Tennessee rugby opens spring season

Tennessee rugby opens spring season in Nashville.

Tennessee opened its spring rugby season on Saturday in Nashville.

Tennessee fell to Nashville Rugby Club, 8-5.

Box Score

Scoring Summary
24 – Nashville Try; 0-5
34′ – UT Try (Janowick); 5-5
64′ – Nashville PK; 5-8

Halftime: Tennessee 5, Nashville 5
Fulltime: Tennessee 5, Nashville 8

Penalty Count (1st/2nd/Tot)
Tennessee: 5/13/18
Nashville: 10/4/14

Scrums
Tennessee 6 of 8 / 75%
Nashville 7 of 8 / 88%

Line Outs
Tennessee 5 of 15 / 33%
Nashville 13 of 15 / 87%

Lineup

1. Will Shaw / Braxton Heard @ 40′
2. Brendan Bibb / Lantz Williams @ 40′
3. Kevin Thomas
4. Greg Janowick
5. Will Ring / Tommy Codevilla @ 43′
6. Jacob Eicher
7. Tory Griffin
8. Graham Wallace / Matt Beacom @ 40′
9. Marcus McClain
10. Luke Davies
11. Tim Yeager
12. Patrick Beacom / John Thornton @ 74′
13. Jake Rath
14. Garrett Moorman
15. Tom Pelini

Tennessee will return to action Saturday at South Carolina.

Photos provided by Tracy Anderson.