1976 National Rugby Championships

August 2023 1976 National Rugby Championships Knockout 1976 1975 1975 National Rugby Championships 1977 1977 National Rugby Championships The 1976 National Rugby Championships included the Collegiate tournament and the 18th edition of the Monterey National. College The 1976 College championship took place from October 23–24 at LSU's Parade Grounds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Planas, Joe (October 21, 1976). "National Rugby Meet Slated This Weekend". Morning Advocate, p.3-C col.5–6 LSU were the champions. Palmer was runner-up. LSU won three matches in the series to win the title."LSU Rugby Team Wins Men's National Meet". (October 25, 1976). State-Times, p.3-C col.1–2Owens Linda November 1976 LSU Wins N.C.I. Tournament Rugby 2 7 3 Georgia took third"Rugby Team Places Third". (October 27, 1976). The Red and Black, p.5 col.1–5 and Lamar placed fifth."Ruggers Nab Fifth Place". (October 28, 1976). University Press, p.10 col.1–2 The women's division had six teamsMacaluso, Joe (October 22, 1976). "Tough Field Set For Rugby Meet". State-Times, p.3-D col.1–3 with Florida State emerging victorious. The University of Florida took third. "Lady Ruggers Third". (October 26, 1976). Independent Florida Alligator, p.16 col.1 Brown University won the Sportsmanship Trophy. Championship Bracket October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA LSU 27 WV Wesleyan 0 October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA Brown 29 Lamar 0 October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA Palmer 13 Florida 4 October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA Georgia 11 Texas A&M 7 October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA LSU 22 Brown 12 October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA Palmer 34 Georgia 6 October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA LSU 21 Palmer 3 October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA Georgia 10 Brown 3 Consolation Bracket October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA WV Wesleyan 0 Lamar 36 October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA Florida 8 Texas A&M 4 October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA Lamar 8 Florida 7 October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA Texas A&M 21 WV Wesleyan 6 Fifth place Seventh place Final "Championship" 24 October 1976 2:20PM LSU 21–3 Palmer Hilbun, Paul (October 25, 1976). "LSU Wins National National Title In Rugby Meet". Morning Advocate, p.2-C col.5–6 Joey Husbands 30' cBob Causey 35'Clay MahaffeyClay Mahaffey 75' Kamal Abdullah Kamal Abdullah 55' Baton Rouge 500 Peter Jones Women's Tourney Group 1 Florida State 34–0 Memphis Belles Florida State 12–4 LSU LSU 14–0 Memphis Belles Group 2 Florida 12–0 Southeastern Louisiana Florida 0–4 Texas A&M Texas A&M 12–0 Southeastern Louisiana 5th place Memphis 8–0 Southeastern 3rd place LSU 0–4 Florida 1st place Florida State 10–4 Texas A&M Monterey National Championships thumb|Program cover for 1976 tournament. The 1976 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship."The Money Is Nice, But The Work Annoys Them". (March 20, 1974). San Francisco Examiner, p.52 col.2"Bakersfield Rugby Team Wins Slugfest From Fullerton". (March 14, 1977). