Cart 0. A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans squeezed onto risers or bunched along the end lines is the way it was meant to be. This kind of disorganized football foolishness continued for four years. "If you don't have a field that is named for you, over time it will be a parking lot or it will be artificial turf or it will be some other thing." The Old Blues, an outgrowth of the University of Californias highly successful program, has won the national club championship seven times in the nine years it has been held. Founder & Chairman, Build-to-Order; Co-Founder, Direct Ventures; Founder & Chairman, Advertise.com; Founder & CEO, CarsDirect.com; Founder & CEO, Vision Incorporated; Founder & CEO, Dental Advantage; VP of Marketing, 1-800-DENTIST; 1-800-CAR-SEARCH; Founder & CEO, INFOAccess and AUTOAccess; Airborne Spanish Interrogator, US Army, Cal 1991-93, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. Established in the fall of 1963 by six Columbia University Alumni, The Old Blue RFC's mission is to compete and to win at highest possible level of American club rugby. Old Blues RFC | New Coaching Team 2020 Thu 29 Oct 2020 21:04 OLD BLUES 1st XV GIVE IT SOME WELLY FOR OPENING WIN Sun 11 Aug 2019 11:37 Saturday 22nd September Old Blues 29 - 15 Old Wellingtonians The start to the 2018/19 season saw the 1st XV and 2nd XV running out at Fortress Motspur; the weather being a familiar view 1 2 Match Reports For up to date information as to practice times and locations, as well as game times and locations, please call the Old Blues Hotline at (510) 601-9986. THE LONG, BLUE LINE / One hundred and twenty-five years of the purest of all college sports, rugby at Cal, RUGBYMAG_461_MBK.JPG Colin Hawley, a sophemore at UC Berkeley from Trowbridge, CA, makes a toss during a match against St. Mary's at Witter Rugby Field on campus in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 13, 2007. photo taken: 1/13/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGxx_4335_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill racks a clean from the hang position at the athletic facility in Berkeley, CA, on Tuesday, January, 23, 2007. photo taken: 1/23/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3692_MBK.JPG Lou Stanfill, right, shows some post-game affection to James Keady, in yellow, a senior from Santa Clara, at a fraternity on campus after Cal Rugby shut out UC Davis in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3808_MBK.JPG Loren Hawley, rugby legend and Cal Alumni, congratulates his son Colin, a sophomore from Trowbridge, CA, immediately following Cal's shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3419_MBK.JPG Lucas Watson, freshman, Walnut Creek, CA, is taken down by UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, during Saturday's match January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Lucas Watson MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3787_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill stretches for control during a line-in as Cal makes its way to a shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, The Cal rugby squad stands for the national anthem before playing UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Several San Diego State alumni are on the teams roster of 60-plus, and six former Aztecs are on the 25-man traveling squad that will play in Albany. Columbia University Rugby Football Club 13 00 13.00. When Stanfill finds an opposing ballcarrier, that person stays found. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. Watkins also serves as chairman of the U.S.A. Rugby Football Union and is a former president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union. As a visual aid, Stanfill is the only one with gold shoes and Hawley is the only one with blue long sleeves. The final score is 90-0, but the day is not over. Built in the 1920s, it has all the amenities of a 1920s locker room. 1989 BMW 3-Series Red Car Old Blues Rugby Club Berkeley Original Color Print Ad $10.99 + $5.49 shipping 1989 BMW 3-Series Red Coupe Old Blues Rugby Club Photo Original Color Print Ad $10.99 Free shipping First Legacy Final Bf5 Touring Wagon Advertisement Blues Willis A3 Size Check Po $39.20 + $19.99 shipping Picture Information And, Rugby is the only high school sport in the nation to have a national high school champion. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. By now, the field is in the shade, the temperature is dropping and a cold wind is coming off the bay. 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(Retired), Vice President, Countrywide Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley, Dillon, Read & Co, CM&M Group, Chemical Banking Corporation, Namesake of Lead Donor Family for Witter Rugby Field, Cal BS Business Administration 1982, University of Chicago MBA 1984, Associate and Partner, Crosby Heafey Law Firm (Retired), Partner, Cooley Godward Law Firm; Founder, LeapFrog; Founder, Smarty Ants, Stanford BA 1974, UC Hastings 1976, Haas MBA 1979. Old Blues RFC - Inicio There is no styling, no chirping. There are five players from the U.S. Eagles--the national team made up of the top talent from around the country--playing for OMBAC. At halftime Hawley has his head wound checked. The School Won. DIVISION. THE LONG, BLUE LINE / One hundred and twenty-five years of the purest All Blues Rugby's Tweets. The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC) has a long and illustrious history of sporting distinction and remains