Burlington RFC hosts watch party at Switchback for Team USA [Video]

LITTLE BIT.. ON THE SPORTS DESK! no surprise. HERE AT HOME… THE RUGBY COMMUNITY WAS GLUED TO THEIR T-V’S. WATCHING THE MATCH. SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN. NBC 5’S SID BEWLAY HAS MORE FROM BURLINGTON. <NAT CROWD CHEERING> MEMBERS OF THE BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, GATHERING AT SWITCHBACK BREWING company ON SUNDAY — TO CHEER ON TEAM U-S-A AND BURLINGTON NATIVE, ILONA MAHER. <CHRIS DAVIS, FOUNDER, BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB; “ON THE PITCH, I DON’T THINK PEOPLE THAT DON’T KNOW RUGBY CAN APPRECIATE. THEY SEE HOW STRONG AND FAST IS, HOW SKILLED SHE IS, AND THAT SHE WORKED REALLY HARD AT. OFF THE PITCH, SHE’S AN AMAZING AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPORT. SHE’S JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON, IT’S GREAT.”> AND FROM ONE TEAM TO ANOTHER — SAYING THEY’LL ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHERS BACKS. <IT’S TWO PLAYERS> <NO SUPER: “SAME THING WITH ILONA, HER FAMILY IS REALLY – -HER DAD’S …