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The Rowdies Rugby Football Club is a Division III rugby union team based out of Belleville, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Missouri Rugby Football Union and the Western Rugby Football Union.
[edit] History
The Rowdies Rugby Football Club was formed in 1978 as the Scott Rowdies Rugby Football Club. In 2006, the name was changed to reflect the diversity of the players on the club. In previous years, most of the players were active duty military stationed at nearby Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
In 2005, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club won the Missouri Rugby Football Union Division III championship, defeating Ft. Leonard Wood on October 29, 2005. In the spring of 2006, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club traveled to Ft. Worth, Texas for the Western Rugby Football Union championships, as the Division III representative for the Missouri Rugby Football Union.
Currently, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club is celebrating it's 30th year of rugby.
[edit] Sponsorship
The Rowdies Rugby Football Club's primary sponsor is Crehan's Irish Pub in Belleville, Illinois.
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