News
Columbia Women's Season Re-Cap
CUWRFC built on momentum gained in the fall and had a great spring season! We started off with an exciting win over Rutgers but were defeated in our following two games against Vassar and the New York Rugby Club's U19 team. Coaches and players worked together to identify the specific problems we were having and we worked hard in our final weeks of practice to not only fine-tune our skills, but also to come together as a cohesive team--forwards and backs--and find our collective passion for the game.
Posted: 05/20/2013Sue Parker Named Harvard’s First Varsity Women’s Rugby Head Coach
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard athletic department has announced the hiring of Sue Parker as the first head coach for women's rugby, as the program will begin play in the 2013-14 academic year. Women's rugby will be the 21st varsity sport for women and 42nd varsity sport overall at Harvard making the university the nation's leader in both areas.
Brown Women Hosting 35th Anniversary Celebration
The Brown Women's Rugby Football Club was founded in the winter of 1976-1977 by two male players and an interested woman. The idea was formulated after the men had seen a women's 7s tournament in Baton Rouge, LA. After numerous meetings, practices were organized and a rugby film shown...some twenty women stayed throughout that first season.
Posted: 05/09/2013
Elder Ruggers Reign Supreme at Yale Rugby Alumni Weekend
At the end of this year's Yale Rugby alumni weekend, there was only one conclusion to be made: The men and women ruggers of the Bulldog tradition only grow better with age.
The current undergraduates were handed a thorough trouncing by the more than 100 alums who gathered to participate in the annual Yale Rugby alumni celebration on April 27, with alumni sides winning all three matches of the day.
Posted: 05/09/2013Knights Defeat Big Green
Heartbreaking 45-38 loss to the UCF Knights in the USA Rugby D1-AA national semifinals ... plenty of heart from the boys, but we fell just short today.
Big Green Defeats St. Bonaventure in Regional Final
Following a victory over Pitt in the round of 16, Dartmouth Rugby took on St. Bonaventure on Sunday for the opportunity to represent the Northeast in the D1-AA Final 4. The Bonnies proved to be a tough opponent for the Big Green with their solid pack play and kicking game in the soggy conditions. But the Big Green hung tough and eventually came out on top, 30-22.
Scrum Dreams for Penn
Under the lights at Penn Park’s Dunning-Cohen Champions Field, on a chilly winter evening, two men are attempting to hoist another man into the air—before all three tumble to the turf. Then they laugh about it, get up, and try the same thing again.
Story written by Dave Zeitlin C’03, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette
Posted: 05/07/2013Northeast Olympic Development Academies (ODA) Try-outs
The Northeast Olympic Development Academies (ODA) will be holding open try-outs for all male players aged 17 and above with the Empire (New York) Academy on Saturday, May 25th at the Columbia University facility at Baker Field in New York, check-in 11.30am. The New England Academy (Boston) will follow on Sunday, May 26th at Pine Banks Park, 1087 Main St., Malden, MA, 02148 with a 10am check-in. Players must be pre-registered and the combine will include both standardized athletic testing and live scrimmages.
A Video History of the Koranda Cup
The annual battle for the Koranda Cup is always a competitve match. In 2002, the Yale and Princeton men’s rugby teams established a yearly game between the two schools, renewing a storied rivalry that had petered out during the 1990s. Tiger Flanker Rob Koranda ’02 was on the field for that first contest, which ended in a Princeton victory. Watch the video of the history of the Koranda Cup written, produced, and edited by Tom Frenette and narrated by John Broker.
Posted: 05/01/2013
Penn - Victor at Philly City Six 7s Tourney
Congratulations to Penn Rugby on winning the City Six 7s on April 28th. The University of Pennsylvania Men were 5-0, unbeaten throughout the tournament. They secured the trophy by beating Drexel in the final.
Match Results
Penn 24 - Drexel 21
Penn 26 - LaSalle 12
Penn 36 - Villanova 7
Semi-Final
Penn 36 - Temple(1-2) 21
Final
Penn 36 Drexel (3-1) 17
Posted: 04/30/2013