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.5-7"Chuckanut Bay Ruggers 18th At Monterey". (March 27, 1975). Bellingham Herald, p.14 col.1-3"UM Rugby Club Enters Title Meet". (March 15, 1974). The Missoulian, p.14 col.3-4"Add: U. Va. Rugby Club". (June 23, 1966). Times-Dispatch, p.21 col.2https://www.ncrfu.org/ncrfu-history History Of Northern California Rugby Hickey Dan NCRFU.ORG 2016 Northern California Rugby Football Union November 18, 2023 April 1979 Buchanan Terry Loughborough Victorious Scrum Down Buchanan-Sousa 1 15 1 Hagerty Ed April 18, 1983 Monterey: Club Championship Site? Editorial Rugby 9 3 37 This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 20–21. The tournament MVP was Tom Klein (BATS), Most Valuable Fan was 87 year old Watson Luke, Brian Cedarwell of the Athletic RFC won the Running Drop Kick contest while Steve Montgomery of Old Blues was runner-up. The Bay Area Touring Side of San Francisco, CA went 5–0 to take first place."BATS Win Rugby Event In Monterey". (March 22, 1976). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.1"Strong Rugby Team Prevails". (March 23, 1976). Press–Courier, p.11 col.1"BATS Champs". (March 22, 1976). Lodi News–Sentinel, p.10 col.6"Portland Ruggers 8th". (March 24, 1976). The Oregonian, p.E3 col.1–2"Miscellany". (March 22, 1976). Seattle Times, p.B5 col.4 First round 1976 3 20 y 8:00AM 1 10-0 BATS Coronado RC Field 1 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:00AM 2 10-0 Dartmouth RFC Stanford University Field 2 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:00AM 3 3-6 Newport Beach St. Mary's College Field 3 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:00AM 4 16-0 UC Berkeley Hawaii Harlequins Field 4 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:30AM 5 14-0 Athletic RFC Hastings RFC Field 1 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:30AM 6 4-3 X–O RC Kern County RC Field 2 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:30AM 7 9-0 Olde Gaels Buffalo's RC Field 3 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 8:30AM 8 10-3 UCLA Santa Clara University Field 4 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:00AM 9 3-4 Old Blues RC Portland RC Field 1 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:00AM 10 6-0 OMBAC Palo Alto RFC Field 2 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:00AM 11 0-0 Los Angeles RC Seahawks Field 3 Pebble Beach L–W 1976 3 20 y 9:00AM 12 16-6 Old Puget Sound Beach Monterey RC Field 4 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:30AM 13 3-0 San Jose State USC Field 1 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:30AM 14 3-3 CSU Long Beach San Francisco RC Field 2 Pebble Beach W–L 1976 3 20 y 9:30AM 15 4-0 Capitol RFC Boulder RC Field 3 Pebble Beach 1976 3 20 y 9:30AM 16 9-0 Santa Monica RC Chico RC Field 4 Pebble Beach Championship Bracket Second RoundMarch 20 Quarterfinals March 20 Semifinals March 20 Final March 21 Third place 1 BATS 9 16 Dartmouth 4 24 Saint Mary's 0 8 Cal Berkeley 6 5 Athletic RFC 7 12 X–O Rugby Club 6 13 Olde Gaels 6 4 UCLA 21 30 Portland Pigs 6 14 OMBAC 3 23 Seahawks 4 7 Old Puget Sound Beach 6 6 San Jose State 8 11 Long Beach 0 15 Capitol RFC 0 2 Santa Monica 7 1 BATS 20 8 Cal Berkeley 4 5 Athletic RFC 0 4 UCLA 4 30 Portland Pigs 3 7 Old Puget Sound 9 6 San Jose State 3 2 Santa Monica 8 1 BATS 9 4 UCLA 3 