Related Research Articles
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards and seven backs. In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23. Players are not restricted to a single position, although they generally specialise in just one or two that suit their skills and body types. Players that play multiple positions are called "utility players".
The Sharks are a South Africa rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The Sharks are the current representative team of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union and they draw some of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. For most of their history, the team was known simply as 'Natal', with a nickname of 'The Banana Boys' or Piesangboere in Afrikaans, until the mid-1990s when they were re-branded as the Sharks.
Washington Rugby Football Club (WRFC) is a USA Rugby club men's Division I rugby union team based in Washington, DC. Washington RFC formed in February, 1963. The team founded the annual Cherry Blossom tournament in 1966. WRFC plays in the Mid-Atlantic Conference in the Capital Geographical Union. WRFC won its first 2021 Capital Region Champion and its first debut in the Mid-Atlantic Conference for Division II. In 2022, WRFC moved from Division II to Division I Rugby.
The Lady Ruggers are Penn State University's (PSU) Women's Rugby Football Club sports team, established in 1991. They are a Division 1 Elite rugby team who play under USA Rugby, American rugby's governing body. Although they are an official PSU team the women's rugby program at PSU is not funded as a varsity sport and therefore cannot be officially called the "Nittany Lions". The team is part of the Penn State athletic department's "team sports" program and plays other school's varsity teams.
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union. It is one of the last remaining Belfast rugby clubs not to have amalgamated and still plays at its original ground. As well as its successful Senior teams, it has a thriving Youth and Mini structure, and was the first Mini rugby team from Ireland to play in the renowned Fundacion Cisneros International rugby tournament in Madrid.
The Los Angeles Rugby Club (LARC) is a rugby union club in South Bay, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is a member of the Southern California Rugby Football Union within USA Rugby.
Union Sportive Ferrals XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Ferrals-les-Corbières, Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The play in the National Division 1. They play their home games at the Stade de la Fontaine.
Moray Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club from the city of Elgin, Moray that compete in the Caledonia North Two. Moray also have a 2xv that competes in the BT Caledonia 3 North League. Moray has a number of youth teams taken from different age groups including micros and minis, S1 and S2, Under-16, Under-18 team. They play their rugby at Morriston Park in Elgin, Moray.
This is a list of the teams which took part at the 1972 Rugby League World Cup.
The Nauru national rugby union team is the national team of the third tier rugby union playing nation of Nauru. The team made its full international debut in the 2019 Oceania Cup. Rugby union in Nauru is administered by the Nauru Rugby Union.
The 1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the first edition of an official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament was sponsored by Michelob and hosted by Palmer College of Chiropractic at Credit Island in Davenport, Iowa. The Cal Bears were victorious in large part to Mick Luckhurst who was tournament MVP.
The 1981 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the second edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament was hosted by the Dayton-Miami Rugby Football Club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The Cal Bears repeated as champions as did Mick Luckhurst as MVP. Brian Vincent, also of California, won Most Valuable Back.
The 1982 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the third edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament took place on Jackson Field at Northern Colorado University in Greeley, Colorado.
The 1983 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament was hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. The Cal Bears won their fourth straight title.
The 1985 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the sixth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament took place concurrently with the Monterey National Invitational Rugby Tournament on the Polo Fields at Pebble Beach, California. California won their fifth title with a victory over Maryland. Gary Hein of Cal was MVP.
The 1986 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the seventh edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament took place concurrently with the Monterey National Invitational Rugby Tournament on Collins Polo Field at Pebble Beach, California. The Cal Bears won their sixth title with a victory over Dartmouth. Kevin Lake of California was the MVP forward with Juta Vanda of Dartmouth MVP back. Air Force took second in the Lookin' Good Award.
The 1987 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the eighth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament took place concurrently with the Monterey National Invitational Rugby Tournament on Collins Polo Field at Pebble Beach, California. San Diego State won their first title with a victory over Air Force. Tom Sharpy of Air Force was the MVP.
References
- ↑ "AFA's Title Hopes Earn Top Billing". (May 6, 1989). Gazette Telegraph, p.C2 col.5
- ↑ Lieberman, Randall P. (May 26, 1989). "Air Force Wins Nat'l Collegiate Crown". Rugby. Vol. 15, no. 4. p. 12.
- ↑ "Army Rugby Advances". (April 16, 1989). The Journal News, p.24
- ↑ "UW Rugby Club Misses Nationals". (April 24, 1989). Capital Times, p.18
- ↑ Bartle, Jim (May 26, 1989). "Air Force: Western Collegiate Champion". Rugby. Vol. 15, no. 4. p. 18.
- ↑ "Cal Rugby Loses In PCC Finals". (April 10, 1989). The Daily Californian, p.12 col.1–5
- ↑ "49ers, Falcons In NCAA Rugby Final". (May 7, 1989). Farmington Daily Times, p.A14 col.3-5
- ↑ "LB St. Rugby Team Reaches National Final". (May 7, 1989). Orange County Register, p.C16 col.3
- ↑ "Rugby". (May 7, 1989). Gazette Telegraph, p.C14 col.7
- ↑ "Air Force Tries Again, Edges Army". (May 7, 1989). Gazette Telegraph, p.C15 col.1-4
- ↑ Lieberman, Randall P. (May 26, 1989). "Air Force Wins Nat'l Collegiate Crown". Rugby. Vol. 15, no. 4. p. 13.
- ↑ Page, Steve (May 8, 1989). "AFA Whips Long Beach, Zooms To Title". Gazette Telegraph, p.C1 col.1-3
- ↑ "Air Force Beats Long Beach State". (May 8, 1989). Denver Post, p.2E col.2
| Governing body | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geographical Unions | |||||||||||||||||
| National teams |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Competitions |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Related articles | |||||||||||||||||
