Trident (Miami) Rugby Football Club

Trident RFC
Full name	Trident Rugby Football Club
Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	Tridents
Founded	1972;51 years ago
Location	Miami, FL
Ground(s)	Athalie Range Park
President	Jose Bermudez
Coach(es)	Dimitri Efthimiou
Captain(s)	Fede Torres García
League(s)	Florida Rugby Union, Premier Division ; ;
Official website
	www.miamitridentsrugby.com

Last updated May 08, 2023

The Trident Rugby Football Club is a Miami, Florida based men's rugby union team. Since its founding in 1972,^[1] Trident has been one of the preeminent Miami rugby club. Admitted in 1973, Trident competes within the Florida Rugby Union and currently fields a competitive top division team as well as a developmental team.

Following an undefeated 2015/16 regular season, winning by an average margin of 30 points per game (a Florida Rugby Record),^{[ citation needed ]} the Tridents entered the Florida Rugby Playoffs as the top seed. A 72-10 semifinal win over Jacksonville secured the Tridents a berth in the State Finals against Naples RFC. On April 16, at the state rugby championship in Wellington, FL, the Tridents defeated Naples 28 to 0 to become the State of Florida Top Division Champions. Since then the Tridents have gone on to win consecutive back to back Championships in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 in the Florida Premier Division.

History

The Trident Rugby Football Club was founded in 1972, by a group of players from the University of Miami Men's Rugby club. The UM rugby club, formed three years earlier, had grown too large, and the lack of playing time prompted these players to meet in 1972 to establish their own, independent club; Trident RFC.

The Tridents' first match was in the summer of 1973 against the rugby team of HMS Ark Royal, a warship of the Royal Navy that regularly called at the Port of Miami. The Tridents lost the contest 0 to 15. That same autumn, the Tridents played in their first divisional match, a winning effort against Naples RFC. Subsequently, the Tridents lost their second divisional fixture to UM RFC and ended their inaugural season 1-1.

On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, the Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez alongside Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz recognized the team following an undefeated season by proclaiming September 7 "Trident Rugby Football Club Day" in Miami-Dade County. A great honor that was followed by the first ever lineout performed inside City Hall.

Today, the Tridents continue to play rugby in Miami as a member of the Florida Rugby Union.

Tours

Bahamas - 1978^[2]

Practices

During regular season, usually October through April, practices are held at Athalie Range Park in the City of Miami Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30PM – 9:30 PM.

Matches

Home matches are typically played on Saturdays at 2pm throughout autumn, winter, and spring. A current schedule of matches is published on the club's website.

2020/21 1st XV squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Miguel Pena	Hooker	United States
Pat Smith	Hooker	United States
German Jalil	Prop	Argentina
Carlos Barreno	Prop	United States
Patrick Maignan	Prop	United States
Rafael "Manotas" Serrano	Lock	Colombia
John Kessenich	Lock	United States
Philippe Ryser	Flanker	Chile
John Bradlies	Flanker	Scotland
Marc Mulet	Flanker	Spain
Nicolai Mojica	Flanker	United States
Manuel Krause	Number 8	Argentina
Federico Torres Garcia (c)	Fly-half	Argentina
Cyrill Becker	Scrum-half	France
Mauro Pettenari	Scrum-half	Argentina
Damien Clemente	Centre	France
Tom Hultgren	Centre	United States
Connie Bulgarides	Centre	Greece
Nicholas Argy	Wing	United States
Hiroshi Otani	Wing	Japan
Juan David Cuesta Ruiz	Wing	Colombia
Dan "Skinny Pat" Smith	Wing	United States
Lucho Lagomarsino	Wing	Uruguay
Lucas Wagner	Wing	France
Seth Fatah	Wing	Philippines
Connor Christie	Fullback	Wales
Jacques Giraudet de Boudemange	Fullback	France
Pablo Reynoso de Mare	Fullback	Brazil

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References

↑ Poljack, Diane (16 Sep 1976). "A different kind of football". The Miami News. pp. 3 PS, 11PS.
↑ "Rugby". The Miami News. 16 Mar 1978. p. 7PS.

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[1] Poljack, Diane (16 Sep 1976). "A different kind of football". The Miami News. pp. 3 PS, 11PS.

[2] "Rugby". The Miami News. 16 Mar 1978. p. 7PS.

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