1947 Yale Rugby Team Travels to Bermuda

On March 26th, 1947, twenty members of the Yale University Rugby team left LaGuardia Field, N.Y. on a Pan World Airways Clipper for Bermuda, where they participated with...

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...

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...

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...

Knights Defeat Big Green

Heartbreaking 45-38 loss to the UCF Knights in the...

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...

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...

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...

Princeton Tigers Great San Diego Tour

We head back from a week of beautiful weather and very good rugby with our first XV winning its only game and our second XV losing a 15-13 decision to a mostly college team...

Dartmouth Women Host Beantown Bs

The DWRC had the honor of hosting a game between Beantown, a U.S. Premier League club team, and the Quebec Caribou, a Montreal-based Quebec Territorial Representative...

Cornell Men Over Hobart College 53-15

Strong forward play and smooth ball handling in the back line allowed Cornell to breeze to an easy 53-15 victory over Hobart. Despite extremely muddy field...

2012 Men's Fall Standings

1st XV North Division
 
W
L
T
Points
Dartmouth
5
0
1
27
Brown
4
1
1
22
Harvard
1
5
0
5
Yale
1
5
0
4

1st XV South Division
 
W
L
T
Points
Penn
4
1
1
24
Princeton
4
1
1
21
Columbia
3
3
0
15
Cornell
0
6
0
0

 

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2012 Women's Fall Stnd.

1st XV Green Division

 
W
L
T
Points
Brown
3
0
0
14
Princeton
2
1
0
10
Harvard
1
2
0
5
Dartmouth
0
3
0
0
 

1st XV White Division

 
W
L
T
Points
Cornell
3
0
0
15
Yale
2
1
0
9
Columbia
1
2
0
5
Penn
0
3
0
1

 

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The New England Referee Society announced this year's award winners of The Hayes Award

January 22, 2012

On January 22, 2012, the New England Referee Society (NERRS) awarded Dartmouth Women's Rugby the Hayes Award. Dartmouth was selected from a list of approximately 250 New England area teams.

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An Interview with Cornell Men's Head Coach Ron Schassburger

January 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs conducted an in-depth interview with Ron Schassburger, the new head coach of the CURFC. Ron’s rugby roots date back to 1960, and in this interview we learn of his tremendous love for the game, the pursuit of rugby perfection and the future trajectory of Cornell men’s rugby.

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Yale Men: Las Vegas 7s Pools Announced

January 26, 2012

Pools were announced today for the Las Vegas 7s in two weeks.  Yale gets a tough draw with Indiana, Weber State and last year’s champions Central Washington. Yale has been training for the last 3 weeks working in Payne and Whitney Gym and renting indoor field space in North Branford.

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2011 Yale Rugby Video

January 01, 2012

Yale Men's Rugby had one of their tougher seasons in the Ivy Rugby Conference finishing 2-5 and losing a couple of close calls. The team, however, is talented, organized and primed for a quick rebound in 2012. The talented play is obvious in this well presented video.

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Three Ways to Give to Brown Men’s Rugby

December 22, 2011

1. Online — make an online gift with a credit card. You can give to the Men’s Rugby Annual by choosing our team on the drop-down or you can give to the 50th Anniversary of Rugby Endowment Campaign by choosing that account from the Special Funds/Projects drop-down under the Brown Sports Foundation: https://gifts.development.brown.edu/Brown/

2. By Phone — you can call the Sports Foundation at (401) 863-1900 and make a credit card gift over the phone.

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National Team, All-American Coaches Select USA Rugby College Sevens All-Tournament Team

December 19, 2011

BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby national team selectors have named the USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s College Sevens National Championship All-Tournament team. Dot Mittow of Princeton University selected.

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Rugby H2H - FINALS

December 20, 2011

The Rugby H2H tournament represents an exciting opportunity for the entire Ivy Rugby Conference to shine. This competition brings Ivy the student community, rugby alumni, family, sponsors and fans from around the world together.

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Princeton Takes Third in the National Championships

December 17, 2011

Sophomores Dot Mittow and Morgan Arthur both scored and made the difference as Princeton defeated arch-rival Virginia to place third in the first-ever USA Rugby National 7s Championships.

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Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby

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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1978: Harvard Ruggers Whip Yale 'A' Squad, Capture Mythical Ivy Crown

November 20, 1978

Surrounded by tailgaters ravaging daiquiris and culinary delights, the Harvard and Yale rugby squads met Saturday morning for the mythical autumn Ivy championship. Yale's ruggers, winners of last spring's Ivy tournament (spring '78), carried an unblemished league slate into Saturday's match and were considered the favorites. Harvard possessed an unbeaten Ivy record of its own, and the Crimson proved that it was no fluke, overcoming a 7-6 halftime deficit to defeat the Elis, 15-7.

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Alan F. Williams, Cornell '15, Receives Olympic Gold Metal

May 18, 1924

Williams, Cornell Class of 1915, is the only Ivy League rugby player to ever receive an Olympic Gold Metal. Paris 18 May 1924, Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Games of the VIII Olympiad: Competitors of the United States and France (17:3) battle during the final match of the rugby tournament.

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Ivy Rugby Championship Video

November 30, 2011

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1875 The Game: Harvard vs. Yale

Some 136 years ago on November 13, 1875 Harvard defeated Yale four (4) goals to none in what is considered the first rugby game between Ivy League teams. The game was played at Hamilton Field in New Haven, Connecticut. The two teams played with 15 players (rugby) on a side instead of 11 (soccer) as Yale would have preferred.

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Five Ivy Girls Selected for the NRU U19 All-stars

November 18, 2011

Five U19 All-star players representing three Ivy League schools including Harvard, Cornell and Brown have been selected to represent the Northeast Rugby Union Under-19 (NRU U19) squad. This year represents the last year that the Ivy schools will be competing in the Northeast. In 2012, the Ivy Rugby Conference anticipates that all 8 women's Ivy League School rugby teams will compete in conference play.

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Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens Championship

November 05, 2011

After its victory in this year’s USA Sevens College Rugby Championship and a perfect run through their Ivy Rugby XVs season, Dartmouth came into Saturday’s Ivy Sevens Championship at the Irish Culture Centre in Canton, MA with no small amount of expectation weighing down upon them. But despite getting the best shot from all their opponents, The Big Green proved more than up to the challenge winning all five of their matches and capturing the championship after a 40-14 win in the final.

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