1975 National Rugby Championships

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1975 National Rugby Championships
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The 1975 National Rugby Championships were limited to Local Union championships since the United States of America Rugby Football Union had only been established on June 7 of that year in Chicago. [1] The Territorial selection tournament would not start until 1977 therefore most of the higher level play was by the sub-unions. There was no college tournament during the reorganization of the RFU [2] and the Monterey National played its 17th edition.

Contents

Local Union Selects

15 April 1975
NorCal Pelicans21–3Abertillery (Wales)
[3]
Polo Fields, San Francisco
19 April 1975
2:00PM
NorCal Pelicans26–9SoCal Griffins
[4]
UC Irvine
25 May 1975
Ontario RU14–0Midwest RFU
[5]
Toronto, ON
1 June 1975
Wisconsin RFU0–7Chicago Area RFU
[6]
Madison, WI
14 September 1975
Eastern Rockies RFU4–11Texas RFU
[7]
Colorado Sprigs, CO
7 April 1975
Ebbw Vale10–12Golden State Poppies
[8]
Ebbw Vale, Wales
9 April 1975
Swansea21–7Golden Poppies
[9]
St. Helen's Stadium
14 April 1975
Edinburgh4–25Poppies
Scotland
16 April 1975
Scottish Border Counties19–16NorCal Poppies
[10]
Scotland
19 April 1975
Esher9–9Poppies
[11]
England
21 April 1975
Bath XV16–10Poppies
[12]
Bath, England
14 April 1975
Cheltenham0–18Poppies
[13]
England

Monterey National Invitational

The 1975 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 17th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 22–23. The tournament MVP was Mike Hodgins (Cal Berkeley), Most Valuable Fan was 86 year old Watson Luke, Steve Montgomery of the Old Blues won the Drop Kick competition while Mickey Ording of X–Os was runner-up. [22] UCLA went 5–0 to take first place. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Championship Bracket

Second Round
March 22 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 22 		Final
March 23
            
1 Santa Monica30
17 Pensacola Navy 0
1 Santa Monica20
9 Old Blues 0
9 Old Blues4
8 Old Puget Sound Beach 0
1 Santa Monica3
4 Cal Berkeley 0
5 X–O Rugby Club6
12 Florida State 0
5 X–O 6
4 Cal Berkeley10
13 Newport Beach 7
4 Cal Berkeley10
1 Santa Monica 7
3 UCLA10
3 UCLA18
19 Seahawks 3
3 UCLA9
6 San Jose State 0
11 OMBAC 0
6 San Jose State3
3 UCLA12
2 BATS 6
7 CSU Long Beach12 Third place
22 Monterey RC 3
7 Long Beach 0 4 Cal Berkeley8
2 BATS19 2 BATS 6
15 UC Santa Barbara 0
2 BATS28

Third place

23 March 1975
12:45PM
Cal Berkeley8–6BATS
Try: Mike Hodgins (2) [28] Pen: Kip Oxman (2)
Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000

Final

23 March 1975
2:20PM
Santa Monica7–10UCLA
Try: Greg Schneeweis
Pen: John McDermott		 [29] Try: Vince Pasavariello 5' c
Terry Scott
Con: John Sullivan
Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000
5th–8th Fifth place
      
L33 Old Blues 0
L34 X–O3
W51 X–O 6
W52 San Jose State13
L35 San Jose State12
L36 Long Beach 0 Seventh place
L51 Old Blues8
L52 Long Beach 7
Thirteenth13th–16th9th–16th9th–12thNinth
Field 2 1:10PM
L17Pensacola0
Field 2 4:00PML18Old Puget Sound24Field 2 4:40PM
L37Pensacola3W37Old Puget Sound6
L38Florida State3*Field 2 1:50PMW38Newport Beach0
L19Florida State0
Field 2 10:15AML20Newport Beach10Field 2 12:45PM
W55Florida State6W53Old Puget Sound10
W56OMBAC18Field 3 2:30PMW54Seahawks9
L21Seahawks0*
Field 4 4:40PML22OMBAC0Field 3 5:10PM
FifteenthL39OMBAC17W39Seahawks12Eleventh
Field 3 12:45PML40Monterey9Field 4 2:00PMW40Santa Barbara0Field 2 11:30AM
L55Pensacola4L23Monterey3L53Newport Beach0
L56Monterey16L24Santa Barbara4L54Santa Barbara8

*Advanced on kicks

Consolation Bracket

Second Round
March 22 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 22 		17th place
March 23
            
L1 Western Washington 0
L2 Sacramento Capitol RC15
W25 Sacramento Capitol12
W26 St. Mary's 3
L3 St. Mary's College6
L4 Santa Clara University 4
W41 Sacramento6
W42 USC 0
L5 USC7
L6 Portland RC 6
W27 USC8
W28 Fresno 0
L7 Oregon State 10
L8 Fresno RC13
W57 Sacramento14
W58 Chuckanut Bay 6
L9 UC Davis 0
L10 Chuckanut Bay8
W29 Chuckanut Bay15
W30 San Francisco RC 0
L11 San Francisco RC14
L12 Navy All Star Touring Side 0
W43 Chuckanut Bay16
W44 Olde Gaels 0
L13 River Rat RC4* 19th place
L14 Stanford 4
W31 River Rat 0 L57 USC28
W32 Olde Gaels4 L58 Olde Gaels 6
L15 Olde Gaels6
L16 Washington State 3

*Advanced on kicks

21st–24th 21st place
      
L41 St. Mary's4
L42 Fresno RC 3
W59 St. Mary's7
W60 River Rat 6
L43 San Francisco RC 0
L44 River Rat12 23rd place
L59 Fresno RC 8
L60 San Francisco RC16
29th place29th–32nd25th–32nd25th–28th25th place
Field 4 12:40AM
L25Western Washington0
Field 4 4:00PML26Santa Clara4Field 4 3:20PM
L45Western Washington0W45Santa Clara11
L46Portland RC17Field 4 1:20PMW46Oregon State7
L27Portland RC3
Field 3 9:00AML28Oregon State10Field 1 9:00AM
W63Portland RC6W61Santa Clara8
W64Washington State0Field 3 3:10PMW62Stanford4
L29UC Davis3
Field 4 6:00PML30Navy All Star Touring0Field 4 5:20PM
31st placeL47Navy All Star0W47UC Davis027th place
Field 4 9:00AML48Washington State9Field 4 2:40PMW48Stanford4Field 2 9:00AM
L63Western Washington17L31Stanford22L61Oregon State19
L64Navy All Star11L32Washington State0L62UC Davis8

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