This weekend’s Spring Fever tournament featured an amazing day of rugby, with players from ten IGRAB teams forming six full sides.

Here are the results from tournament play.

Preliminary round

• Nashville Grizzlies 17 — Columbus Coyotes 5
• Madison Minotaurs 20 — Charlotte Royals 0
• Chicago Dragons 12 — St. Louis Crusaders 5

First round

Based on points scored, Madison (#1 seed) and Nashville (#2) earned first-round byes.

• #4 St. Louis Crusaders 15 — #5 Columbus Coyotes 7
• #3 Chicago Dragons 46 — #6 Charlotte Royals 26

Second round

• Madison Minotaurs 32 — St. Louis Crusaders 12
• Chicago Dragons 19 — Nashville Grizzlies 17

Elimination round

• Nashville Grizzlies 22 — Columbus Coyotes 14
• Charlotte Royals 20 — St. Louis Crusaders 0

St. Louis and Columbus eliminated

Third-place match

Nashville Grizzlies 35 — Charlotte Royals 22

Championship match

Chicago Dragons 21 — Madison Minotaurs 0

Final standings

1. Chicago Dragons (4-0) — winners of the Golden Paddle
2. Madison Minotaurs (2-1) — winners of the Silver Paddle
3. Nashville Grizzlies (2-1) — winners of the Princess Paddle
4. Charlotte Royals (1-3)
5. St. Louis Crusaders (1-3)
6. Columbus Coyotes (0-3)

Congratulations to the Dragons on their victory, to all the teams for a fine showing, and to the Crusaders’ newest Zulu warriors, Terrence Murphy, Terrence “BT” Stokes (our Man of the Tournament), and John Payne!

Special thanks for the weekend go to the Missouri RFU; Sunday Morning RFC; Team St. Louis; our food-tent guru, Karen Miofsky; our medic, TJ; and our referees, Christopher Roussin and Joey Brakefield.

We are honored that so many of our IGRAB brothers came out for our first tournament! Stay tuned for details on Spring Fever 2013….