Columbia Rhinos

United States
Full name	Columbia Rhinos Rugby Football Club
Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	Rhinos
Founded	1967
Location	Columbia SC
Ground(s)	Owens Field Park
President	Sam Carter
Coach(es)	Phillip de Villiers
Captain(s)	Alec Wheatley
League(s)	USA Rugby Division III
	Team kit
	Team kit
Union website
	usarugby.org

Last updated July 17, 2025

The Columbia Rhinos RFC is a rugby union club founded in 1967 that plays in Columbia, South Carolina. The team is a Division III club playing in the Carolinas Geographical Union ^[1] of USA Rugby. The club was selected to host the 2006 and 2007 Division I, II & III National Rugby Club Playoffs as well as the 2006 National Women's Rugby Playoffs. The Club also hosts a rugby sevens tournament the first weekend of December to benefit local children's charities named the Grunk Sevens Tournament.^[2]

League

Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2015–2016

Position	Club
Position	Club	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	BT	BL	FF	PTS
1	Charleston Outlaws	5	4	1	0	198	73	125	2	1	0	19
2	Southern Pines	5	4	1	0	155	144	11	3	0	0	19
3	Columbia Olde Grey	5	2	3	0	79	185	-106	2	1	0	11
4	Asheville	4	1	3	0	93	79	14	1	2	0	7
5	Charlotte Barbarians	5	1	4	0	95	139	-44	2	1	0	7

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Playoffs

Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2014–2015

Position	Club	Games				Points			Tries
Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	Olde Grey	2	1	0	1	77	62	+15
2	Cape Fear Rugby	1	1	0	0	43	33	+10
3	Asheville Rugby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Camp Lejeune Misfits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chapel Hill Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Charleston Outlaws D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Charlotte Barbarians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Duke Graduates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Johnson City Rugby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Southern Pines Rugby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Triad	1	0	0	1	19	44	-25

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References

↑ "Geographical Unions". USA Rugby. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
↑ "Grunk 7's". Columbia Olde Grey Rugby Football Club. Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
↑ "Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2015-2016". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
↑ "Southern Senior Men's Playoffs 2014-2015". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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[1] "Geographical Unions". USA Rugby. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2015-04-09.

[2] "Grunk 7's". Columbia Olde Grey Rugby Football Club. Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-09.

[3] "Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2015-2016". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[4] "Southern Senior Men's Playoffs 2014-2015". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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