Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 2009[1] |
First season | 2009 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | 15s: Brown (2024) 7s: Brown (2024) |
Most titles | 15s: Dartmouth (24 titles) 7s: Dartmouth (9) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
Official website | ivyrugby.com |
The Ivy Rugby Conference was a rugby union conference consisting of the eight member schools of the Ivy League. As of the 2022 season the teams now compete in the Liberty Rugby conference, but an Ivy League champion will continue to be awarded. [2] The Ivy conference was formed in 2009 to foster better competition among rugby teams from the Ivy League schools and to raise the quality of play. [3] Ivy Rugby formed committees to manage the league, independently of the LAUs and TUs. [3] The conference took over the organization of the Ivy rugby championships that had been contested since 1969.
The Ivy Rugby Conference, and specifically its sevens tournament, has enabled the Ivy schools to tap into existing rivalries and fan bases. [4]
Ivy Rugby has had some past success in attracting commercial sponsors. [5] Sponsors have included H2H, Royall Lyme and Boathouse Sports. [6] [7]
The Ivy League schools have a rich rugby tradition that pre-dates the formation of the Ivy conference. Teams in the Ivy League have played rugby games against each other since the mid-1870s and starting in 2024 will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of such rugby games.
The eight Ivy League schools competed in the Ivy Rugby Championship Tournament from 1969 until the Ivy Rugby Conference was formed in 2009. [8] The Ivy Rugby logo was developed in 2005. [9]
In addition to the traditional 15-a-side rugby union competition, the teams play yearly for the Ivy Rugby 7s Championship.
Institution | Location | Team Nickname | Undergraduate enrollment | Graduate enrollment |
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Brown | Providence, Rhode Island | Bears | 6,316 [10] | 2,333 [10] |
Columbia | New York City, New York | Lions | 7,160 [11] | 15,760 [11] |
Cornell | Ithaca, New York | Big Red | 13,931 [12] | 6,702 [12] |
Dartmouth | Hanover, New Hampshire | Big Green | 4,248 [13] | 1,893 [13] |
Harvard | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Crimson | 7,181 [14] | 14,044 [14] |
Princeton | Princeton, New Jersey | Tigers | 5,113 [15] | 2,479 [15] |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Quakers | 10,337 [16] | 10,306 [16] |
Yale | New Haven, Connecticut | Bulldogs | 5,275 [17] | 6,391 [17] |
County | Title(s) | Runners-Up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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Dartmouth | 24 | 10 | 1972, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 (Spring) , 2009 (Fall), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (Spring) , 2014 (Fall), 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 1976, 1984, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Brown | 15 | 9 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1989, 2013, 2014 (Fall), 2018, 2019 |
Harvard | 8 | 12 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2003, 2007 | 1970, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2008, 2009 (Spring), 2010, 2011, 2014 (Spring), 2015, 2017 |
Princeton | 5 | 6 | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1979, 2004 | 1975, 1978, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
Yale | 2 | 4 | 1970, 1978 | 1977, 1982, 2003, 2009 (Fall) |
Penn | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 2016 |
Cornell | 0 | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2005 |
Historic results of the Ivy Rugby Championship, organised by the Ivy Rugby Conference since 2009: [18]
Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner Up | Ref. |
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1 | 1969 | Princeton (1) | 6–3 | Brown | |
2 | 1970 | Yale (1) | ? | Harvard | |
3 | 1971 | Princeton (2) | ? | Brown | |
4 | 1972 | Dartmouth (1) | ? | ? | |
5 | 1973 | Princeton (3) | 32–6 | Brown | |
6 | 1974 | Brown (1) | ? | ? | |
7 | 1975 | Brown (2) | ? | Princeton | |
8 | 1976 | Brown (3) | 24–13 | Dartmouth | |
9 | 1977 | Dartmouth (2) | 18–6 | Yale | |
10 | 1978 | Yale (2) | 10–3? | Princeton | |
11 | 1979 | Princeton (4) | 10–6? | Brown | |
12 | 1980 | Brown (4) | ? | ? | |
13 | 1981 | Harvard (1) | ? | ? | |
14 | 1982 | Harvard (2) | 33–12 | Yale | [19] |
15 | 1983 | Brown (5) | 21–6 | Harvard | [20] |
16 | 1984 | Harvard (3) | 11–3 | Dartmouth | [21] |
17 | 1985 | Brown (6) | ? | Harvard | |
18 | 1986 | Brown (7) | 13–4 | Harvard | [22] |
19 | 1987 | Brown (8) | ? | ? | |
20 | 1988 | Brown (9) | ? | ? | |
21 | 1989 | Harvard (4) | 12–9 | Brown | [23] |
22 | 1990 | Dartmouth (3) | ? | Columbia | |
23 | 1991 | Harvard (5) | ? | ? | |
24 | 1992 | Penn (1) | ? | Dartmouth | |
25 | 1993 | Dartmouth (4) | – | ||
26 | 1994 | Harvard (6) | ? | ? | |
27 | 1995 | Brown (10) | ? | Dartmouth | |
28 | 1996 | Brown (11) | ? | Dartmouth | |
– | 1997 | (not held due to snow) | |||
29 | 1998 | Dartmouth (5) | 22–21 | Princeton | |
30 | 1999 | Dartmouth (6) | 39–17 | Princeton | |
31 | 2000 | Dartmouth (7) | ? | Princeton | |
32 | 2001 | Dartmouth (8) | ? | Princeton | |
33 | 2002 | Dartmouth (9) | 35–17 | Cornell | |
34 | 2003 | Harvard (7) | 22–7 | Yale | |
35 | 2004 | Princeton (5) | 25–5 | Cornell | |
36 | 2005 | Dartmouth (10) | 21–7 | Cornell | [24] |
37 | 2006 | Dartmouth (11) | 52–16 | Harvard | [25] |
38 | 2007 | Harvard (8) | 28–25 (a.e.t.) | Dartmouth | |
39 | 2008 | Dartmouth (12) | 41–0 | Harvard | [26] |
40 | 2009 (Spring) | Dartmouth (13) | 62–13 | Harvard | [27] |
41 | 2009 (Fall) | Dartmouth (14) | 53–6 | Yale | [28] [29] [30] |
42 | 2010 | Dartmouth (15) | 31–0 | Harvard | [31] [32] |
43 | 2011 | Dartmouth (16) | 62–0 | Harvard | [33] |
44 | 2013* | Dartmouth (17) | 32–3 | Brown | [34] |
45 | 2014 (Spring) | Dartmouth (18) | 52–3 | Harvard | [35] |
46 | 2014 (Fall) | Dartmouth (19) | 90–7 | Brown | [36] |
47 | 2015 | Dartmouth (20) | 51–19 | Harvard | [37] |
48 | 2016 | Dartmouth (21) | 105–0 | Penn | [38] |
49 | 2017 | Dartmouth (22) | 43–22 | Harvard | [39] |
50 | 2018 | Dartmouth (23) | 37–7 | Brown | [40] |
51 | 2019 | Dartmouth (24) | 18–12 | Brown | [41] |
– | 2020 | (not held due to COVID-19 pandemic) | |||
52 | 2021 | Brown (12) | 15–13 | Dartmouth | [42] |
53 | 2022 | Brown (13) | 24–5 | Dartmouth | [43] |
54 | 2023 | Brown (14) | 38–15 | Dartmouth | [44] |
55 | 2024 | Brown (15) | 40–14 | Dartmouth | [45] |
*2012 regular season played in the Fall and final played in Spring 2013 |
Year | Champion | Score | Runner Up | MVP | Ref. |
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Spring 2011 | Brown | 19–10 | Columbia | Daniel Levine-Spound | [46] |
Fall 2011 | Dartmouth | 40–14 | Harvard | [47] [48] | |
2012 | Dartmouth | 15–5 | Penn | [49] | |
2013 | Dartmouth* | Will Chockley | [50] | ||
2014 | Dartmouth | 46–0 | Yale | [51] | |
2015 | Dartmouth | ?? | |||
2016 | Dartmouth* | [52] | |||
2017 | Dartmouth | ?? | |||
2018 | Brown | 22–0 | Dartmouth | [53] [54] | |
2019 | Dartmouth | 17–12 | Harvard | [55] | |
2020–2021 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2022 | Brown | 12–10 | Dartmouth | ||
2023 | Dartmouth | 14–7 | Brown | [56] | |
2024 | Brown | 21–12 | Dartmouth | [57] | |
*Dartmouth A and B reached the final and shared title. |
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