WWU Vikings 7s rugby team bringing credibility to school as it prepares for national tournament

Quinton Willms, who has loved rugby since he first hit the turf as an eighth-grader, realizes how fortunate he is to be a major part of a new and much improved era in rugby at Western Washington University as a freshman.

But if not for the total devotion displayed by senior team leaders Matt Jensen and Robert Boenish - both fifth-year players who discovered rugby as freshmen - the Vikings might not be headed for a return to the National 7s Tournament, now in its second year.