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‘Girls can
hit too’
■ Rugby is the fastest-growing
phenomenon in the country,
and the women’s Club Sports
team is showing why
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The dictionary says a barbarian is a
“fierce, brutal, or cruel person.”
To put the term in context, though,
and perhaps making things a little
clearer, the dictionary should merely
include a picture of the Oregon Club
Sports women’s rugby team. Even the
team’s ball says so, with a “BARBAR
IAN” logo plastered across the white,
football-like toy.
“Rugby is different than most
sports,” said first-year Oregon coach
Greg Farrell, a 19-year rugby veteran.
“It’s a full-contact sport. And either
you love it or you hate it.
“It’s not for everybody.”
Senior captain Shelby Frail said
rugby — only just beginning to gain
recognition across the United States
— is not for the weak-minded.
“It’s kind of
like soccer, but a
lot more intense.
It’s both mental
ly and physical
ly demanding,”
Frail said. “It’s so
physical that it’s hard to get up some
times after a hit. But we have some
very strong girls on this team.”
In its final competition of the year,
Oregon came home this weekend
from Missoula, Mont., with a breath of
confidence after going undefeated at
one of the biggest tournaments in the
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Emerald
Since it was
established in
1997, the Oregon
Club Sports
women’s rugby
team has quickly
joined the ranks
as one of the
better squads in
the Northwest.
Collins decides to leave Stanford to join brother in NBA
Junior Jason
Collins
becomes the
sixth Pac-10
player this year
to jump ship
for the chance
to be a pro
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Pacific-10 Conference has lost another talented un
derclassman to the National Basketball Association.
Stanford’s 7-foot, 260-pound center, ]ason Collins, an
nounced Monday that he will forgo his senior season on the
Cardinal’s men’s basketball team to test his luck at the next
level.
“I have decided that now is the time to take on this new
challenge,” Collins said. “As a basketball player, the ulti
mate challenge is to play in the NBA.”
Collins joins Southern California’s Sam Clancy and an
Arizona quartet of Gilbert Arenas, Jason Gardner, Michael
Wright and Richard Jefferson as Pac-10 players who have
declared early this spring for the 2001 NBA Draft.
Collins was part of the literal twin towers for the Cardinal
with his twin brother, Jarron, who was a senior this past sea
son. Collins was only a junior because of a medical redshirt
season in 1997-98.
“I especially look forward to playing in the NBA with my
brother Jarron,” Collins said.
Jason Collins played an integral role last season in leading
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Katie Miller Emerald
Stanford’s Jason Collins (34) will be one of many college athletes, including Oregon's Bryan Bracey, hoping to be drafted.