College rugby

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A BCRFC match at Boston College
A BCRFC match at Boston College

Collegiate club rugby (a collegiate version of rugby union) is played throughout universities in the United States of America. Unlike most university sports, collegiate club rugby is not administered by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or university athletic departments and is instead regulated by USA Rugby and club rec departments. Although 15s rugby is clearly stressed in the league, the 10s and 7s variants can be routinely seen. For all intents and purposes, collegiate club rugby represents this first level competitiveness in the US's relatively small system.

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[edit] Organization

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Similarities between NCAA athletics and collegiate rugby essentially stop with the names of the divisions. In the NCAA, a school's division determines its recruiting abilities, while in collegiate rugby teams are assigned to divisions based on the strength of the team. Thus, small schools with a very successful rugby program can be found in Division I, while large schools with a young program or poor team could be found in Division III.

Division and conference placement is based on the club's success from the previous year. Each Local Area Union (LAU) has its own rules of governance, but in most cases, the team that wins its division or conference has the right to advance to the next highest division or conference. Conversely, the club with the least success that year might be relegated to competing in the next lowest division or conference. Sometimes winning clubs choose not to exercise this right to advance, instead preferring to stay in their club division. See also Promotion and relegation.

[edit] National Club championships

This section contains a list of the last ten Division I national champions.

[edit] Men's Club

Before 1997:

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP

1980 California, runner-up Air Force

1981 California, runner-up Harvard

1982 California, runner-up Life College

1983 California, runner-up Air Force

1984 Harvard, runner-up Colorado

1985 California, runner-up Maryland

1986 California, runner-up Dartmouth

1987 San Diego State, runner-up Air Force

1988 California, runner-up Dartmouth

1989 Air Force, runner-up Long Beach State

1990 Air Force, runner-up Army

1991 California, runner-up Army

1992 California, runner-up Army

1993 California, runner-up Air Force

1994 California, runner-up Navy

1995 California, runner-up Air Force

1996 California, runner-up Penn State

1997 onward:

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP

1997-California 41 Penn State 15

1998-California 34 Stanford 15

1999-California 36 Penn State 5

2000-California 62 Wyoming 16

2001-California 86 Penn State 11

2002-California 43 Utah 22

2003-Air Force 45 Harvard 37

2004-California 46 Cal Poly 24

2005-California 44 Utah 7

2006-California 29 BYU 26

2007-California 37 BYU 7

2008-California 59 BYU 7

[edit] Women's Club

1997- Penn State

1998- Radcliffe

1999- Stanford

2000- Penn State

2001- Chico State

2002- Air Force

2003- Air Force

2004- Penn State

2005- Stanford 53 Penn State 6

2006- Stanford 15 Penn State 12

2007- Penn State 22 Stanford 21

2008- Stanford 15 Penn State 10

[edit] Division 2 Club

[edit] Men's Club

2000- Sacramento State 49 Claremont College 3

2001- Baylor 29 Arkansas State 16

2002- Stanford 26 Northern Iowa 15

2003- Radford 32 Northern Colorado 22

2004- Salisbury 43 Arkansas State 24

2005- Northern Colorado 24 Humboldt State 22

2006- Coast Guard 17 Northern Colorado 12

2007- Middlebury 38 Arkansas State 22

2008- Radford 25 Utah Valley State 14

[edit] Women's Club

2006 - UC Santa Cruz 22 Plymouth State 10

2007 - Iowa State 26 UC Santa Cruz 19

2008 - Shippensburg 47 Minnesota-Duluth 0

[edit] Division III

[edit] Men's Club

2007- Bentley

2008- Plymouth State 22 Furman 15

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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