7 Old Puget Sound 0 2 Santa Monica 19 1 BATS 13 2 Santa Monica 3 4 UCLA 16 7 Old Puget Sound 13 Final "Championship" 21 March 1976 2:20PM BATS 13–3 Santa Monica Hagerty Ed April 1976 BATS Win Monterey Rugby Tournament Rugby 4 3 1 Eric Haley 23' Kip Oxman 15'Kip Oxman Kip Oxman John McDermott Pebble Beach Champions: Bay Area Touring Side Coach: James Waste Captain: Brick Haley Roster: Mike Anderson, Fred Brown, Dick Dumont, Roger De Salles, Pete Eireman, Ty Gerlach, Don Guest, Orv Hibbard, Bobby Jonson, Tom Klein, Steve Luber, Ian Loveseth, Jerry Mosher, Skip Nubauer, Tom Ogrady, Kip Oxman, Tom Pullman, Mike Purcell, Doug Single, Mike Stepanian, Howie Williams, Mike Wood, Mike Yancy. 5th–8th Fifth place Seventh place L33 Cal Berkeley 3 L34 Athletic RFC 3* L35 Portland Pigs 3 L36 San Jose State 15 W51 Athletic RFC 3 W52 San Jose State 6 L51 Cal Berkeley 17 L52 Portland Pigs 7 *Advanced on kicks yes 9th–16th 9th–12th 13th–16th Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Fifteenth Field 2 1:10PM L17 Dartmouth 9 L18 St. Mary's 7 Field 2 1:50PM L19 X-O Rugby Club 0 L20 Olde Gaels 3 Field 3 2:30PM L21 OMBAC 6* L22 Seahawks 6 Field 4 2:00PM L23 Long Beach 12 L24 Capitol RFC 9 Field 2 4:40PM W37 Dartmouth 0 W38 Olde Gaels 3 Field 3 5:10PM W39 OMBAC 4 W40 Long Beach 3 Field 2 4:00PM L37 St. Mary's 17 L38 X-O RC 0 Field 4 4:40PM L39 Seahawks 3 L40 Capitol 6 Field 2 10:50AM W53 Olde Gaels 3 W54 OMBAC 14 Field 3 12:00PM L53 Dartmouth 6 L54 Long Beach 13 Field 2 9:40AM W55 St. Mary's 0 W56 Capitol 25 Field 4 12:00PM L55 X-O RC 24 L56 Seahawks 12 *Advanced on kicks Consolation Bracket Second RoundMarch 20 Quarterfinals March 20 Semifinals March 20 17th place March 21 19th place L1 Coronado 0 L2 Stanford 10 L3 Newport Beach 9 L4 Hawaii Harlequins 13 L5 Hastings 0 L6 Kern County 25 L7 Buffalo's RC 6 L8 Santa Clara 3 L9 Old Blues 17 L10 Palo Alto 0 L11 Los Angeles RC 4 L12 Monterey RC 0 L13 USC 4 L14 San Francisco RC 0 L15 Boulder 3 L16 Chico RC 17 W25 Stanford 11 W26 Hawaii Harlequins 0 W27 Kern County 21 W28 Buffalo's 3 W29 Old Blues 0 W30 Los Angeles RC 0* W31 USC 4 W32 Chico RC 7 W41 Stanford 10 W42 Kern County 6 W43 Los Angeles RC 0 W44 Chico RC 0* W57 Stanford 19 W58 Chico RC 7 L57 Kern County 11 L58 Los Angeles RC 6 *Advanced on kicks 21st–24th 21st place 23rd place L41 Hawaii Harlequins 3* L42 Buffalo's RC 3 L43 USC 4 L44 Old Blues 4* W59 Hawaii Harlequins 6 W60 Old Blues 12 L59 Buffalo's RC 41 L60 USC 10 *Advanced on kicks yes 25th–32nd 25th–28th 29th–32nd 25th place 27th place 29th place 31st place Field 4 12:40AM L25 Coronado 10 L26 Newport Beach 4 Field 4 1:20PM L27 Hastings 0 L28 Santa Clara 8 Field 3 3:10PM L29 Palo Alto 0 L30 Monterey 7 Field 4 2:40PM L31 San Francisco RC 6 L32 Boulder 3 Field 4 3:20PM W45 Coronado 16 W46 Santa Clara 8 Field 4 5:20PM W47 Monterey 4 W48 San Francisco RC 0 Field 4 4:00PM L45 Newport Beach 13 L46 Hastings 4 Field 4 6:00PM L47 Palo Alto 4 L48 Boulder 0 Field 1 8:30AM W61 Coronado 19 W62 Monterey 4 Field 2 8:30AM L61 Santa Clara 0 L62 San Francisco RC 7 Field 3 8:30AM W63 Newport Beach 9 W64 Palo Alto 3 Field 4 8:30AM L63 Hastings 10 L64 Boulder 16 Exhibition match: UCLA Women's 14-6 San Francisco Women's RC References results National National Rugby Category:Sports competitions in Baton Rouge, 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