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 All Blues Rugby's Tweets. There was no time limit to the game, and rules and methods of scoring were not discussed. 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. Media. 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. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 By now, the field is in the shade, the temperature is dropping and a cold wind is coming off the bay. The Old Blues and Golden Gate will be home again March 29, hosting the Denver Barbarians and the Aspen Rugby Club. No rugby player ever leaves school early for the pros, and some stay late. Read our guides to club and sports team management. OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. When Stanfill comes along, he expresses himself another way, with a bear hug. The All Blues strive to provide fellowship, coaching, and peer mentoring to attain the highest levels of personal and team play. Cafe Van Kleef 905 Jazz & Blues Art Galleries $$Uptown "I LOVE THIS PLACE! 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. Co-Founder & Board Member, BrightHouse, Inc.; Co-Founder, Pricelock; Founder & CEO, TrueCar, Inc. Pitchero provides everything you need to run your rugby union club online. 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." He is a general assignment reporter with a focus on writing feature-length obituaries. . The first match was played in November 1873 against the Christ's Hospital 1st XV, on a field in Palmer's Green. 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. We welcome new players looking to join one of the premier rugby clubs in the United States. 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Back then the rugby roster was filled out after the last football game. "It keeps the inflammation down, calms the muscles and makes you a lot less sore.". Mike Kane / The Chronicle, RUGBYMAGXX_3312_MBK.JPG Amateur rugby club in NYC. Both sides play home matches in Motspur Park, South West London. 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. 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. Teams Senior . Powered By. Between 1920 and 1924, Rugby virtually disappeared once again as American-style football soared in popularity. 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. 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. Sixty-seven years later, the All-Blacks played the newly formed US Eagles in Los Angeles. In l910, a combined Universities team from Cal, Stanford, and the University of Nevada (the Wolf-Pack) toured Australia and New Zealand. 10 00 10.00. There is a lot of history preceding the formal organization of the Northern California Rugby Union that merits mentioning as a preface. Four regional champions are in the national playoffs. Every member of the squad was a collegiate football player and/or a professional football player who had played rugby during his collegiate days. Your kind donations will be fully tax-deductible. Very cool and great for a date!" more Outdoor seating 7. Mark Davey then crashed over to put the OBs 12-5 up. It takes half an hour to clean up the grounds, take down the banners, move the stands. The Keystone Berkeley, which hosted performances between 1972 and 1984 at 2119 University Avenue, was a nightclub where experimentation was the order of the day, and musicians and music lovers alike could come together to experience music for music's sake.. MoM awarded to Will Avery for a great game, outstanding defensively and his kicking helped to keep OBs points marching on. Chaos. Team captain Saunders, a San Diego State graduate, has played for OMBAC since 1983. On November 3, 1877, the freshmen of the University of California at Berkeley challenged the sophomores to a game of "football." Men DIII & Women DII. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill and teammates congratulate the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada after their match in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 After the post-game handshake and huddle with the coach, Hawley goes over and lies down behind the Cal bench, holding his head. Organization also breeds success off the field. As a defender, he'll tackle by grabbing a jersey and pulling. Old Blues Rugby has virtually a year-round schedule. Blues Rugby Ball. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Varsity Rugby, Harlequins London, USA Rugby League, Olympic Club Rugby, Hong Kong Rugby Football Club, Philippine Rugby Football Union President, President American Chamber Philippines, YPO Philippines Past President, YPO Board Member SE Asia, Board of Trustees Intl School Manila, Board Member AIB Capital, Board Member Fairmont Raffles Philippines, Board Member AIB Capital, Cal BA 1988, 1989; London School of Economics MSc. Women DII. There were too many accomplished Rugby players in California, however, to let Rugby get away too far. In the modern era of rugby, we can look forward to many kinds of national championships, both club and all-star. When the match starts, it becomes obvious why football and rugby have drifted apart. Loren Hawley, 64, has had radical surgery for throat cancer and can express himself only by writing notes on a clipboard. That's what makes it a little bit of a cathedral, like Fenway Park.". After a few years of informal women's invitationals, a formal women's competition was added to the event in 2011. Copy Writer Ted Bates Advertising; Copy Writer, Dancer-Fitzgerald & Sample; Columnist, St. Helena Star; Author, Rugby Player 1966-69, Football Player 1966-67, Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation; Director, University of California Medical Center Annual Giving Board; Director, University of California Women's Athletics; Director, University of California Big C Society; Director, University of California Bear Backers Board; Trustee, Pacific Legal Foundation; Director, St. Helena Public Schools Endowment Foundation; Founder and Director, St. Helena High School Ag Program; Director, St. Helena Youth Tennis Foundation; Founder and Director, Napa Community Foundation HOST (Help Our School Teachers); Director, (HABLA) Hispanic Anglo Bi-Lingual Association; Director, Vintner's Cup; Director, Napa Bank; Director, Napa Valley Hospice, Principal, Mizuho Securities USA, Inc. (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. Final score was 51-3 for the All-Blacks. 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. This can be HTML or text. This ended Rugby as an Olympic event. 400-408 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 Member Old Blues Rugby Club, 1979 National Club Champions; Arizona Big Schools High School Football Coach of the Year; Sunnyslope High School Achievement Above All, Teacher of the Year Chaparral High School; on staff of two Arizona State High School Football State Championship Teams That part sounds familiar. Getting to Albany is just one step of many, Mike Saunders, OMBACs captain, said. Unfortunately, the French fans rioted in the stands after their defeat.