Rowdies Rugby Football Club

Rugby team
teamname = Rowdies Rugby Football Club

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nickname = Rowdies
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founded = 1978
union = Missouri Rugby Football Union
league = Missouri RFU, Division III
season = 2005-06
position = 1st
ground = North End Park, Belleville, Illinois, United States
president = Chris "Turtle" Bunting
captain = Chris Brinkman
coach = Quintin "Q" Bell

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The Rowdies Rugby Football Club is a Division III rugby union team based out of Belleville, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Missouri Rugby Football Union and the Western Rugby Football Union. As such, it plays rugby in the Greater St. Louis area, as well as parts of Missouri and Illinois.

History

The Rowdies Rugby Football Club was formed in 1978 as the Scott Rowdies Rugby Football Club. In 2006, the name was changed to reflect the diversity of the players on the club. In previous years, most of the players were active duty military stationed at nearby Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. [http://rowdiesrugby.com/]

In 2005, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club won the Missouri Rugby Football Union Division III championship, defeating Ft. Leonard Wood on October 29, 2005. In the spring of 2006, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club traveled to Ft. Worth, Texas for the Western Rugby Football Union championships, as the Division III representative for the Missouri Rugby Football Union.

Currently, the Rowdies Rugby Football Club is celebrating it's 30th year of rugby.

Home Grounds

The Rowdies conduct training and all home matches at North End Park, Belleville, Illinois, United States. North End Park features the rugby-only field in the St. Louis Metro East area. Recently, the Belleville Parks Department spent time and money improving the field and installing rugby goalposts.

Current Schedule (Fall 2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.RowdiesRugby.com Official site]