The Kansas Jayhawks men's collegiate rugby team is in tour in Australia and having a blast.
They have visited Sydney, including the famous Sydney Opera House, and the New South Wales Rugby Union HQ in Daceyville, NSW.
Yesterday, they played their first game, taking on the University of Newcastle in Newcastle, about 100 miles north of Sydney. It had rained heavily before the game and the weather in fact shortened the game on what was a waterlooged pitch.
The Jayhawks were not too fazed by it all and got two tries from Blake Dreyer in a 10-0 short-game victory over the UofN Seahorses. Kansas showed some outstanding defense.
The team was welcomed with opened arms at the university, and reports are that they were treated to some of the best hosting KU Rugby has ever experienced.
The players returned to the locker room after the game to find that every players had received a UofNRUC jersey, socks, shorts, and hat.
The KU guys unloaded some of their gear too, and so after the post-match festivities you couldn't really tell who belonged to which club.
