In a sold-out showdown, BYU’s rugby team overcame the winter weather, beating Utah 15-10 in the Wasatch Cup on Saturday afternoon.

The win against the Utes guarantees the 2009 national champion Cougars will be the No. 1 seed in this year’s USA Rugby collegiate playoffs.

“Leading into this game we knew it would be a battle,” coach David Smyth said. “We’ve seen them play and we know they’ve got good players.”

With six inches of snow covering the field only 24 hours before the game, members of the grounds crew were kept busy clearing South Field. The field conditions definitely factored into the level of play as players for both teams struggled at times to maintain control on the wet ground underfoot.