Spring season has begun

The Sirens had our first two official practices of the season this week. It's always interesting incorporating the new players...and you gotta love those indoor practices on a horribly hard surface in the middle of the night because that's the only time rugby is allowed to use the facility. Actually, we're practicing in the SUNY "Bubble" from 6:30-8:00. Not a bad time slot at all, but the surface is tennis court material! We're restricted to a tiny area of thin gymnastic mats for contact drills (which we haven't started doing yet). It's definitely better than nothing though considering our first game is in three weeks and it's doubtful the snow will be gone from our regular field by then. In any case, it's fun to be back and we have a new coach this season so the dynamics are changing a bit, but it's exciting!