Happy Holidays

Like Charlie, take time to choose just the right tree for 2012.

National Team, All-American Coaches Select USA Rugby College Sevens All-Tournament Team

BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby national team selectors have named the USA Rugby...

Rugby H2H - FINALS

The Rugby H2H tournament represents a very exciting opportunity for all of the schools and the Ivy Rugby Conference to shine the spotlight on this great competition for the Ivy student community, rugby alumni, family, sponsors, and...

Princeton Takes Third in the National Championships

Sophomores Dot Mittow and Morgan Arthur both scored and made the difference as Princeton defeated arch-rival Virginia to place third in the first-ever USA...

Peyton Bell Released from the Hospital

A recently sensationalized story in the NY Post listed our own Peyton Bell as "left for dead." The situation couldn't be further from the truth, though Peyton is in very serious condition...

Princeton Women Win Pool on Day 1 of USA Rugby 7s

Princeton Women scored four trys enroute to defeating Indiana University 20-1 in the first match of the first round of pool play in the first-ever USA Rugby 7s Collegiate...

Princeton Women go south for College 7s Nationals

For the first time in college rugby history, there will be a collegiate national sevens championship sponsored by USA Rugby this weekend. The Princeton women’s team...

Mood Indigo On Upper Alumni

Kurt Vonnegut Cornell '44 was also known to write about sports when he was a member of The Sun news board. At least when the spirit moved him. In 1941, the Cornell rugby team was having a particularly tough time...

Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby

Much is written about the birth of American Football in the Ivy League in the 1870s, but it was not until 1880 that Walter Camp lobbied the Ivies and succeeded to change the game from 15-a-...

Alan F. Williams, Cornell '15, Receives Olympic Gold Metal

Williams, Cornell Class of 1915, is the only Ivy League rugby player to ever receive an Olympic Gold Metal. Paris 18 May 1924, Olympic Stadium of...

Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens Championship

After its victory in this year’s USA Sevens College Rugby Championship and a perfect run through their Ivy Rugby XVs season, Dartmouth came into Saturday’s Ivy Sevens...

A Whitewash (and Whiteout) at Yale

Yale University, New Haven, CT -- Brown University participated in a small warm-up 7’s event at Yale University to prepare the team for the Ivy 7’s Championship next weekend at the...

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2011 Fall Standings

Men 1st XV
W
L
T
Points
Dartmouth*
7
0
0
35
Brown
5
2
0
26
Princeton
5
2
0
26
Harvard
4
3
0
21
Penn
3
4
0
14
Yale
2
5
0
9
Cornell
1
6
0
7
Columbia
1
6
0
4
* Dartmouth wins

2011 Fall Standings Women*

1st XV
W
L
T
Points
Brown**
5
0
0
25
Princeton
4
1
0
21
Dartmouth
2
3
0
12
Harvard
3
2
0
15
Columbia
1
4
0
5
Yale
0
5
0
2

* Cornell and Penn Women are not participating in 2011 Ivy competition
** Brown wins the 2011 Ivy Rugby Conference Championship

2011 Men Fall Standings

 2nd XV
W
L
T
Points
Dartmouth
4
0
0
20
Princeton
5
1
0
24
Brown
4
2
0
16
Columbia
0
1
0
0
Harvard
1
1
0
5
Yale
1
5
0
4
Cornell
1
2
0
4
Penn
0
1
0
1

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2011 Yale Rugby Video

Watch out for Yale in 2012

January 01, 2012

Yale Men's Rugby had one of their tougher seasons in the Ivy Rugby Conference finishing 2-5 and losing a couple of close calls. The team, however, is talented, organized and primed for a quick rebound in 2012. The talented play is obvious in this well presented video.

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Happy Holidays

All the best for a happy new year from the Ivy Rugby Conference

December 25, 2011

Like Charlie, take time to choose just the right tree for 2012.

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Rugby H2H - FINALS

30 days of Battle Ends Today - Ivy Rugby video highlights

December 20, 2011

The Rugby H2H tournament represents a very exciting opportunity for all of the schools and the Ivy Rugby Conference to shine the spotlight on this great competition for the Ivy student community, rugby alumni, family, sponsors, and rugby fans from around the world.

