Harvard rugby

The Harvard Rugby Football Club is a collegiate rugby team at Harvard College. Founded in 1872, the HRFC is the oldest Rugby Club in the United States.[1] With around 60 members, Harvard Rugby is one of the largest club teams at Harvard. In past years, the club traveled to Berkeley, California for the National Tournament (Top 16) after having taken the Ivy League title.

Harvard University RFC
Full nameHarvard Rugby Football Club
UnionUSA Rugby
Nickname(s)Crimson
Founded1872
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Ground(s)Mignone Field42.371°N 71.128°W / 42.371; -71.128 (Cumnock Field)
PresidentAndrew Lewis
Coach(es)Mike Diamantopoulos
Captain(s)Spencer Carter
League(s)Ivy Rugby Conference
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.harvardrfc.com

Teams

Men's Team
Main article: Ivy Rugby Conference

Harvard competes in the Ivy League.[2] The first Ivy League Rugby Championship was played in 1969.[3] Harvard has won the Ivy League Championships in 2007, 2003 and 1994 and were National Champions in 1984, as well as National Championship runner-up to Cal-Berkeley in 1981 and to Air Force in 2003. In 2009, the men joined a newly established Ivy Rugby Conference that kicked off as a separate conference in the Northeast Rugby Union.[4]

Harvard Rugby in Ireland

On May 14, 1874, Harvard University hosted Montreal’s McGill University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the first recorded rugby game on American soil, which Harvard won.[5]

The Harvard Men's Team, along with the Princeton and Yale Rugby teams, began the tradition of U.S. college students going on Spring Break to the Caribbean.[6][7]

Recently, the Harvard Rugby Football Club released a film, "Just a Club".[8]

Radcliffe

Radcliffe, the women's team of Harvard, was founded in 1982. The Harvard athletic department announced that women’s rugby will become the university's 42nd varsity sport in the 2013-2014 season.[9] Radcliffe were national champions in 1998.

Harvard Business School

The Harvard Business School RFC is a rugby union team based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Although affiliated with Harvard University, only graduate students compete on this team.

Facilities

Harvard and Radcliffe play their home matches on Roberto A. Mignone Field, located at Harvard's Soldiers Field Park.

Notable alumni
Harvard varsity rugby team photograph, 1955. Edward "Teddy" Kennedy is pictured top row, left.
Pre American Football era team photograph.
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References
  1. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2010-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. They Picked Up the Ball "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2014-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Sports Illustrated, "Bermuda College Week," March 26, 1956. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1069587/index.htm
  7. Life Magazine, "Collegians in Bermuda," April 26, 1948.
  8. https://vimeo.com/51819176
  9. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/8/22/women-rugby-varsity-sport/
  10. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/c3gQG3skukmyedWFHXhBNw.aspx
  11. John F. Kennedy: A Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=fxzd__gA_I4C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=john+f+kennedy+harvard+rugby&source=bl&ots=b1f2I21K4A&sig=cQTVuqjJQLT1EACL2fHCEq1oKgI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1vUYU-W5EsfSyAGT24CoBQ&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=rugby&f=false
  12. The Harvard Crimson, "Woodrow Wilson Coached First Football Team, Says Historian," Nov 8, 1924. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/
  13. The Harvard Crimson, "Woodrow Wilson Coached First Football Team, Says Historian," Nov 8, 1924. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/
  14. Quad Q&A: ‘Harvard Beats Yale 29-29’ http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/quad-qa-harvard-beats-yale-29-29/
  15. The Harvard Crimson, "Woodrow Wilson Coached First Football Team, Says Historian," Nov 8, 1924. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/
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