At noon, straight up, Coach Clark walks in and heads for a chalkboard. BRFC have a competitive A-side team, but also field: a B side for part-time/less experienced players, an Old Boys team (the "BOBs.") Over summer, BRFC play touch rugby twice a week, and have a rugby 7s team. The success of the team stems from the fact that it has a structure behind it, Watkins said. The culmination of that work occurred April 17, when OMBAC beat the defending national champion, Old Blues of Berkeley, coming back from a 16-3 deficit to score 25 unanswered points for a 28-16 victory. England - Premiership. Welcome to the website of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club. SoCal did the same. Loren Toews (Cal-Berkeley and Pittsburgh Steelers), Mickey Ording (University of Oregon & L.A. Rams draftee), Jack Schultz (Stanford *MVP in Rose Bowl), Carl Ekern (Cal-Berleley and "C" of the Los Angeles Rams), John Wilbur (Stanford and Washington Redskins). Why Join Clubs at Berkeley? He played with the likes of Herm Edwards and Karl Crumpacker in the defensive backfield. NRL. 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. Games were played in the winter mud in the deserted stadium, and nobody seemed to notice. League opponents include San Mateo, Olympic Club, Golden Gate, San Jose, Sacramento, San Francisco/Marin and Hayward. So Stanfill took on Colin Hawley as a project, having him stay overnight when he tired of the drive. Women DII. 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. Final score was 51-3 for the All-Blacks. Pitchero provides everything you need to run your rugby union club online. Men DIII. Blues Rugby Ball. For a tiny school, St. Mary's has a strong rugby tradition of its own, going back to 1888. 1,386 Followers. 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 All-Blacks won again but by a score of 53 - 6. DIVISION. CEO, James Properties; Land and Cattle, LLC; Rugby Partners Inc. 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Devised in New Brunswick, New Jersey on Nov. 6, 1869, when Princeton played Rutgers, this game was what we know today as American gridiron football. Chaos. Men DIII. No Cal rugby player was ever penalized for excessive celebration. 2013: Berkeley All Blues 2014: San Diego Surfers 2015: American Rugby Pro Training Center 8 00 8.00. 10 00 10.00. The growth and development of the game in Northern California owes a great deal to all those contributors, too numerous to put on one page, who have left such a great legacy. There were too many accomplished Rugby players in California, however, to let Rugby get away too far. View all the teams at Gloucester All Blues Rugby. "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. He only lasts five minutes. Women's rugby, ironically, has also led to more public exposure to the game itself and men's rugby has profited greatly by it. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. OLD-SCHOOL ACOUSTIC BLUES - Laid-Back Delta Blues on the Resonator Guitar Justin Johnson 1.43M subscribers Subscribe 36K 1.5M views 1 year ago #blues #acoustic #guitar Want to drift off to. "Cal rugby is a one-of-a-kind experience," says Hawley. The Americans ran out on the field amid a deafening cacophony of jeers. Hawley, 19, already has his varsity letter with four years ahead of him. From dominance of the storied Old Blues through a consistent Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Team to Wisconsin Women's Rugby's first title, #USARugby looks back at the USA Club Rugby National. 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 was a member of the Old Blues Rugby Club of Berkeley and helped the team to seven national club championships from 1979-87. "Cal rugby meant so much to Rick," Elizabeth Bailey said. They later defeated Leamington of New Zealand and lost to Auckland (N.Z.). The Old Blues have recently invested heavily in new playing and social facilities, with a balcony overlooking the pitches completed in 2022. Winning the national championship was the last one.. 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, OLD BLUES RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN FULL FORCE, Old Blues RFC Appeal * YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU *, OLD BLUES 1st XV GIVE IT SOME WELLY FOR OPENING WIN. Coach Clark's pregame pep talk notwithstanding, Cal is slow to embrace the concept of being "absolutely f -- miserable today." Once again, the US Olympic Committee granted permission but no funds. 6 in the nation, is the first test of the No. An excellent performance for OBs start to the season, as the 2s also had a convincing win at home. We welcome new players looking to join one of the premier rugby clubs in the This is an advantage in a weekend tournament, such as the final four, which tests a team's depth. Still woozy, he gets up and walks among the Cal parents, looking for his dad. Stanfill can stand 10. Room 389 4.1 (476 reviews) Bars Coffee & Tea $$ "Great little bar in the east bay. Co-Founder & Board Member, BrightHouse, Inc.; Co-Founder, Pricelock; Founder & CEO, TrueCar, Inc. Once again Rugby slid into oblivion as architects designed football stadiums seating up to 100,000.Rugby rebounded, however, in 1932 when US Olympic teammates Ed "Mush" Graff, Lefty Rogers, and a few others incorporated theNorthern California Rugby Football Union. Last year, the Aztecs won the national championship, and this year they lost to Cal, a frequent national champion, in the regional finals. "We don't want anything we can't pay for ourselves.". As of the 20/21 season the 1st XV competes in RFU Surrey 2 and the 2nd XV competes in Surrey Combination 1 North. Gaining knowledge, meeting new people, finding new passions, building experiencethese are all reasons students join clubs at UC Berkeley. 