one of the world's leading and most renowned amateur rugby clubs. Joining the club this season were Sam Vaca, a national team player who previously played with the San Francisco Rugby Club, and Rick Crivellone, an Eagle who came from Portland, Ore. We have become a rugby oasis in the middle of a wasteland, Watkins said. 194 Following. In l910, a combined Universities team from Cal, Stanford, and the University of Nevada (the Wolf-Pack) toured Australia and New Zealand. Old Blues Rugby has virtually a year-round schedule. Dirty songs. This brought to a close what has been called "one of the strangest and yet most spectacular eras in the history of Pacific Coast Football. But we have had to work to attract quality athletes., OMBACs evolution into a rugby powerhouse has not occurred without criticism. Only a rugby player would be caught dead in these "Oski sweaters," as Stanfill calls them. Most of the NorCal players were still playing collegiate rugby and some were playing professional football. An easy way to follow the action is to get a fix on the dominating Stanfill, who is 6 feet 4 inches and 245 pounds, and the dashing Hawley, 6-foot-3 inches and 189 pounds, and stay with them. "He started out as a football player and then realized what a great game rugby was and started playing it." OBs advanced further and sustained their pressure by kicking for the corner and subsequently setting up a superb driving maul from the lineout. The California Rugby Advisory Board (CRAB) is comprised of alumni and parents of players who together serve the board in its two-fold mission to preserve the legacy of the oldest intercollegiate sport at the University of California and to take an active role in maintaining the financial well being of the program. That part sounds familiar. Gaining knowledge, meeting new people, finding new passions, building experiencethese are all reasons students join clubs at UC Berkeley. Monterey/Pebble Beach Rugby Classic records, 1958-1995 Physical description 8.25 linear ft. At the library Special Collections Today's hours: 10a - 4:30p On-site access Researchers can request to view these materials in the Special Collections Reading Room. 1996 - 2000 The earliest Blues logo reflected the original name of the team. First played in November 1985, the tournament moved to the summer in 1986 and has been a fixture of the summer rugby season in the United States ever since. The Junior Pelicans team was established in l979 and defeated the Southwestern Ontario Union Rep. team in its first game. Teams Senior . During the l970s, 80s, and early 90s, the Northern California Rugby Union teams won nearly all of the national club and collegiate championships sponsored by the USA Rugby Union. The Old Blues and Golden Gate will be home again March 29, hosting the Denver Barbarians and the Aspen Rugby Club. Until the formation of the US Rugby Union in l976, the team that most frequently won the tough Monterey Tournament (the unofficial National Championship) was the mythical national champion. Chairman, CEO & Founder, CBRE Philippines, Inc. Rugby Player 1987-88, Football Player 1986-87, Oxford Univ. Founded in 1963. In the rugby heyday of the 1970s and early 80's the Northern California Rugby Union boasted all-star teams composed almost entirely of scholarship football players including many college players who had gone on to participate in professional football and still played rugby in their off-season. Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** James Sehr, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill makes a toss during a tough match against the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. He passes the test, which is to recite the score of the game. See how we. Men DIII. 2022 USA CLUB RUGBY NATIONAL 7S CHAMPIONSHIP | AUGUST 13-14, 2022 | LOCATION TBA . Once the big ball gets buried in a pile of bodies, it can be as hard to find as the puck at an ice hockey game. United States. Search. 1,386 Followers. 15s Club Rugby | ncrfu Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Team | Berkeley CA The Northern California Representative Side, the Pelicans was also formed in 1974 during the administration of President Pat Vincent, St. Mary's Coach and former New Zealand All-Black. . Cal continued undefeated in Rugby in 1885, and the British knew that they had created a monster. With regular guest coaches from across professional game. . Players take the field with no equipment besides cleats and a ball and fall into formations with names such as scrums and rucks . President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to outlaw it by presidential fiat unless the national rules committee made changes that satisfied the Eastern schools. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. 8 00 8.00. The skeptical committee replied, "due to the fact that California is the only state playing Rugby in the US, the Committee will give sanction but no financial aid." On Dec. 2, l882, the first Cal Rugby team to play an outside opponent lined up a group of Rugby-playing ex-Brits calling themselves the Phoenix Rugby Club of San Francisco. RUGBY LEAGUE. He may have a concussion. "If you're not absolutely f -- miserable today, then we are not where we need to be as a team," Clark says, breaking his own silence. "An old oak tree hangs over one of the touch lines," says Clark. The start to the 2018/19 season saw the 1st XV and 2nd XV running out at Fortress Motspur; the weather being a familiar damp affair which at least softened the ground a little. Berkeley, CA berkeleyallblues.com Joined October 2010. 