1977 National Rugby Championships
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| 1977 National Rugby Championships | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Tournament format(s) | Various |
| Date | 1977 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Final | |
The 1977 National Rugby Championships featured USARFU's first installment of the Interterritorial championships while the Monterey National was in its 19th edition.
The National Selection Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed from selected players from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes.[1] The selection committee was chaired by Keith Seaber representing the Midwest and also included Ray Cornbill of the East, Kevin Kitto from the West and Denis Storer for the Pacific Coast.[2] The 1977 tournament was the inaugural edition and was played as a round robin from May 14–15 at Jackson Field in Greeley, CO.[3] The Pacific Coast RFU were the champions and claimed the Governor's Cup.[4][5] Tom Beckman of the Midwest was named the MVP.[6]
Results:
| 14 May 1977 9:00AM |
| Western | 6–10 | Eastern |
| Try: Keith Wilkinson c Con: Doug Parks | [7] | Try: Clay Mahaffey Otis Purvis Con: Boyd Morrison |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Dennis Shanagher (San Francisco) |
| 14 May 1977 11:00AM |
| Pacific Coast | 19–16 | Midwest |
| Try: Dennis Jablonski Bric Haley Don Guest Con: Dennis Jablonski (2) Pen: Dennis Jablonski | [8] | Try: Tim Swift (3) Scott Kelso |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Jim Russel (Denver) |
| 14 May 1977 2:30PM |
| Eastern | 9–13 | Pacific Coast |
| Pen: Dick Cooke (3) | [9] | Try: Don Guest Pen: Kip Oxman (3) |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Ed Green (Chicago) |
| 14 May 1977 4:30PM |
| Western | 0–16 | Midwest |
| [9] | Try: Tom Beckmann Steve Chapman Tim Swift Con: Mike Halliday (2) |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Alan Kitchener (Lancaster) |
| 15 May 1977 10:00AM |
| Eastern | 26–3 | Midwest |
| Try: Rob Bordley (3) Con: Dick Cooke Pen: Dick Cooke (4) | [10] | Pen: Jim Perkins |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Dennis Shanagher (San Francisco) |
| 15 May 1977 11:30AM |
| Western | 12–23 | Pacific Coast |
| Try: Greg Welfare c Con: Doug Parks Pen: Doug Parks (2) | [9] | Try: David Stephenson David Bateman David Stephenson c David Stephenson c Con: Dennis Jablonski (2/4) Pen: Dennis Jablonski |
| Greeley, CO Referee: Alan Kitchener (Lancaster) |
| Team | W | L | F | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Coast Grizzlies | 3 | 0 | 55 | 37 |
| 2 | Eastern Colonials | 2 | 1 | 45 | 22 |
| 3 | Midwest Thunderbirds | 1 | 2 | 35 | 45 |
| 4 | Western Mustangs | 0 | 3 | 18 | 49 |
U.S. Eagles selection:[11]
Jay Hanson (Pacific), Bruce Henderson (West), Mike Sherlock (East), Craig Sweeney captain(Pacific), Bob Casey (East), Tom Klein (Pacific), Jeff Lambard (Pacific), Tom Selfridge (East), Scott Kelso (Midwest), Rob Bordley (East), David Stephenson (Pacific), Dan Wack (East), Don Guest (Pacific), Mike Liscovitz (East), Dennis Jablonski (Pacific).[12]
Alternates: Carl Muhler (Pacific), Brad Andrews (Pacific), Steve Grey (Pacific), Dick Cook (East), Boyd Morrison (East), Bill Brown (West).[13]
Monterey National Championships
The 1977 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 19th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.[14][15][16][17][18][19] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 19–20. The tournament MVPs were Terry Scott (UCLA) and Ann Fowler (UCLA), Bill Armstrong of the Old Blues won the Running Drop Kick contest while Kurt Huckaby of Chico was runner-up. Rudy Scholz of the Bald Eagles side from San Francisco and former Olympic gold medalist in 1920 and 1924 won the Oldest Player award at the age of 82.[20] Mr. Watson Luke won a special award for having attended all the previous tournaments the sponsors named the perpetual trophy after him.[21] The Santa Monica Rugby Club went 5–0 to take first place.[22][23][24][25][26]
First round
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 1 | BATS | 12-0 | USC | Pebble Beach |
| 7:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 2 | OMBAC | 9-0 | St. Mary's College | Pebble Beach |
| 7:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 3 | San Jose State | 6-0 | Norwich RC | Pebble Beach |
| 7:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 4 | Portland Pigs | 9-9 (L–W p) | UC Davis | Pebble Beach |
| 7:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 5 | X–O RC | 9-0 | Coronado RC | Pebble Beach |
| 7:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 6 | Stanford University | 4-0 | Davis City RC | Pebble Beach |
| 7:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 7 | Palo Alto RC | 0-3 | Hawaii Harlequins | Pebble Beach |
| 7:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 8 | UCLA | 9-0 | U. of Oregon | Pebble Beach |
