In an absolutely historic season, the Arrows collected a flurry of 'firsts', including: 

• First Time Winning the Division
• First Post-Season Appearance Ever
• First Championship Weekend Ever
• First Championship Final Appearance Ever

With a renewed presence after over a year away from competition, Arrows Rugby put up some big scores and won both the Red River Quarterfinal and Semifinal Matches in the dying minutes of those games. Facing the Austin Blacks in the Final, the Arrows were greatly humbled and now understand the standard required to compete at the National level. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic waxed and waned across the globe, professional leagues chartered the path into playing sports under safety protocols. The Arrows took to training under rigid protocols as soon as was feasible, beginning with fitness and basic skills. Beginning with the end in mind and with a tremendous amount of patience from the men, the Arrows were finally able to get back on the pitch for rugby in March for a very quick slate of competitive match-ups. Opening play with a first-ever, successful intrasquad match ("Black & Gold"), the Arrows then played 5 matches in 6 weeks, losing 3 matches against Division 2 Clubs and winning their two matches against Kingwood and Bay Area, familiar Division 3 opponents. There was much fruit on and off the field during this season as appetites were only whetted, hopeful for a return to competitive rugby in the Fall...

In their 4th season, the Arrows welcomed Coach Andy Hilditch to the helm. Bringing a rich rugby pedigree with him, Coach Hilditch established special emphasis on fundamental rugby - passing and catching, focus at the breakdown, autonomous decision-making, and backing your fellow mate. The boys could not be counted out of any match this season - winning two of them by late go-ahead tries at full time. While fundamentals grew, completed execution was sometimes lacking. As the team was hitting its stride with two matches left in the season, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic discontinued rugby globally, leaving the Arrows with a taste of unfinished business and hungry for a return to the pitch. 

The Arrows were confident coming into their third season as a Club. They lost a tough first match and won their second match by a large margin. But they were humbled and dropped the three next matches - 2 by a very narrow margin - which landed the team at 1 - 4 halfway through the season. It would have been easy to throw in the towel, but the Arrows dusted themselves off and won 4 of the next 5 matches to finish the season 5 - 5. This was the first season the Arrows broke a .500 record and finished a highest-yet 3rd place in the RRRC Division 3 South group.

After a couple of tough losses early, the Arrows committed to the new mantra of "Go Forward Rugby" - a team challenge to play a tougher and more aggressive brand of Rugby. From then, the Arrows played 5 straight matches decided by 6 points or less. This group firmly established the Arrows style of play that focuses on dominating set pieces while balancing ball distribution between Forwards and Backs more appropriately in Attack and aggressive defense. This group was the first-ever Arrows team to beat a Division Leader, late in the Regular Season.

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