Columbia Rhinos

American rugby union team

Rugby team

United StatesFull name| Columbia Rhinos Rugby Football Club

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Union| USA Rugby
Nickname(s)| Rhinos
Founded| 1967
Location| Columbia SC
Ground(s)| Owens Field Park
President| Sam Carter
Coach(es)| Phillip de Villiers
Captain(s)| Alec Wheatley
League(s)| USA Rugby Division III

Team kit

Union website
usarugby.org

The Columbia Rhinos RFC is a rugby union club founded in 1967 that plays in Columbia, South Carolina. The team is a Division III club playing in the Carolinas Geographical Union[1] of USA Rugby. The club was selected to host the 2006 and 2007 Division I, II & III National Rugby Club Playoffs as well as the 2006 National Women's Rugby Playoffs. The Club also hosts a rugby sevens tournament the first weekend of December to benefit local children's charities named the Grunk Sevens Tournament.[2]

## League

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### Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2015–2016

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Position  | Club

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GP  | W  | L  | T  | PF  | PA  | PD  | BT  | BL  | FF  | PTS
1 | Charleston Outlaws | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 73 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19
2 | Southern Pines  | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 144 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19
3 | Columbia Olde Grey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 185 | -106 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11
4 | Asheville  | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7
5 | Charlotte Barbarians | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 139 | -44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7

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## Playoffs

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### Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2014–2015

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Position  | Club  | Games  | Points  | Tries

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Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Difference
1 | Olde Grey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 62 | +15 |
2 | Cape Fear Rugby  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 33 | +10 |
3 | Asheville Rugby  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Camp Lejeune Misfits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Chapel Hill Warriors  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Charleston Outlaws D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Charlotte Barbarians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Duke Graduates  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Johnson City Rugby  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Southern Pines Rugby  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Triad  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 44 | -25 |

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## References

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1. ^ "Geographical Unions". USA Rugby. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
2. ^ "Grunk 7's". Columbia Olde Grey Rugby Football Club. Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
3. ^ "Carolinas Senior Men's Division III South 2015-2016". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
4. ^ "Southern Senior Men's Playoffs 2014-2015". USA Rugby Stats. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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Rugby union in the United States

Governing body|

* USA Rugby

Geographical Unions|

* Capital
* Carolinas
* Empire
* Eastern Pennsylvania
* Florida
* Mid-America
* New England
* Northern California
* Pacific Northwest
* Rocky Mountain
* Southern California
* Texas
* True South

National teams|

| Men's|

* Eagles (Results)
* USA Falcons
* All Americans
* U-20
* U-19
* 7s

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Women's|

* Women's
* 7s

Competitions|

| International|

* U.S. at the Rugby World Cup
* Americas Rugby Championship
* Global Rapid Rugby

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Domestic|

* Major League Rugby
* Women's Elite Rugby
* Women's Premier League Rugby
* Premier Rugby Sevens
* USA Rugby Club 7s
* Midwest Rugby Premiership
* Pacific Rugby Premiership
* National Rugby Football League
* USA Club Rugby XVs

College|

| Bodies|

* NCR
* NIRA

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Conferences|

* Colonial Coast
* East Coast
* Heart of America
* Ivy
* Northeast
* PAC
* Potomac
* Red River
* Southeastern

Competitions|

* Division 1-A
* Results
* NCR Champions Cup
* NCR Nationals
* Collegiate Championship (7s)
* USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships (7s)

Hosted events|

* 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
* Americas Rugby Championship
* USA Sevens
* USA Women's Sevens

Defunct|

| International|

* Churchill Cup
* North America 4
* Pacific Rim Championship
* PARA Pan American Championship

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Club|

* Elite Cup
* PRO Rugby
* Rugby Super League

College|

* Atlantic Coast League
* Bowl Series
* Varsity Cup

Related articles|

* American flag rugby
* History
* First match
* International players
* Comparison with American football
* Rugby union in American Samoa
* Rugby union in Guam
* Rugby union in the US Virgin Islands
* Stanford rugby teams (1906–17)
* USA Rugby South

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Sports teams based in South Carolina

Baseball|

| SAL|

* Greenville Drive
* Hub City Spartanburgers

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CL|

* Augusta GreenJackets
* Charleston RiverDogs
* Columbia Fireflies
* Myrtle Beach Pelicans

CPL|

* Florence Flamingos
* Lexington County Blowfish

Basketball|

| ECBL|

* Carolina Crusaders
* PrimeTime Players
* South Carolina All-Stars
* South Carolina Upstate Redhawks

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ABA|

* Charleston City Lions
* Greenville Galaxy
* Carolina Cougars

TBL|

* Carolina Coyotes

Hockey|

| ECHL|

* Greenville Swamp Rabbits
* South Carolina Stingrays

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FPHL|

* Pee Dee IceCats

Roller derby|

| WFTDA|

* Columbia Quadsquad
* Greenville Derby Dames
* Lowcountry Highrollers

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Rugby union|

| USA Rugby|

* Charleston Outlaws
* Columbia Rhinos

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Soccer|

| USLC|

* Charleston Battery

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USL1|

* Greenville Triumph SC

USL2|

* Charlotte Independence II
* Discoveries SC
* SC United Bantams

College athletics
(NCAA Division I)|

* Charleston Cougars
* Charleston Southern Buccaneers
* The Citadel Bulldogs
* Clemson Tigers
* Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
* Furman Paladins
* Presbyterian Blue Hose
* South Carolina Gamecocks
* South Carolina State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
* USC Upstate Spartans
* Winthrop Eagles
* Wofford Terriers

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