The St. Louis U. High rugby team is continuing its win streak with a 55-12 blowout against Lindbergh last Thursday. SLUH’s rugby team played hard and kept the momentum from the previous game to keep their undefeated streak alive. 

On Thursday, the Jr. Bills kicked to Lindbergh, but quickly recovered possession and drove the ball down the field for a try, giving them an early 6-0 lead.

Lindbergh kicked to SLUH and the Jr. Bills ended the possession with a ruck at the 50-yard line. The Bills opted to kick the ball downfield. SLUH quickly recovered the ball and drove it down the field for another six points early in the game, making the score 12-0.

Lindbergh responded with a deep kick to the end zone. The Jr. Bills recovered the ball at the 25-yard line and kicked it deep into Lindbergh territory. Lindbergh recovered and made progress, but was forced to kick to SLUH. The Jr. Bills recovered the ball at the 27-yard line and drove the ball all the way to the 46-yard line before being taken down. Lindbergh continued to push and forced a turnover in SLUH’s territory.

SLUH then went for a field goal when they were within range of the field goal giving them an additional three points, making the score 15-0.

The Jr. Bills quickly recovered and drove the ball into Lindberg’s end zone yet again making the score 22-0. 

Lindbergh gained control and pushed the ball deep into SLUH’s territory. SLUH continued to push back, but Lindbergh broke through SLUH’s defenses and picked up seven points for a score of 22-7, SLUH. 

SLUH kept the momentum up and broke through Lindberg for another seven points for a 29-7 lead with 10:16 left in the half. 

The Jr. Bills kept the pressure on for the remainder of the half. In the last two minutes of the half, the Jr. Bills pushed Lindbergh's defense for another seven points ending the half with a 36-7 score.

Lindbergh kept their offense ready and managed to put up five points making the score 36-12.

SLUH kept Lindbergh from gaining much more ground and continued to push against them. The Jr. Bills kept the momentum up to push into the end zone for another seven points.

The Jr. Bills didn’t let off the gas and put up another 12 points directly after each other, ending the game 55-12.

The Jr Bills rugby team’s senior night is tonight May 6. They will be playing Eureka and hope to keep the momentum going to pick up another win for SLUH rugby.