Pittsburgh Harlequins

Rugby team
teamname = Pittsburgh Harlequins RFC
location = Cheswick (outside Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, USA
fullname = Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Football Club
union = USA Rugby, Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union, Potomac Rugby Union
country

url = www.pittsburghharlequins.org
founded = 1973
ground = Founders Field
president = Eric Jerpe
coach = Steve Walsh

The Pittsburgh Harlequins are an American rugby union founded in 1973. The team is a member of the USA Rugby Football Union, the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union, and the Potomac Rugby Union.

The team currently has 40 active players and boasts over 300 alumni members since its founding by University of Pittsburgh law students. They advanced to the Final 16 of the National Championships in 1999.

The Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Football Association was created in 1995 to support the club, its facilities, and rugby youth outreach programs targeting underprivileged youth. In 1997, the RFA bought 12 acres of land in Indiana Township, Pennsylvania and constructed two full-sized lighted rugby or soccer pitches with an adjacent parking lot and clubhouse.

External links

* [http://www.pittsburghharlequins.org/ Official Site]
* [http://www.marfu.org/ Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union]
* [http://www.pru.org/ Potomac Rugby Union]