1976 National Rugby Championships

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1976 National Rugby Championships
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The 1976 National Rugby Championships included the Collegiate tournament and the 18th edition of the Monterey National.

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College

The 1976 College championship took place from October 23–24 at LSU's Parade Grounds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1] LSU were the champions. Palmer was runner-up. LSU won three matches in the series to win the title. [2] Georgia took third [3] and Lamar placed fifth. [4] The women's division had six teams [5] with Florida State emerging victorious University of Florida took third. [6]

Championship Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA
 
 
LSU27
 
October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
WV Wesleyan0
 
LSU22
 
October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA
 
Brown12
 
Brown29
 
October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
Lamar0
 
LSU21
 
October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA
 
Palmer3
 
Palmer13
 
October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
Florida4
 
Palmer34
 
October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA
 
Georgia6 Third place
 
Georgia11
 
October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
Texas A&M7
 
Georgia10
 
 
Brown3
 

Consolation Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
 
WV Wesleyan0
 
October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
Lamar36
 
Lamar8
 
October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
Florida7
 
Florida8
 
 
Texas A&M4
 
Seventh place
 
 
October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA
 
 
Texas A&M21
 
 
WV Wesleyan6

Final

24 October 1976
2:20PM
LSU213Palmer
Try: Joey Husbands 30' c
Bob Causey 35'
Clay Mahaffey
Clay Mahaffey 75'
Con: Kamal Abdullah
Drop: Kamal Abdullah
[7] Pen: 55'
Baton Rouge
Attendance: 500

Women's Tourney
Group 1

  • Florida State 34–0 Memphis
  • Florida State 12–4 LSU
  • LSU 14–0 Memphis

Group 2

  • Florida 12–0 Southeastern
  • Florida 0–4 Texas A&M
  • Texas A&M 12–0 Southeastern

5th place

  • Memphis 8–0 Southeastern

3rd place

  • LSU 0–4 Florida

1st place

  • Florida State 10–4 Texas A&M

Monterey National Invitational

The 1976 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 20–21. The tournament MVP was Tom Klein (BATS), Most Valuable Fan was 87 year old Watson Luke, Brian Cedarwell of the Athletic RFC won the Running Drop Kick contest while Steve Montgomery of Old Blues was runner-up. The Bay Area Touring Side of San Francisco, CA went 5–0 to take first place. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Championship Bracket

Second Round
March 20
Quarterfinals
March 20
Semifinals
March 20
Final
March 21
            
1 BATS9
16 Dartmouth 4
1 BATS20
8 Cal Berkeley 4
24 Saint Mary's 0
8 Cal Berkeley6
1 BATS9
4 UCLA 3
5 Athletic RFC7
12 X–O Rugby Club 6
5 Athletic RFC 0
4 UCLA4
13 Olde Gaels 6
4 UCLA21
1 BATS13
2 Santa Monica 3
30 Portland Pigs6
14 OMBAC 3
30 Portland Pigs 3
7 Old Puget Sound9
23 Seahawks 4
7 Old Puget Sound Beach6
7 Old Puget Sound 0
2 Santa Monica19
6 San Jose State8 Third place
11 Long Beach 0
6 San Jose State 3 4 UCLA16
2 Santa Monica8 7 Old Puget Sound 13
15 Capitol RFC 0
2 Santa Monica7

Final

21 March 1976
2:20PM
BATS133Santa Monica
Try: Eric Haley 23'
Pen: Kip Oxman 15'
Kip Oxman
Drop: Kip Oxman
[21] Drop: John McDermott
Pebble Beach
5th–8th Fifth place
      
L33 Cal Berkeley 3
L34 Athletic RFC3*
W51 Athletic RFC 3
W52 San Jose State6
L35 Portland Pigs 3
L36 San Jose State15 Seventh place
L51 Cal Berkeley17
L52 Portland Pigs 7

*Advanced on kicks

Thirteenth13th–16th9th–16th9th–12thNinth
Field 2 1:10PM
L17Dartmouth9
Field 2 4:00PML18St. Mary's7Field 2 4:40PM
L37St. Mary's17W37Dartmouth0
L38X-O RC0Field 2 1:50PMW38Olde Gaels3
L19X-O Rugby Club0
Field 2 9:40AML20Olde Gaels3Field 2 10:50AM
W55St. Mary's0W53Olde Gaels3
W56Capitol25Field 3 2:30PMW54OMBAC14
L21OMBAC6*
Field 4 4:40PML22Seahawks6Field 3 5:10PM
FifteenthL39Seahawks3W39OMBAC4Eleventh
Field 4 12:00PML40Capitol6Field 4 2:00PMW40Long Beach3Field 3 12:00PM
L55X-O RC24L23Long Beach12L53Dartmouth6
L56Seahawks12L24Capitol RFC9L54Long Beach13

*Advanced on kicks

Consolation Bracket

Second Round
March 20
Quarterfinals
March 20
Semifinals
March 20
17th place
March 21
            
L1 Coronado 0
L2 Stanford10
W25 Stanford11
W26 Hawaii Harlequins 0
L3 Newport Beach 9
L4 Hawaii Harlequins13
W41 Stanford10
W42 Kern County 6
L5 Hastings 0
L6 Kern County25
W27 Kern County21
W28 Buffalo's 3
L7 Buffalo's RC6
L8 Santa Clara 3
W57 Stanford19
W58 Chico RC 7
L9 Old Blues17
L10 Palo Alto 0
W29 Old Blues 0
W30 Los Angeles RC0*
L11 Los Angeles RC4
L12 Monterey RC 0
W43 Los Angeles RC 0
W44 Chico RC0*
L13 USC4 19th place
L14 San Francisco RC 0
W31 USC 4 L57 Kern County11
W32 Chico RC7 L58 Los Angeles RC 6
L15 Boulder 3
L16 Chico RC17

*Advanced on kicks

21st–24th 21st place
      
L41 Hawaii Harlequins3*
L42 Buffalo's RC 3
W59 Hawaii Harlequins 6
W60 Old Blues12
L43 USC 4
L44 Old Blues4* 23rd place
L59 Buffalo's RC41
L60 USC 10

*Advanced on kicks

29th place29th–32nd25th–32nd25th–28th25th place
Field 4 12:40AM
L25Coronado10
Field 4 4:00PML26Newport Beach4Field 4 3:20PM
L45Newport Beach13W45Coronado16
L46Hastings4Field 4 1:20PMW46Santa Clara8
L27Hastings0
Field 3 8:30AML28Santa Clara8Field 1 8:30AM
W63Newport Beach9W61Coronado19
W64Palo Alto3Field 3 3:10PMW62Monterey4
L29Palo Alto0
Field 4 6:00PML30Monterey7Field 4 5:20PM
31st placeL47Palo Alto4W47Monterey427th place
Field 4 8:30AML48Boulder0Field 4 2:40PMW48San Francisco RC0Field 2 8:30AM
L63Hastings10L31San Francisco RC6L61Santa Clara0
L64Boulder16L32Boulder3L62San Francisco RC7

Exhibition match:

  • UCLA Women's 14-6 San Francisco Women's RC

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