IN A MATCH FILLED WITH UPS AND DOWNS for both rugby clubs, Division II playoffs-bound Brandywine RFC allowed a 20 point lead to evaporate late in the second half but held on to defeat Division I Delaware County rival Media RFC 36-32 Saturday afternoon at Media's home field in Bridgeport. Pride drove both teams in a match that swung back and forth in a first half with four lead changes. Brandywine, which heads to Texas in two weeks for the sweet sixteen playoff round in the Division II national tournament, took over in the second half with a hatrick of tries to take a 33-13 lead.

With 10 minutes remaining in the match, Media found its offensive afterburners and rallied to within a single point. of the suddenly vulnerable red and black jersies. Brandywine turned away the yellow peril with a nifty drop kick between the uprights with two minutes to play, eliminating Media's possibility of winning on a penalty kick or a drop goal of their own (they had two in the match).

The boys from Brandywine are 15-1 on the season, their only loss being a 51-10 spanking at the Maryland Exiles.