1994: Old Blues Rugby (CA) 1995: Old Mission Beach Athletic 1996: Northern Virginia Rugby 1997: San Mateo Rugby . The Northern California Rugby Union has had to make many modifications and adjustments in the new era of professional rugby. "Cal rugby is a one-of-a-kind experience," says Hawley. 1989 BMW 3-Series Red Car Old Blues Rugby Club Berkeley Original Color Then again, Stanfill had Cal rugby designs of his own, and he knew the dad making the request was the legendary Loren Hawley, the best player on perhaps the best Cal rugby team of them all, in 1965. RIP Steve Gritsch DB 1973-75 San Carlos, CA - Old Blues Rugby Player Men DIII. Women's rugby clubs began springing on many college and university campuses across the nation. Media. David Witter is a freshman and, like his classmates on the team, is expected to be there at 9 a.m. on a Saturday hanging banners, selling sweatshirts, politely passing out programs. The increasing strength and accomplishments of the National Union Teams is fostered by the strength of Local and Territorial Union representative teams. Old Blue's Columbia University Origins | Ivy Rugby Conference 150 YEARS OF OXFORD RUGBY | Oxford Alumni - University of Oxford The US team entered the competition when the French had already defeated Scotland. England - Premiership. 27 00 27.00. Home . As far back as 1872 there were Rugby clubs flourishing in the San Francisco Bay Area, composed mainly of former British citizens for whom Rugby was a way of remaining British. Colors, name, and logo were selected by Dan Hickey, Manager of the NCRFU All-Star team and later, NCRFU & PCRFU President. OMBACs success has been a long time coming, said Bob Watkins, a former OMBAC player and coach who has been associated with the club since 1967. Former Rugby Star Honored With Seven-Figure Gift Please use the elements on the right if you wish to construct a richer page content with headers, images and layout grids. Blues Rugby Ball. Leo Gadsby went in underneath the posts (conversion from Will Avery) to take it to 22-10. The first match was played in November 1873 against the Christ's Hospital 1st XV, on a field in Palmer's Green. Stanfill, 21, a two-time All-American and reigning MVP of the national championships, is building a legend that will be right up there with Hawley Sr., 42 seasons later. Budge Rogers Book. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a competitive, member-run team of USA Rugby. Arthur Road Everyone tries to do what theyve done.. In 1892 some 19,000 fans crowded into the old Kezar Stadium in San Francisco to watch the first Big Game between Stanford (managed by Herbert Hoover) and California. Welcome to the Bedford Blues Official Club Shop Search. "We don't want anything we can't pay for ourselves.". San Diego State has become better. Between 1920 and 1924, Rugby virtually disappeared once again as American-style football soared in popularity. This was one year before the formation of the United States Rugby Union. The Old Blues have set the standard of excellence for U.S. rugby, one that OMBAC has worked hard to emulate. It is dusk when they walk back across Stadium Rimway, down the steps and into their dank and dim locker room. There was no time limit to the game, and rules and methods of scoring were not discussed. A tournament in Pebble Beach mixed club and college teams to crown an unofficial national champion, then they drained some kegs and sang some songs. After a few years of informal women's invitationals, a formal women's competition was added to the event in 2011. He is a general assignment reporter with a focus on writing feature-length obituaries. "The locker room we have here, it suits us just fine," Stanfill says. Getting to Albany is just one step of many, Mike Saunders, OMBACs captain, said. This can be HTML or text. Individuals can donate on PayPal or shop online at Amazon Smile (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! A nearly lifelong resident of nearby El Cerrito, Calif., Figone was still a club member the Old Blues in 1985 when he came on board to join forces with Clark and athletic trainer David Stenger, the latter of whom had been serving the rugby team since the twilight of head coach Miles "Doc" Hudson's career in 1973 through the term of future Cal Ironically, at that time, we had many outstanding athletes, via the football programs, playing rugby, but coaching and refereeing standards were far behind the player's abilities. Your kind donations will be fully tax-deductible. USA Rugby - From dominance of the storied Old Blues | Facebook Then he turns and says simply "effort," letting the word fall heavy on their shoulders. 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Every member of the squad was a collegiate football player and/or a professional football player who had played rugby during his collegiate days. The graduation rate is 98 percent or better, and the curriculum would seem to include finishing school. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of rugby with more than 40 clubs. Request materials at least 2 business days in advance. Stanfill eases himself into the tub, as does Hawley, head still pounding and ear swollen from his collision. It also marked the first tour ever by a team that could legitimately call itself a Pacific Coast Representative team. 5:12-1 and its implementing regulations. The All Blues team consists of approximately 40 women dedicated to the Club and the sport of rugby.