1982 National Rugby Championships

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The 1982 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.

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Men's Club

The 1982 National Club Rugby Championship took place in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University's Harry Maloney Field from May 15–16. [1] The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. The Berkeley Old Blues won the title defeating Denver Barbarians in the final 36–7. [2]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 15 – Palo Alto, CA
 
 
Old Blues17
 
May 16 – Palo Alto, CA
 
Chicago Lions3
 
Old Blues (CA)36
 
May 15 – Palo Alto, CA
 
Denver Barbarians7
 
Denver Barbarians31
 
 
Norfolk Blues24
 
Third place
 
 
May 16 – Palo Alto, CA
 
 
Norfolk Blues20
 
 
Chicago Lions16

Women's Club

The 1982 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place on May 29–30 in Oak Brook, IL. Beantown of Boston, MA won the championship with a 25–0 win over Chicago. [3] Beantown advanced to the championship with a 44-0 quarterfinal win over San Jose and a 20-4 semifinal triumph against Houston. [4]

College

The 1982 College championship was won by University of California at Berkeley. Life Chiropractic was runner-up.

Military

The 1982 Combined Services Rugby Championship took place in Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from May 22–23 [5] and was won by Camp Pendleton with a 12–0 win over Fort Benning. [6]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 22 - Dayton, OH
 
 
Wright Pat Jets6
 
May 23 - Dayton, OH
 
Fort Polk30
 
Fort Polk0
 
May 22 - Dayton, OH
 
Camp Pendleton10
 
Camp Pendleton25
 
May 23 - Dayton, OH
 
29 Palms4
 
Camp Pendleton12
 
May 22 - Dayton, OH
 
Fort Benning0
 
Fort Benning19
 
May 23 - Dayton, OH
 
Fort Hood12
 
Fort Benning7
 
May 22 - Dayton, OH
 
USUHS6 Third place
 
USUHS
 
May 23 - Dayton, OH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sevens

The 1982 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was hosted by the Hartford Wanderers and took place on June 20, 1982, at Sterling Field in West Hartford, Connecticut. The tournament was won by the Bethlehem Hooligans for the first time. [7] On their way to the championship the Hooligans defeated the Hartford Banshees 24–6, Washington D.C. Exiles 26–12, Albany Knickerbockers 20–6, and Beacon Hill. 12–0.

ITT

The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1982 the Pacific Coast RFU repeated as tournament champions. [8]
Results:

TeamWLT
1Pacific Coast Grizzlies201
2Midwest Thunderbirds210
3Eastern Colonials111
4Western Mustangs030

High School

1982 High School Championship Trophy NHSCTrophy.jpg
1982 High School Championship Trophy

The 1982 National High School Rugby Championship took place in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University's Harry Maloney Field from May 14–15. [9] Redwood High of Larkspur, CA repeated as champions after defeating Highland of Utah in the final. [10]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 14 – Palo Alto, CA
 
 
Redwood10
 
May 15 – Palo Alto, CA
 
Turlock3
 
Redwood
 
May 14 – Palo Alto, CA
 
Highland
 
Highland25
 
 
Serra24
 
Third place
 
 
May 15 – Palo Alto, CA
 
 
Turlock11
 
 
Serra0

Champions: Redwood High
Coach: David Kirschoff
Roster: D. Shubin, Evan Frank, Ralf Venne, Jeff Davis, Don Morshead, Bob McHugh, Gordon Wright, B. Risch, Doug Giles, Tim Peterson, John Morken, Robert Salaber, Jeff Terry, Mark Barry, Frank Minenna, Scott Carter, Walter Friend, Peter Gordon, Bud Reilly, A. diSuvero, Ken Arciga, Pat Farley, Chris Matthews, J. Donovan, Sean Tighe, Ralph Salaber, Dan Morrison, Jeff Maier, Rich Coyle, C. Andrade, Jim Land, Rhim Fleischman, J. deTomasi, James Choulous, Matt Rubenstein, Pat Doyle, Mark MacQuarrie, Matt Eschoo.

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References

  1. ↑ "Old Blues To Defend Rugby Title". (May 17, 1982). San Francisco Examiner, p.F6
  2. ↑ "Old Blues Make It Four In A Row". (May 17, 1982). The Berkeley Gazette, p.20 col.2-3
  3. ↑ "Miscellany: Bonnett Prevails". (May 31, 1982). Boston Globe, p.38 col.1
  4. ↑ "Scoreboard". (May 30, 1982). Boston Sunday Globe, p.37 col.4
  5. ↑ "Plan Rugby Weekend At Wright-Patterson". (May 5, 1982). Daily Gazette, p.8 col. 4-5
  6. ↑ Carlson, Kenneth N. (February 1984). "National Championships". Rugby Football Scorebook (1st ed.). Lynwood, WA: Rain Belt Inc. p. 6. ISBN   0-938428-04-7.
  7. ↑ "Hooligans Win". (June 21, 1982). The Morning Call, p.C6 col.2
  8. ↑ Carlson, Kenneth N. (February 1984). Rugby Football Scorebook (1st ed.). Lynwood, WA: Rain Belt Inc. pp. 63–68. ISBN   0-938428-04-7.
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