| 7:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 9 | Old Puget Sound Beach | 8-0 | Sea Hawks | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 10 | San Francisco RC | 3-0 | Bakersfield Area RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 11 | Los Angeles RC | 3-0 | Hastings RFC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 12 | UC Berkeley | 18-0 | U. of Washington | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 13 | Old Blues | 12-0 | Monterey RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 14 | Capitol RFC | 6-10 | Newport Beach RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 15 | Chuckanut Bay RC | 0-0 (W–L p) | Olde Gaels | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 19 March 1977 (1977-03-19) 16 | Santa Monica RC | 3-0 | Chico State | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
Championship Bracket
| Second Round March 19 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Final March 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | OMBAC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Jose State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Jose State | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 | UC Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | X.O. Rugby Club | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Stanford | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Stanford | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Hawaii Harlequins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Old Puget Sound | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | San Francisco | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Old Puget Sound | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Berkeley | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Los Angeles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Berkeley | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Berkeley | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Old Blues | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Newport Beach | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Old Blues | 3 | 1 | BATS | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 4 | 5 | Berkeley | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Chuckanut Bay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| 20 March 1977 2:20PM |
| UCLA | 0–14 | Santa Monica |
| [27] | Try: Bryan Kelly Greg Schneeweis 65' c Craig Sweeney Con: Rich Havard |
| Pebble Beach, CA Attendance: 6,500 |
Champions: Santa Monica Rugby Club
Coach: Ron Nisbet
Captain: Craig Sweeney
Roster: Brad Andrews, Steve Auerbach, Dave Briley, Tim Desmond, Ron Guss, Richard Harvard, Jerry Kelleher, Brian Kelley, Vic Leopisto, Dennis Murphy, Greg Schneeweis, Jeff Smith, David Stephenson, Jeff Todd.
| 5th–8th | Fifth place | ||||||||
| L33 | San Jose State | 4 | |||||||
| L34 | Stanford | 4* | |||||||
| W51 | Stanford | 3 | |||||||
| W52 | Old Blues | 17 | |||||||
| L35 | Old Puget Sound | 0 | |||||||
| L36 | Old Blues | 31 | Seventh place | ||||||
| L51 | San Jose State | 3 | |||||||
| L52 | Old Puget Sound | 19 | |||||||
* Advanced on kicks
| Thirteenth | 13th–16th | 9th–16th | 9th–12th | Ninth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 12:10PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L17 | OMBAC | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 3:00PM | L18 | UC Davis | 3 | Field 2 3:40PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| L37 | UC Davis | 9 | W37 | OMBAC | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L38 | Hawaii Harlequins | 0 | Field 2 12:50PM | W38 | X.O. RC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L19 | X.O. RC | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 9:40AM | L20 | Hawaii Harlequins | 6 | Field 2 10:50AM | |||||||||||||||||||
| W55 | UC Davis | 3 | W53 | OMBAC | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W56 | Los Angeles | 15 | Field 3 1:20PM | W54 | Newport Beach | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| L21 | San Francisco | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 3:40PM | L22 | Los Angeles | 0 | Field 3 3:50PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fifteenth | L39 | Los Angeles | 13 | W39 | San Francisco | 3 | Eleventh | ||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 12:00PM | L40 | Chuckanut Bay | 6 | Field 4 1:00PM | W40 | Newport Beach | 6 | Field 3 12:00PM | |||||||||||||||
| L55 | Hawaii Harlequins | 0* | L23 | Newport Beach | 15 | L53 | X.O. | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| L56 | Chuckanut Bay | 0 | L24 | Chuckanut Bay | 3 | L54 | San Francisco | 9 | |||||||||||||||
* Won on kicks
Consolation Bracket
| Second Round March 19 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | 17th place March 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| L1 | USC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L2 | St. Mary's | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W25 | St. Mary's | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W26 | Portland | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| L3 | Norwich | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| L4 | Portland | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| W41 | Portland | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| W42 | Palo Alto | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L5 | Coronado | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L6 | Davis City | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W27 | Coronado | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W28 | Palo Alto | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| L7 | Palo Alto | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| L8 | U. of Oregon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W57 | Portland | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| W58 | Capitol | 12* | |||||||||||||||||
