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Much is written about the birth of American Football in the Ivy League in the 1870s, but it was not until 1880 that Walter Camp lobbied the Ivies and succeeded to change the game from 15-a-side to 11-a-side. If we read between the lines of this American Football article, it's rugby that was predominantly played in the second half of the 1870s and it was played at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia.
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The Brown Men's Rugby newsletter is for anyone who would like to read it. We encourage all Brown Rugby enthusiasts to get on our e-mail system and keep all contact information up to date.
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The Princeton Rugby site, sponsored by The Friends of Princeton Rugby, features news and information as it relates to both the men's and the women's teams.
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Dartmouth won the 2008 Ivy League Championship in what can only be described as extremely convincing fashion. Led by two tries from wing Dave Chattman, the Big Green destroyed Harvard 41-0 in the final.
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All eight ivy coaches weighed in to select the 2008 all-ivy squad. A total of 59 players were singled out for their excellence at the 2008 Ivy tournament. Congratulations to all!
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The Brown University Women’s Rugby team didn’t always enjoy the view from above. It took them 30 years to win the DI Northeast Championship, achieved in 2007 after an undefeated fall regular season.
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A total of eleven Ivy League players were selected to the ARN Down Under Rugby All-American Squad. The 11 Ivy players represent three of the eight Ivy League institutions, Dartmouth (7), Harvard (3) and Yale (1). Congratulations to our Ivy All-Americans.
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Brown won two of three, beating Yale in round one, losing to Harvard in round two and coming back on Sunday to beat Penn ( who had beaten Princeton) for third place. What was characteristic for Brown was its commitment to the team pattern, solid defense and the inability of any of Brown’s opponents to outplay our forwards.
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The 2008 Men's Ivy League Rugby Championship tournament will be hosted by Columbia University this weekend. Dartmouth and Harvard are back strong this spring after playing in last year's final. Watch out for tournament host Columbia University, a much improved Yale side and Princeton who defeated Yale just last weekend.
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The Columbia Soccer Stadium seats 3,500 people. Columbia Soccer Venue at the Baker Field Athletics Complex boasts a new all-purpose turf suitable for rugby. The FieldTurf pitch is a hybrid fiber, rubber and sand infill blend designed to have a more consistent feel and a faster pace.
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The Men in Green walked onto the national stage in Albuquerque this afternoon, and to many in the American rugby community they were seen not to have a fighting chance against #2 seed BYU. But with the score tied 15-15 at the half, the Men in Green looked to have a lot more in them than many had anticipated.
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Though exhausted, the Brown University Women are a pretty happy, yet hungry, bunch. We're expecting big things from them in the final four!
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Yale brought the cup to this year's match after winning in New Haven last year. The Rob Koranda Cup is awarded to the winner of the annual Princeton vs. Yale rugby match dating back to the spring of 2002. The score was not indicative of the game as Yale scored the last 3 trys and dominated the second half.
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Royall Lyme and Lucky Tiger step up to finance the 2008 game-day program. The program includes photos, information on each of the eight Ivy programs and everything you'll need to navigate the 2008 event.
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Old Blue Rugby Football Club was founded by Columbia alumni William Smith, John Wellington, Pat Moran, Bill Campbell (elected first formal captain), Dick Donelli and Paul Zimmerman.
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Following the very successful nine day long, 24 hours a day “Dash to Dublin” winter fundraiser, the club raised the money to take 36 students and one rugby coach for a 7 day rugby tour of Ireland.
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