Southern California Rugby Football Union
Abbreviation | Northern California GU |
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Formation | 2013 |
Region served | Arizona; California; Las Vegas metropolitan area; New Mexico, United States of America |
The Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU), is the Geographical Union (GU) governing body within USA Rugby that governs rugby union teams in Southern California, the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Arizona, and New Mexico.[1] The SCRFU includes numerous men's, women's, college, high school and youth leagues representing all levels of competitive play. During the busiest part of the 15s seasons, southern California will have over 80 matches in a weekend. The current board of SCRFU is Chris Gleiter (president), Geno Mazza (vice president), Dominic (treasurer) and Marni (past president).
The referee society associated with SCRFU is Southern California Rugby Referee Society (SCRRS).
History
The oldest club in SCRFU is the Eagle Rock Athletic Club (founded in 1937). The second oldest is the LARC (formed in 1958 as Universities RFC, before changing their name to Los Angeles Rugby Club in 1966).[2]
During the late-1960s and early-1970s, UCLA was the dominant college team in SCRFU, under the coaching of Dennis Storer, later the first Eagles Coach when USA Rugby was formed in 1975. The Santa Monica RFC became the dominant men's team in SCRFU throughout the mid-1970s and early-1980s.[3]
List of SCRFU clubs 2014 season
First Division Men
- Belmont Shore Rugby Club (Long Beach, California)
- Las Vegas Downtown Rugby Club (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Los Angeles Rugby Club (South Bay, Los Angeles, California)
- Oceanside Chiefs Men's Rugby Club (Oceanside, California)
- Old Aztecs Rugby Club (San Diego, California)
- Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) (San Diego, California)
- Pasadena Rugby Football Club (Pasadena, California)
- Santa Monica Rugby Club (Santa Monica, California)
Second Division Men
- Back Bay Rugby Club (Newport Beach, California)
- Huntington Beach RFC Unicorns (Huntington Beach, California)
- Kern County Rugby Club (Bakersfield, California)
- Las Vegas Irish RFC (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- North County Gurkhas Rugby Club (Encinitas, California)
- San Fernando Valley Rugby Club (Van Nuys, California)
- Santa Barbara Grunions (Santa Barbara, California)
- South Bay (Rhinos)
- Ventura County Outlaws Rugby Football Club (Thousand Oaks, California)
Third Division Men (Conference A)
- Back Bay Rugby Club
- Beaumont (Bluehawks)
- Belmont Shore
- Eagle Rock
- Oxy Old Boys (Oxy)
- Riverside Rugby Club (Riverside, California)
- Santa Monica Rugby Club (Santa Monica, California)
- San Luis Obispo (SLO)
- So Cal Blues(Inglewood, Lawndale, Torrance, California)
- Temecula Mountain Lions
Third Division Men (Conference B)
- Armada Rugby Club (San Diego, California)
- Dead Rabbits
- Eastern Sierra
- Empire
- Imperial Beach
- Los Angeles Rebellion (Rebellion)
- Las Vegas Maori's
- South Orange County (Gators)
- The Orange County Ravens Rugby Club (Ravens) (Orange County, California)
- OC Bucks Rugby Club (Bucks) (Orange County, California)
Collegiate Men's Division IA
- Cal Poly
- Sacramento State
- Saint Mary's
- San Diego State University - SCRFU Team
- Santa Clara
- Stanford
- UC Davis
- UC Santa Barbara - SCRFU Team
Collegiate Men's Division IAA
- Arizona - SCRFU Team
- Arizona State - SCRFU Team
- Cal
- Oregon State
- Utah
- UCLA - SCRFU Team
Collegiate Men's Division IAA
- Claremont Colleges
- University of San Diego
- USC
- Loyola Marymount University
- University of California, Irvine
- Long Beach State
- Santa Barbara City College
- Cal State Fullerton
Men's College Division II
No Teams from SCRFU
Men's National Small Colleges (Gold Division)
- Arizona State
- Cal Lutheran
- Cal State Northridge
- Loyola Rugby
- North County Rugby, San Diego
- Occidental Rugby
- Pepperdine
- UC Riverside
Men's National Small Colleges (Blue Division)
- Asuza Pacific
- Biola
- Concordia
- Fullerton
- Moorpark
- Point Loma
- Westmont Rugby
- Whittier RFC
Women's Division I
- Belmont Shore - SCRFU team
- Emerald City Mudhens, Seattle
- Nor Cal Triple Threat RFC
- Oregan Rugby Sports Union
- Seattle Breakers
- Fog Rugby, San Francisco
- Tempe RFC
Women's Division II
- Las Vegas Slots
- Old Pueblo Lightning, Arizona
- San Diego Surfer's
- Santa Monica
- Lady Outlaws, Ventura
Women's College Division I
- Arizona State
- UC Davis
- UCLA
- UCSB
- UCSD
Women's College Division II
- Arizona
- Cal Lutheran
- Claremont
- Cal State Northridge
- Cal State Fullerton
- Long Beach State
- Occidental
- UC Riverside
- USC
- UC Irvine
List of SCFRU high school clubs 2013 season
Boys' High School Gold North (Conference One)
- Artesia
- Carson
- Palos Verdes
- View Park Prep
- Wilson (2011 Champions)
Boys' High School Gold North (Conference Two)
- Citrus Valley
- Dead Rabbits
- La Quinta
- Tesoro
- Trabuco Hills
Boys' High School Gold South
- Cathedral Catholic
- Del Norte
- Fallbrook (2010 Champions)
- High Tech High/Pt. Loma
- Patrick Henry
- San Pasqual
- St. Augustine RFC
- Torrey Pines
Boys' High School Silver
- Health Services
- Kearny
- La Costa Canyon
- Mira Mesa
- Poway
- St. John Bosco
- Stern Mass
Boys' Multi High School
- Grossmont
- Hoover
- Mission Vista
- University City/Clairemont
See also
References
- ↑ "USA Club Rugby: Geographical Unions". http://usarugby.org/. Retrieved 2014-03-04. External link in
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(help) - ↑ SCRFU History, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ↑ SCRFU History, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.