2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and Knockout
Date| June 2–3, 2012
Tournament statistics
Teams| 16
Attendance| 18,149[1]
Top point scorer(s)| Derek Fish (Dartmouth)
(60 points)
Top try scorer(s)| Trevor Tanifum (Maryland)
(10 tries)
Final
Venue| PPL Park, Philadelphia
Champions| Dartmouth (2nd title)
Runners-up| Arizona

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The 2012 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship was a rugby union sevens tournament. The tournament was held on June 2–3 at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. It was the third annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the second year in a row that the tournament was held at PPL Park. Sixteen teams from colleges in the United States competed. Dartmouth College defeated Arizona in the final to secure their second CRC Championship in a row.

## Pool stage[edit]

### Pool A[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Life | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 9
Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 63 | -20 | 6
Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 5
Temple | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 81 | -55 | 4
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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2012-06-02  | Life University | 19-17  | Penn State
2012-06-02  | Wisconsin  | 12-12  | Temple
2012-06-02  | Life University | 33-7  | Temple
2012-06-02  | Penn State  | 15-19  | Wisconsin
2012-06-02  | Penn State | 36-7  | Temple
2012-06-02  | Life University | 36-12  | Wisconsin

The teams from Group A collectively were 1-5 on day 2 in the knockout round.

### Pool B[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Dartmouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 12 | +78 | 9
Delaware | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 7
Florida | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 52 | -23 | 5
Maryland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 88 | -60 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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2012-06-02  | Dartmouth | 31-5  | Delaware
2012-06-02  | Maryland  | 7-19  | Florida
2012-06-02  | Dartmouth | 31-7  | Maryland
2012-06-02  | Delaware | 17-10  | Florida
2012-06-02  | Delaware | 38-14  | Maryland
2012-06-02  | Dartmouth | 28-0  | Florida

The teams from Group B collectively were 8-2 on day 2 in the knockout round.

### Pool C[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Arizona | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 19 | +85 | 9
Texas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 7
Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 71 | -19 | 5
North Carolina State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 69 | -45 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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2012-06-02  | Arizona | 33-12  | Oklahoma
2012-06-02  | NC State  | 14-17  | Texas
2012-06-02  | Arizona | 33-7  | Texas
2012-06-02  | NC State  | 10-21  | Oklahoma
2012-06-02  | Arizona | 38-0  | NC State
2012-06-02  | Texas | 28-19  | Oklahoma

The teams from Group C collectively were 4-4 on day 2 in the knockout round.

### Pool D[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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California | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 15 | +64 | 9
Navy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 7
Army | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 68 | -39 | 5
Notre Dame | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 58 | -38 | 3
Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2

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2012-06-02  | Army | 10-5  | Notre Dame
2012-06-02  | California | 21-10  | Navy
2012-06-02  | Army  | 14-34  | Navy
2012-06-02  | California | 29-0  | Notre Dame
2012-06-02  | Notre Dame  | 15-19  | Navy
2012-06-02  | Army  | 5-29  | California

The teams from Group D collectively were 2-4 on day 2 in the knockout round.

## Knockout stage[edit]

### Championship Bracket[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 3 June – PPL Park | | | | |

| Life University| 12

| 3 June – PPL Park

| Delaware| 5 |

| Life University| 12

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | Arizona| 19 |

| Arizona| 26

| | 3 June – PPL Park

| Navy| 5 |

| Arizona| 5

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | Dartmouth| 24

| Dartmouth| 35

| 3 June – PPL Park |

| Wisconsin| 5 |

| Dartmouth| 21

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | California| 19 | | Bronze

| California| 54

| | 3 June – PPL Park

| Texas| 5 |

| Life University| 7

| California| 26

### Challenger Bracket[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 3 June – PPL Park | | | | |

| Penn State| 26

| 3 June – PPL Park

| Maryland| 28 |

| Maryland| 32

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | Oklahoma| 12 |

| Oklahoma| 21

| | 3 June – PPL Park

| Notre Dame| 19 |

| Maryland| 14

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | Florida| 20

| Florida| 29

| 3 June – PPL Park |

| Temple| 24 |

| Florida| 31

| 3 June – PPL Park

| | NC State| 5 |

| Army| 7

| NC State| 22 |

## Players[edit]

The following 12 players were selected by Rugby Mag as members of the All-Tournament team:[2]

1. Peter Tiberio \- Arizona
2. Brett Thompson \- Arizona
3. Cam Dolan \- Life University
4. Madison Hughes \- Dartmouth
5. Trevor Tanifum - Maryland
6. Seamus Siefring - Navy
7. Bobby Impson - Oklahoma
8. Eric Luikens - Texas
9. Nate Brakeley \- Dartmouth
10. Derek Fish - Dartmouth
11. Brad Harrington - Cal
12. Paul Bosco - Cal

### Leading Scorers[edit]

Rank | Tries | Points | Conversions

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1 | Trevor Tanifum (Maryland) (10) | Derek Fish (Dartmouth) (60) | Derek Fish (Dartmouth) (20)
2 | Brett Thompson (Arizona) (9) | Peter Tiberio (Arizona) (54) | Peter Tiberio (Arizona) (17)
3 | Madison Hughes (Dartmouth) (6) | Trevor Tanifum (Maryland) (50) | Alex Aronson (Cal) (12)
4 | Kevin Clark (Dartmouth) (6) | Brett Thompson (Arizona) (45) | Bobby Impson (Oklahoma) (9)
5 | Seamus Siefring (Navy) (5) | Bobby Impson (Oklahoma) (38) | Matias Cima (Maryland) (9)

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## References[edit]

1. ^ The Times Herald, PPL Park to host college rugby championship through 2014, June 3, 2012, http://www.timesherald.com/article/20120603/SPORTS02/120609886/source-ppl-park-to-host-college-rugby-championship-through-2014
2. ^ Rugby Mag, 2012 CRC All-Tournament Team, June 3, 2012, http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/4874-2012-crc-all-tournament-team.html Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "CRC Point Leaders - Final". Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

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* USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship

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