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. The continued pressure from the Blues forced another penalty which Avery skilfully put away. In the modern era of rugby, we can look forward to many kinds of national championships, both club and all-star. The 12th Witter has just entered the program. The Old Blues, an outgrowth of the University of California's highly successful program, has won the national club championship seven times in the nine years it has been held. Just before half-time OWs answered with a try of their own, to bring the scoreline to OBs 15-10 OWs and provided a warning to the Blues not to settle into complacency. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. By noon on this cold January Saturday, the pregame ritual has been going on for three hours at Witter Rugby Field, which is above the football stadium and deeper into Strawberry Canyon. Ned Haig, a playing member of the Melrose, Scotland rugby club, devised the concept sevens tournament to make money for his club. This ended Rugby as an Olympic event. join. 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. Best Winning Percentage (Minimum 30 games played): Most Appearances (Overall and Consecutive): Largest margin of victory in a Cup Final: 54, by Old Mission Beach Athletic (54-0; 2002 Club 7s), This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 00:30. *Some pundits have suggested (lightheartedly) that this meaning could be applied equally to all those who play referee and administer the sport of rugby. O'Brien, a former star Cal rugby player, national team member and longtime coach of the Old Blues rugby club, has led the Gaels to numerous national championship tournaments since he began in 2001. Individuals can donate on PayPal or shop online at Amazon Smile (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! 194 Following. To the untrained eye, rugby is the most unorganized of sports. 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Additionally, the very large number of players coming from the Northern California High Schools, going into both college and club rugby have had an enormous growth impact on the game in Northern California. The sport has since grown to 400 college teams in three divisions, but most are loosely organized recreation sports. It is early in the season, and St. Mary's, ranked No. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. OBs shape continued to look good in the second half with Charlie Kowzun marshalling the backs and James Peacock leading the forwards. He is so steeped in the sport's English roots that he exhorts his side by yelling, "C'mon lads.". Back then the rugby roster was filled out after the last football game. OBs advanced further and sustained their pressure by kicking for the corner and subsequently setting up a superb driving maul from the lineout. Come join us!! 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Dan Hickey, the current president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union who lives in the Bay Area, agrees. The game was never in doubt as the US again won the Gold Medal by a score of 17 - 3. In all, an eight-hour day to play an 80-minute game. "Cal rugby is a one-of-a-kind experience," says Hawley. Because it is governed not by the NCAA, but by USA Rugby, they are eligible to play five years. The Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Club is accepting applicants for a wide array of staff positions! At that time, the British Rugby evangelists of San Francisco converted Cal to Rugby-style football. Listed below are members of the NCRFU All-Star team who defeated the Southern California All-Stars in 1974 in San Francisco at the Polo Fields. Cal lost to the Phoenix club 7 - 4. Cafe Van Kleef 905 Jazz & Blues Art Galleries $$Uptown "I LOVE THIS PLACE! It is dusk when they walk back across Stadium Rimway, down the steps and into their dank and dim locker room. The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of rugby with more than 40 clubs. Men DII & DIII. Bigger, better, and bluer since 1978! Proof came. Mike Kane / The Chronicle, RUGBYMAGXX_3312_MBK.JPG A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans in a 70,000-seat bowl is depressing. of Product Management, Mirapoint; WW Product Marketing Manager, Hewett-Packard, Cal B, Political Economy 1990, Northwestern MBA 1996. Gloucester All Blues Rugby. Archive Photo 1997 Team Photo Football has become a television show before a live studio audience. 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. STL Blues: Team Total Goals - 1st Period. 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 At halftime, the scholar-athletes from all 27 varsity sports partook in a promenade across the field, each carrying a placard as if this were the Olympic Opening Ceremony. The Rugby heroes returned to the Bay Area without much fanfare. "I would say there must have been 15 or 20 of us off the football team who would just go right to rugby," recalls Clark, an offensive lineman. The Americans had won the gold medal. Before the end of the first half against the St. Mary's reserves, it is 48-0. It is dark when they finally walk out into the Berkeley lights. At the end, after standing in the end zone and waiting for about 15 minutes, here came the rugby team, all in khaki slacks, brown shoes and belt, white button-down shirts and their varsity sweaters -- a heavy, dark-blue Fred MacMurray cardigan with 15 gold stripes on the sleeves. "It keeps the inflammation down, calms the muscles and makes you a lot less sore.". Next, Cal nipped the Phoenix club 7 - 6 and humbled the Allies 13 - 0. Mark Davey then crashed over to put the OBs 12-5 up. Beer drinking. OMBAC, the Pacific Coast champion, will face Denver Saturday, and Milwaukee will play Washington. This weekend, the OMBAC rugby team is in Albany, N.Y., looking for its first national championship. Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Team | Berkeley CA 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. American football was fierce, and as time went on and injuries mounted, the public became alarmed at its brutalities. One day, Stanfill got a call from Hawley's father, asking him to help turn his kid into a Cal rugby player. . A Cal football recruit would never set foot in here. Blues at Berkeley Social Clubs Dance Clubs Jazz & Blues Downtown Berkeley 6. Cal is the only men's rugby team with full varsity status among 327 Division I schools. Elbows flying. On the whole, it was difficult for fans accustomed to American-style football to accept a game with no blocking; but as time went on, Rugby fanned an intensity and interest in the Bay Area. Combine as many ads as you wish for one flat rate. Cal learned much from their first experience with an organized rugby club. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 Then he feigns to kick him while he's down. Mike Kane / The Chronicle **. Berkeley, CA berkeleyallblues.com Joined October 2010. Received a masters degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University where he coached the womens rugby team to the national championship. Arthur Road Eighty minutes later, the shocked onlookers were numbed by an 8 - 0 victory for the United States. In 1936, the Stanford Rugby team won the Pacific Coast championship and carried on a winning campaign in Canada against the Universities of British Columbia, the Vancouver Rowing Club, and the All Stars from Victoria. Sixty-seven years later, the All-Blacks played the newly formed US Eagles in Los Angeles. The Starry Plough "An old oak tree hangs over one of the touch lines," says Clark. Shouting. Then the entire team lines up at one end and walks the length of the field, fixing divots in the grass. In 2007, the Gaels finished 5th in the country, and AmericanRugbyNews.com named O'Brien College Coach of the Year. Serving the East Bay, the Berkeley RFC is a nonprofit Rugby Club that brings together rugby lovers from across Bay Area. Location Old Blues Rugby Berkeley, California All-Time Tournament Statistics All-Time Record: 10-3 1-ranked Bears. 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. Please use the elements on the right if you wish to construct a richer page content with headers, images and layout grids. With the Old Blues, he served as team captain on numerous occasions and led the team to a Monterey Rugby Championship, a New Zealand tour, and seven National Championships from 1979 to 1987. Out of 27 varsity sports (13 men and 14 women) at Cal, rugby is the only one that offers no financial aid to its athletes. 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. Most items in Rugby Team Stores ship in 1-2 weeks. "He started out as a football player and then realized what a great game rugby was and started playing it." As many as 26,000 flocked to Rugby's Big Games between Cal and Stanford. We dont go to teams and recruit players. Training is on Wednesdays 19:30 - 21:00. United States. Cal and Notre Dame also staged some epic battles, which could also have laid claim to a national championship. Off the field, the sport doesnt seem much better. As a U.S. National. Old Blues started flat allowing the Old Wellingtonians to easily break through with a soft try in the corner. 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. Their next opponent was a team made up of the best players from all the Rugby clubs in the Bay Area calling themselves the Allies. Founded in November 1869, 15 months before the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the story of Oxford Rugby is nearly as old as that of the sport of rugby itself. Search. We identified how the Old Blues were benefiting from their relationship with Cal, Watkins said. Everyone writes off the Boston Celtics every year, but they always come back. Three of the collegiate ruggers learned their rugby in Australia, New Zealand or Great Britain. Theyve never been a real threat until this year, when theyve loaded up with new players. Men DIII & Women DII. As a visual aid, Stanfill is the only one with gold shoes and Hawley is the only one with blue long sleeves. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. So we went to what was--at the time--a dormant program at San Diego State and worked to help that program get better.. A well-organized team is a successful team. As of the 20/21 season the 1st XV competes in RFU Surrey 2 and the 2nd XV competes in Surrey Combination 1 North. Four years later, they are a senior and a sophomore all over again in the 125th anniversary season for Cal rugby. Nonetheless, seven players of the 1920 team dusted off their boots, raised $20,000, and found some massive football players who had never even seen a Rugby match, and headed for England-where they were trounced four times in practice sessions. Tweets. "A ball could get caught up in that oak tree. The School Won. The All Blues strive to provide fellowship, coaching, and peer mentoring to attain the highest levels of personal and team play. To edit click the first menuicon on the small HTML menu that appears when you click on this text. All Blues 1st XV. . Ben Taylor skilfully peeled off to put OBs first points on the board with Will Avery coolly converting. Go to cart; Home; Team Stores ; Open a Store; Exit to Ruggers.com; . of Defense Language Institute, Chief Marketing Officer, Elance; VP Marketing Posterous, Cal BS Business Administration 1989, MBA Haas 1998, Cal BA 1969, University of Chicago MBA 1986, Northwestern MS 2001, President and CEO, Central Garden & Pet Company, Chief Operating Officer, Lifestyle, Household and Global Operating Functions, Clorox; Chairman of the Board, Clorox and Procter & Gamble Glad Products Joint Venture; Advisory Board Member, Gryphon Investors, Board Member, East Oakland Youth Development Foundation. Both sides play home matches in Motspur Park, South West London. The US team entered the competition when the French had already defeated Scotland. But beyond the apparent disorder, there is a form and a structure to the game of rugby. Stanford's dominance was due to the type of superb athletes whom Kmetovic was able to attract from the football team. