Southern California Rugby Football Union

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Southern California Football UnionAbbreviation| Southern 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 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

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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

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### Men's Division I

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* 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

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#### Pacific South Men's D2 Group A (SoCal)

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

#### Pacific South Men's D2 Group B (SoCal)

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* 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)

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

### Men's Division II B Side

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#### Pacific South Men's D2-B Group A

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

#### Pacific South Men's D2-B Group B

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

#### Pacific South Men's D2-B Group C

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

### Men's Division III

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* 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

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

### Women's Division I

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

### Women's Division II

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* 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

## See also

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* Rugby union in the United States

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Official website

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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
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* Rugby union in the US Virgin Islands
* Stanford rugby teams (1906–17)
* USA Rugby South

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