The left sleeve commemorates our team's 30th Anniversary participating in the Bavarian League.
In between the US and German flags is the Flag of Bavaria.

Our new team ball. 

One the opposite side is the logo of another local sponsor: Tazmanian Devil Inn Australian Restaurant and Pub