Willamette Rugby plays every Tuesday and Thursday on the Quad.

The Willamette team practices for its trip to Ireland and Scotland.

Willamette Rugby after their match against University of Stirling, in front of the monument to William Wallace.

A Willamette rugby ball.

Before their Scotland game, the team does a chant about their places on the field.

Josh Lee ’08, MAT’09 prepares to stiff-arm a Stirling player while running the ball.

Andrew Monbouquette ’10 returns a kick from the fullback position.

Flanker Matt Scott ’12 prepares to break the only tackle of the whole Stirling game.

Team captain Stephen Scott ’10 passes the ball out from a ruck.

Stirling and Willamette played hard on the field, but after the game, they joined for a photo as friends.

The players attend a Scotland versus Ireland rugby match at Croke Park in Dublin.

The team visits the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.

In Ireland, the team visits Phoenix Park, where Pope John Paul II spoke to more than 1 million people in 1979.

The Willamette team trains with Irish coaches at St. Mary’s.

Willamette team captain Stephen Scott ’10 exchanges gifts with Stirling players Tom Baxter and Adam Baird, a rugby tradition during tours.

Logan Brooks ’13 and Kory Pranger ’13 enjoy a meal at the Instonians social after the game.

Brett Lockhart, the leading barrister in the Omagh bombing case in Northern Ireland, gives a motivational speech to the Willamette team.