subject: Colorado, The Rugby Town [print this page] Colorado is known for its rugby stadium in Glendales Infinity Park. Built by the local municipality, the stadium is equipped with a state of the art technology, and its big enough to accommodate 5000 people. More than enough for Glendales population back in 2007.
Rugby is a type of football that started in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. At present, rugby is split into two sports: rugby league and rugby union. These two sports came from the original football, and have established different rules and regulations. Rugby Union is known to be more rough and fast-paced while Rugby Leagues are long, lasting for 50-80 minutes, minus the mauls, line-outs and ruckus that cause stoppages in Rugby Unions. Colorado teams, the Denver Wolverines and the Glendale Raptors play rugby league.
Colorado gives great importance to rugby. The state, through Denver administration and the Glendale stadium, provide trainings and youth programs. Also, aside from hosting rugby events, they regularly hold tournaments for local mens, womens, and kids teams. The stadium also maintains a rugby museum, as a means to promote and cultivate the states rugby culture.
The international rugby culture was notorious in a sense that it was rougher than any other type of football. In UK, theres the popular anecdote that says Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen, while Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians, but in Colorado, people take rugby seriously. Rugby in Denver and Glendale is all about fitness in both mind and body.
The kind of sportsmanship rugby Denver Colorado promotes is based on an over-all sense of fitness, more than anything else. This is evident through the work of their athletes and their training programs. They like to start youngoffering after school training programs to children and teenagers. Plus, their fitness centers not only offer training equipment, but also a small library of books about health, fitness and nutrition.
Rugby in Denver and Glendale is more focused on competition. Colorado has a long history of sports triumphs, as displayed in both the rugby museum and the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Museum. They take pride in the achievement of athletes in their rich sports history, aiming to maintain a high level of aptitude.
