Belmont Shore RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Belmont Shore RFC
location = Long Beach, California, USA
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fullname = Belmont Shore Rugby Football Club
union = USA Rugby
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url = www.belmontshorerfc.com
founded = 1974
ground = Cal State Long Beach [ [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/game.htm Belmont Shore Pitch] ]
president = Matt Webber
coach = Doug Pye
league = Rugby Super League
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Belmont Shore Rugby Football Club is a United States SuperLeague rugby union team named after the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California, which has a tradition of amateur rugby.

History

The Belmont Shore team was founded in 1974, and was one of the original US Rugby Super League teams in 1997. The team has been in the Super League Finals in seven of the past ten championships, including the last five championships. They have been league champions four times, most recently in 2007. They were runners-ups to the New York Athletic Club team in 2005, and to the San Diego-based Old Mission Beach Athletic Club team in 2006.

ponsorship

The SuperLeague's primary sponsor is Michelob Amber Bock, with each individual team receiving a portion of those revenues. In addition to Amber Bock, Belmont Shore has individual sponsorships. Notable primary sponsors include CP Ships and Dr Pepper/7Up. Also DCL Direct (Direct Container Line) and Kudu Rugby. [ [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/ Official Belmont Shore Sponsors] ]

Notable Players

"Note: caps and participation are accurate as of 10 August 2006"

=United States national rugby union team - USA Eagles=

Current Eagles

* Mike Hercus, fly-half, thirty-six international caps, 387 international points. [ [http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=4628&includeref=dynamic Scrum.com - Rugby News, Results, and Action, including the Rugby World Cup, from Scrum, the best Rugby Football site in the World : Player Stats ] ]
*Chris Ostentowski, prop, eight international caps [ [http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl Chris Ostentowski Player Profile on usarugby.org] ] [ [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=38 Chris Ostentowski Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com] ]
*Francois Viljoen, fullback, thirteen international caps (63 points in international tests) [ [http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl Francois Viljoen Player Profile on usarugby.org] ] [ [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=75 Francois Viljoen Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com] ]

Air New Zealand Cup

*Lee Peina, halfback, Northland [ [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=53 Lee Peina Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com] ]

Other rugby teams in Long Beach

Besides the Belmont Shore Super League team, there is the Belmont Shore Women's Rugby Football Club (nicknamed the "Landsharks", they have two national championships) [http://www.bswrfc.com/] , Coast Women's RFC [http://www.coastwrfc.com/] , a men's club team at Long Beach State (which has made the National Final Four on 4 occasions) [http://www.csulb.edu/~rugby/] , and a Long Beach Youth Rugby Football Club [http://www.scrfu.org/clubs.htm] .

External links

* [http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.premier-rugby.com Super League]
* [http://www.usarugby.org USA Rugby]

References