Roses rugby: Blood, broken bones and family
Chelden Love and Rachel Fisher walked through their clubhouse, smiling as they reminisced and cited awards accumulated over the years. These, they said, were earned through pain, sweat and blood — lots of blood. So goes rugby. In her first game with the University of Oklahoma (OU) women’s club rugby team, dubbed the Roses, Fisher recalled colliding with an opponent and flattening the player’s nose. Blood flowed “as though you had turned on a faucet,” Love said. “It all came rushing out.” Fisher, 20, played the next three games with an egg-sized knot on her head and, she later learned,…