The Iowa Falls Rugby Club hosted the Northeast Iowa Barbarians on April 9. The Barbarians traveled short of players and numbers were added from Mason City and Iowa Falls. The Barbarians were swift to strike in the first two minutes with crisp passing and rapid ball movement leading 0-5. The Iowa Falls ruggers regrouped with Justin Liekweg knotting the score at the twelfth minute 5-5. Craig Pruismann and Justin Liekweg widened the score each adding a try before halftime 17-5. In the second half Peyton Williams scampered along the sideline for a breakaway try 22-5. Northeast Iowa continued hard hitting rapid paced play to reduce the margin to 22-12. Jace Ites and Craig Pruismann capped off the scoring with Pruismann adding a deuce for a final 37-12. In other weekend action April 9 the Western Conference U23 women saw Iowa defeating Minnesota and Wisconsin defeating Illinois. In the championship match on April 10 Iowa battled Wisconsin to 37-14 victory. The collegiate fixtures were followed by two high school girls rugby matches between the Iowa high school Hawkettes and the national champion Divine Savior Holy Angels high school rugby teams from Milwaukee , Wisconsin.
