Southern California Rugby Football Union

Southern California Football Union
Abbreviation	Southern California GU
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 adult rugby union teams in Southern California, the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Arizona, and New Mexico.^[1] The SCRFU includes numerous men's and women's, leagues representing all levels of competitive play. College rugby is run by the college conferences and Youth Rugby is governed by Southern California Youth Rugby (SCYR). During the busiest part of the 15s seasons, southern California will have over 80 matches in a weekend. The current^[when?] board of SCRFU is Geno Mazza (president), Patrick Rashidian (vice president), Kevin Holmquist (treasurer) and Bradley Davidson (secretary).

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 - 2018 season

Men's Division I

Belmont Shore Rugby
Life West Gladiators
Old Mission Beach Athletic (San Diego)
Olympic Club Rugby
San Francisco Golden Gate
Santa Monica Dolphins

Men's Division II

Pacific South Men's D2 Group A (SoCal)

Huntington Beach Unicorns
Pasadena Rugby
San Fernando Valley Rugby
Ventura County Outlaws
Tempe Rugby Club

Pacific South Men's D2 Group B (SoCal)

Back Bay Sharks (Newport Beach/Costa Mesa)
Los Angeles Rugby Club
Oceanside Chiefs
San Diego Old Aztecs

Pacific South Men's D2 Group C (AZ/SoCal)

Las Vegas Irish
Northern Arizona Landsharks
Red Mountain Warthogs
Tempe Old Devils

Men's Division II B Side

Pacific South Men's D2-B Group A

Huntington Beach Unicorns B
Pasadena Rugby B
San Fernando Valley Rugby B
Ventura County Outlaws B

Pacific South Men's D2-B Group B

Back Bay Sharks B
Los Angeles Rugby B
Oceanside Chiefs B
San Diego Old Aztecs B

Pacific South Men's D2-B Group C

Las Vegas Irish B
Northern Arizona Landsharks B
Red Mountain Warthogs B
Tempe Old Devils B

Men's Division III

Beaumont Bluehawks
Eagle Rock Athletic
Kern County Rugby
North County Gurkhas
Orange County Ravens (San Clemente)
Riverside Rugby
San Luis Obispo Rugby
Santa Barbara Grunion Rugby
Santa Monica Dolphins D3

Men's Division IV

Dead Rabbits Rugby
Los Angeles Rebellion
Oxy Olde Boys
San Diego Armada
South Bay Stingrays (San Diego)
Temecula Mountain Lions

Women's Division I

Belmont Shore Rugby
San Diego Surfers D1
Santa Monica Dolphins
Tempe Ninjas

Women's Division II

Fullerton Wolfpack
Las Vegas Slots
Old Pueblo Lightning
Pasadena Rugby
San Fernando Valley Rugby
San Luis Obispo Rugby
Santa Barbara Mermaids
Ventura County Lady Outlaws

References

^ "USA Club Rugby: Geographical Unions". usarugby.org/. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
^ SCRFU History Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
^ SCRFU History Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "USA Club Rugby: Geographical Unions". usarugby.org/. Retrieved 2014-03-04.

[2] SCRFU History Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

[3] SCRFU History Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, Southern California RFU. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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