Building a successful rugby program in the deeply Latino Morton high schools was a long shot. But in 2003, head coach Aaron Sweeney and two fellow teachers decided to give it a try. It’s all for the love of the game on LatinoVoicesWTTW
Rugby is a famously rough-and-tumble sport – no pads, no helmets, just teams of 15 battling each other for the ball. But for the Morton Mustang rugby teams, it’s all about love.“I came out here and tried out with a couple of friends and, you know, I fell in love with the sport,” said senior Cesar Ramirez.“It gives me opportunities that I wouldn’t get in other sports, like the opportunity to get a ball and be able to run with it and express myself that way,” senior Antonio Acosta said.
“And then you bring it onto the field and you can connect,” said senior Taniya West. “You know what to do with each other just by a look.”“When you see the girl like running up to you and you know her footing is off, there’s just something off about it, you can just do a little swipe and then they just fall right there,” senior Melissa Corral said. “It’s the best feeling.”
“One of the cool things about rugby is it looks like guys beating the heck out of each other, girls beating the heck out of each other too,” Sweeney said. “And then after the game is over, you don’t just shake hands, you sit down, you actually eat a meal together, and I get a kick out of kids from completely different walks of life hanging out after a rugby match.”
In 2018, Mustang-player-turned-coach Ricardo Santillan decided it was past time to pass the ball to Morton girls, too.
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