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. It has also meant that women too could play rugby and their participation in the sport has been phenomenal. All Blues Rugby . Cal continued undefeated in Rugby in 1885, and the British knew that they had created a monster. Digging in deep, OBs managed to turn over a scrum and force a penalty. He is a general assignment reporter with a focus on writing feature-length obituaries. During the off season the club tours annually and enters several 7's tournaments in the Surrey and South London area. "Headphones off," he says in passing. Updated: May 29, 2022 Blues Logo PNG Both the old and current logos of the New Zealand rugby union team Blues are inspired by the local nature. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. Twenty-two years later in Hong Kong, as I witnessed the closing moments of the British Empire, a Royal Guards band struck up the perfect hymn: "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended." Getting to Albany is just one step of many, Mike Saunders, OMBACs captain, said. Football and basketball players will walk out on a full scholarship as soon as they are marketable. The Old Blue Rugby Football Club's initial impact forty four years ago in official Eastern Rugby Union league play proved to be an even more auspicious beginning than that of the championship Columbia College RFC (Est. Corporate sponsorships can support your marketing and community engagement needs. On game day, everything is regimented and a moment before noon, the room goes silent. He passes the test, which is to recite the score of the game. You can hear the crack, like one of Stanfill's tackles. 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. Our website uses cookies to give you a better website experience, by using this website you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Media. "We don't have anything to say to the other team," Stanfill says. This forced the colleges and universities to open up sports programs to women on an equal basis with the men or lose federal funds. This kind of disorganized football foolishness continued for four years. But the l924 Olympics ("Chariots of Fire") caused France to challenge the US to defend its title. 1961) sides from which it sprang. From a player's standpoint, it means they get their gear washed after practice. USA Rugby officially considers titles won by OPSB, Seattle-OPSB, and Seattle Saracens to be from the same club. OWs sustained pressure was rewarded with another try, closing the gap to 22-15. Four regional champions are in the national playoffs. The actual ad you are buying is the one pictured above. This was one year before the formation of the United States Rugby Union. Midway through the second half, Cal's 48th consecutive victory against a U.S. college is at hand (now 58 games over three years) but they are still hitting the St. Mary's guys as hard as they will hit anybody all season. James Sehr, Elk Grove, CA, a senior on Cal's rugby team, takes a moment to collect himself in the locker room before joining his team for warm-ups before taking the field to play UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. Six Nations. On a good team, the large forwards fight for field position and possession of the ball. Men DII & DIII. Tom Rooke, right, freshman, from Bloomfield Hills, MI, flanks on a scrum versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Old Blues RFC (@oldbluesrfc) Instagram photos and videos oldbluesrfc 171 posts 584 followers 399 following Old Blues RFC Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Motspur Park | Excellent Title-Chasing Rugby + Superb Social | Training Wednesdays ~Currently Recruiting #ALLEZ www.oldbluesrfc.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged RUGBY LEAGUE. One could say that that remains true even today with such a great many players and fans who come from Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, and other rugby playing countries.Living far from home in a frontier city, these British souls attempted to develop some semblance of the game they knew and loved so well. The Old Blues -- the Cal alumni club that was once so cool it was hired to endorse BMW in a TV commercial -- is defunct. The name Alcatraz is derived from the Spanish "Alcatraces." The final score is 33-12. Leo Gadsby went in underneath the posts (conversion from Will Avery) to take it to 22-10. The San Diego State program has served as a feeder program to OMBAC. But the primary reason for the clubs success, according to those involved, is its beneficial relationship with the parent Old Mission Beach Athletic Club. The author believes that one thing is absolute however, and that is that University of California ' Berkeley will continue to set standard and raise the bar in Collegiate Rugby for many years to come. Meaning and history The Blues were originally known as the Auckland Blues. One famous writer of the day wrote, "Rugby in California ended in a blaze of glory." Eagles Brian Vizzard, from Michigan State, and Kevin Higgins, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, came to OMBAC last season.

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