Columbia Women's Rugby * Columbia University Men's Rugby

Founded in the fall of 1960 - Columbia Rugby has a fine record in the annals of collegiate rugby in the USA. The 'Columbia Rugby three year plan', initiated in 1998, commits us to excellence and building the best Rugby program in the region and the Ivy League. A challenging goal that "we will try" to achieve. We welcome you to the fun, the sport, the camaraderie, the international world of Columbia Rugby - "Being the Best".

Columbia Rugby has recently been enjoying the heightened competition in Division 1 of the Met NY Rugby Union. In the spring of 2004, Columbia went on tour to England, and played a number of games and practice scenarios against British college teams, most notably Birmingham, where we made many great friends and contacts. That spring, we also graduated a very large and talented senior class, and used the fall semester to recruit a large class of talented, athletic first years. Our team is particularly young, comprised mostly of first years and sophmores, and has been using this year as a learning experience for these new players to step up to the level of competition that they are capable of, with lots of help and direction from our very capable coaching trio of Marc Porter, Bill Vilkelis, and Keith Reckling. We look forward to seeing what these new athletes will bring to Columbia Rugby in the near future as we look to redefine the squad.

Web site: www.columbia.edu/cu/rugby

Head Coach: Marc Porte mporter@kprny.com
William Weber
Ben Widlanski