| L9 | Sea Hawks | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L10 | Bakersfield Area | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W29 | Bakersfield Area | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| W30 | U. of Washington | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L11 | Hastings | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L12 | U. of Washington | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| W43 | Bakersfield Area | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W44 | Capitol | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L13 | Monterey | 0 | 19th place | ||||||||||||||||
| L14 | Capitol | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| W31 | Capitol | 6 | L57 | Palo Alto | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| W32 | Chico State | 3 | L58 | Bakersfield Area | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| L15 | Olde Gaels | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L16 | Chico State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
* Won on kicks
| 21st–24th | 21st place | ||||||||
| L41 | St. Mary's | 0 | |||||||
| L42 | Coronado | 3 | |||||||
| W59 | Coronado | 29 | |||||||
| W60 | Chico State | 6 | |||||||
| L43 | U. of Washington | 0 | |||||||
| L44 | Chico State | 12 | 23rd place | ||||||
| L59 | St. Mary's | 16 | |||||||
| L60 | U. of Washington | 15 | |||||||
| 29th place | 29th–32nd | 25th–32nd | 25th–28th | 25th place | |||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 11:40AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L25 | USC | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 3:00PM | L26 | Norwich | 0 | Field 4 4:20PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| L45 | Norwich | 3 | W45 | USC | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L46 | U. of Oregon | 12 | Field 4 12:20PM | W46 | Davis City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L27 | Davis City | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 3 8:30AM | L28 | U. of Oregon | 3 | Field 1 8:30AM | |||||||||||||||||||
| W63 | U. of Oregon | 12 | W61 | USC | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W64 | Monterey | 10 | Field 4 2:20PM | W62 | Olde Gaels | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| L29 | Sea Hawks | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 3 5:10PM | L30 | Hastings | 4 | Field 4 5:00PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31st place | L47 | Sea Hawks | 0 | W47 | Hastings | 0 | 27th place | ||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 8:30AM | L48 | Monterey | 3 | Field 4 1:40PM | W48 | Olde Gaels | 4 | Field 2 8:30AM | |||||||||||||||
| L63 | Norwich | 6 | L31 | Monterey | 3 | L61 | Davis City | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| L64 | Sea Hawks | 51 | L32 | Olde Gaels | 7 | L62 | Hastings | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Exhibition matches:
- B.C. Whoi Whoi 9-14 Bald Eagles
- UCLA Women's RC 8-0 San Francisco Women's RC
References
- ↑ "Rugby Stars Open Tourney In Colorado". (May 14, 1977). San Francisco Chronicle, p.41 col.6
- ↑ Fleener, Terry; Seaber, Keith (April 1977). "Where Is The Best U.S. Rugby Played?". Rugby. Vol. 3, no. 2. p. 6.
- ↑ "U.S. National Rugby Trials Program Set". (May 12, 1977). Greeley Tribune, p.35 col.1
- ↑ "Pacific Team Wins Rugby". (May 16, 1977). Gazette Telegraph, p.4–B col.3
- ↑ "Pacific Coast Ruggers Win Title". (May 16, 1977). Seattle Times, p.E3 col.1
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- ↑ "Midwest Rugby Team Splits Tournament". (May 15, 1977). Wisconsin State Journal, sec. 3 p.4 col.2
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- ↑ "Pacific Ruggers Win 'Cup' 23-12". (May 16, 1977). Denver Post, p.29 col.3
- ↑ "Pacific Coast Ruggers Win". (May 16, 1977). San Jose News, p.7D col.3-4
- ↑ Moss, Al (May 16, 1977). "Pacific Coast Sweeps Rugby Tourney". San Francisco Chronicle, p.51 col.1-2
- ↑ "American Eagles Picked At National Selection Tournament". Rugby. Vol. 3, no. 3. May 1977. p. 3.
- ↑ "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, 30-4". The Bakersfield Californian. March 14, 1977. p. 14 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ↑ "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.2
- ↑ Hickey, Dan (2016). "History Of Northern California Rugby". Northern California Rugby Football Union. NCRFU.ORG. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ↑ "BAR Plays For 19th In Tournament". (March 20, 1977). Bakersfield Californian, p.32 col.1-4
- ↑ Brockmann, Dave (March 5, 1978). "Oldest Rugby Tourney Around". Santa Cruz Sentinel, p.49 col.1
- ↑ "Barber's Chair". (March 21, 1977). The Daily Report, p.14 col.3
- ↑ "Santa Monica King". (March 21, 1977). Cumberland Evening Times, p.7 col.2
- ↑ "Pebble Beach". (March 21, 1977). Journal Inquirer, p.48 col.1
- ↑ "Monica Ruggers Win". (March 22, 1977). Berkshire Eagle, p.22 col.3
- ↑ "Odds 'n Ends". (March 22, 1977). Nevada State Journal, p.15 col.1
- ↑ Tebbs, Tom (April 1977). "Santa Monica Takes Monterey". Rugby. Vol. 3, no. 2. p. 3.
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