Mark Allen, a freshman from Springfield studying mechanical engineering, stretches Monday with his rugby team at the SIU Track and Field Complex in Carbondale. The SIU Men’s Rugby Football Club is a 42-year-old intercollegiate sport club Carson Pearce, SIU rugby football president said. “We are very accepting of everyone,” Pearce said. “Even if the person doesn’t know how to play we teach them from the start”. The team will recruit at the RSO fair Jan., 16 in the Student Center Ballrooms and practices Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6p.m. at the Upper Arena field.

REMY ABROUGHT • DAILY EGYPTIAN