Diablo Gaels RFC

Diablo Gaels RFC

Full name	Olde Gaels Rugby Football Club
Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	Diablo Gaels
Founded	1971
Ground(s)	Diablo Valley College
President	John Compaglia
Coach(es)	Harry Batten Barry Thompson
League(s)	NCRFU Division II
Official website
www.diablogaels.com

Diablo Gaels Rugby Football Club, located in Walnut Creek, CA. The Gaels compete in the Northern California Rugby Football Union's Division II competition. In 2009 the Gaels made it to the first round of Division 2 playoffs beating the Portland Pigs RFC and eventually losing to Red Mountain Warthogs.

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The history of the Diablo Gaels Rugby Club (formerly Olde Gaels Athletic Club) was a result of the merger of two separate clubs known as Peacock Gap and Piedmont Rugby Clubs in 1971. St. Mary's College Rugby Coach Patrick Vincent, former Captain of the 1956 New Zealand All Blacks, suggested that his graduating seniors join the club. In so doing, the name Olde Gaels was selected as the college athletes joining the club were no longer young Gaels.