My Big Fat Gay Rugby Extravaganza

It was while trolling Gawker that we found out about this weekend's huge 2006 Mark Bingham Cup, the biennial tournament of the International Gay Rugby Association and Board named after a player from UC Berkeley who died onboard on September 11th.

Our very own Division III rugby team, the Austin Lonestars, are headed up to New York City to participate in the tournament this weekend and join the thousand-plus muscled gay jocks who'll be alternating between hot 'n sweaty matches and hotter 'n sweatier parties. Coached by Eric "Dirty" Sanchez, they'll face off against the Chicago Dragons and the Atlanta Bucks on Friday, and take on the Boston Ironsides on Saturday morning before heading onto the final rounds -- assuming and hoping, of course, that they kick some ass.

[Bingham Cup 2006 Schedule]

[Austin Lonestars]

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Best of luck, guys!

* Photo from party website