Oosik State Tournament

Saturday was the Alaska State Rugby Tournament with 6 alaska clubs represented by 4 teams. The Thunderbirds (anchorage, Samoans) Golden Bears (anchorage, Tongans) Fairnai (Fairbanks/Kenai combo) Maulboros (Matsu Maulers and Barbos from Anchorage). We played a 3 match round robin. We played pretty well the first match, got destroyed as in no fun whatsoever the second and played 10s the third match which still wasn't too fun. Anyway, the finals, T-birds vs Bears did not disappoint. It was some of the hardest hitting technical rugby I've witnessed in a long time. I'm talking every bit as good as some of the National Championship stuff I've seen from USARugby. The Samoans jumped to an early lead and held it until Pea-oh took a 50 m penalty attempt, it bounced off the crossbar and into his arms as he chased it and in for a try for the go ahead. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. After that the T-birds seemed to lose a little steam and the bears kept ahead with another try. Afterwards, the action continued when a couple ofthe tongan girls and samoan girls got into it. One of the Samoan women walked away with a hand full of what I hope was weave and not real hair. Ouch.
The tournament trophy is a fossilized walrus penis called an Oosik, which makes me believe that Walrus don't need Viagra!

Chilling by the sideline during the Final Tournament Match

Looking the other way. Look at the fro on that dude. Impressive.

Lots of islanders. Samoans in White. Tongans in Blue. Hard ass hitting rugby.

The Oosik!!

The MVP and man of the year, Pea-oh. Arguably the best rugger in Alaska.

The Golden Bears (Tongans) took the day and the trophy.