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National Team, All-American Coaches Select USA Rugby College Sevens All-Tournament Team

Dot Mittow led Princeton to a third place finish in the USA Rugby College Sevens Championships

December 19, 2011

BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby national team selectors have named the USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s College Sevens National Championship All-Tournament team. Dot Mittow of Princeton University selected.

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Princeton Takes Third in the National Championships

Princeton Takes Third in the National Championships

December 17, 2011

Sophomores Dot Mittow and Morgan Arthur both scored and made the difference as Princeton defeated arch-rival Virginia to place third in the first-ever USA Rugby National 7s Championships.

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Princeton Women Win Pool on Day 1 of USA Rugby 7s

PU defeats Indiana and Texas convincingly

December 16, 2011

Princeton Women scored four trys enroute to defeating Indiana University 20-1 in the first match of the first round of pool play in the first-ever USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championships. The Tigers then put 32 points on the board against Texas to finish the day 2-0 setting up a quarter final match against Oregon State.

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Princeton Women go south for College 7s Nationals

USA Rugby's first-ever National 7s Championships

December 15, 2011

For the first time in college rugby history, there will be a collegiate national sevens championship sponsored by USA Rugby this weekend. The Princeton women’s team was one of 11 teams chosen by a selection committee to travel to Texas A&M University to compete for the championship.

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Peyton Bell Released from the Hospital

Peyton is recovering slowly and will be returning to Seatle in a day or two

December 15, 2011

A recently sensationalized story in the NY Post listed our own Peyton Bell as "left for dead." The situation couldn't be further from the truth, though Peyton is in very serious condition.

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Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens Championship

Big Green 2nd VII Also Comes in 4th Filling in for Penn

November 05, 2011

After its victory in this year’s USA Sevens College Rugby Championship and a perfect run through their Ivy Rugby XVs season, Dartmouth came into Saturday’s Ivy Sevens Championship at the Irish Culture Centre in Canton, MA with no small amount of expectation weighing down upon them. But despite getting the best shot from all their opponents, The Big Green proved more than up to the challenge winning all five of their matches and capturing the championship after a 40-14 win in the final.

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A Whitewash (and Whiteout) at Yale

A Snowy Ivy 7s Warmup

October 29, 2011

Yale University, New Haven, CT -- Brown University participated in a small warm-up 7’s event at Yale University to prepare the team for the Ivy 7’s Championship next weekend at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton MA. Eight teams participated in the event that was eventually cut short due to weather conditions. A winter storm hit New Haven at about noon causing a couple games to be canceled and no final to be played. Both Brown sides were able to get 3 games each.

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Alan F. Williams, Cornell '15, Receives Olympic Gold Metal

Williams is the only Ivy League Graduate to Recieve a Gold Metal in Rugby

May 18, 1924

Williams, Cornell Class of 1915, is the only Ivy League rugby player to ever receive an Olympic Gold Metal. Paris 18 May 1924, Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Games of the VIII Olympiad: Competitors of the United States and France (17:3) battle during the final match of the rugby tournament.

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Why does she play rugby?

A Yale Women's Rugby Team member explains why she plays rugby.

Founded in 1978, the Yale Women's Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest women's collegiate rugby teams in the nation. Yale Women are a competitive rugby team, playing against women's rugby teams at Ivy League schools in the Ivy Rugby Conference.

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Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby

At Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia, it was Rugby in the late 1870s

Much is written about the birth of American Football in the Ivy League in the 1870s, but it was not until 1880 that Walter Camp lobbied the Ivies and succeeded to change the game from 15-a-side to 11-a-side. If we read between the lines of this American Football article, it's rugby that was predominantly played in the second half of the 1870s and it was played at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia.

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Mood Indigo On Upper Alumni

Cornell Daily Sun, Volume LXI, Issue 157, 1 May 1941

Kurt Vonnegut Cornell '44 was also known to write about sports when he was a member of The Sun news board. At least when the spirit moved him. In 1941, the Cornell rugby team was having a particularly tough time of it, and Vonnegut pointed out the problem in this column from May 1, 1941.

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