1975 National Rugby Championships

1975 National Rugby Championships
1975 National Rugby Championships
Tournament details
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	1975
Tournament statistics
Final
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The 1975 National Rugby Championships were limited to Local Union championships since the United States of America Rugby Football Union had only been established on June 7 of that year in Chicago.^[1] The Territorial selection tournament would not start until 1977 therefore most of the higher level play was by the sub-unions. There was no college tournament during the reorganization of the RFU^[2] and the Monterey National played its 17th edition.

Local Union Selects

15 April 1975

NorCal Pelicans	21–3	Abertillery (Wales)
	^[3]

Polo Fields, San Francisco

19 April 1975
2:00PM

NorCal Pelicans	26–9	SoCal Griffins
	^[4]

UC Irvine

25 May 1975

Ontario RU	14–0	Midwest RFU
	^[5]

Toronto, ON

1 June 1975

Wisconsin RFU	0–7	Chicago Area RFU
	^[6]

Madison, WI

14 September 1975

Eastern Rockies RFU	4–11	Texas RFU
	^[7]

Colorado Sprigs, CO

7 April 1975

Ebbw Vale	10–12	Golden State Poppies
	^[8]

Ebbw Vale, Wales

9 April 1975

Swansea	21–7	Golden Poppies
	^[9]

St. Helen's Stadium

14 April 1975

Edinburgh	4–25	Poppies

Scotland

16 April 1975

Scottish Border Counties	19–16	NorCal Poppies
	^[10]

Scotland

19 April 1975

Esher	9–9	Poppies
	^[11]

England

21 April 1975

Bath XV	16–10	Poppies
	^[12]

Bath, England

14 April 1975

Cheltenham	0–18	Poppies
	^[13]

England

Monterey National Invitational

The 1975 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 17th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 22–23. The tournament MVP was Mike Hodgins (Cal Berkeley), Most Valuable Fan was 86 year old Watson Luke, Steve Montgomery of the Old Blues won the Drop Kick competition while Mickey Ording of X–Os was runner-up.^[22] UCLA went 5–0 to take first place.^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

Championship Bracket

Second Round March 22			Quarterfinals March 22			Semifinals March 22			Final March 23

1	Santa Monica	30

17	Pensacola Navy	0
			1	Santa Monica	20

			9	Old Blues	0
9	Old Blues	4

8	Old Puget Sound Beach	0
						1	Santa Monica	3

						4	Cal Berkeley	0
5	X–O Rugby Club	6

12	Florida State	0
			5	X–O	6

			4	Cal Berkeley	10
13	Newport Beach	7

4	Cal Berkeley	10
									1	Santa Monica	7

									3	UCLA	10
3	UCLA	18

19	Seahawks	3
			3	UCLA	9

			6	San Jose State	0
11	OMBAC	0

6	San Jose State	3
						3	UCLA	12

						2	BATS	6
7	CSU Long Beach	12							Third place

22	Monterey RC	3
			7	Long Beach	0				4	Cal Berkeley	8

			2	BATS	19				2	BATS	6
15	UC Santa Barbara	0

2	BATS	28

Third place

23 March 1975
12:45PM

Cal Berkeley	8–6	BATS
Try: Mike Hodgins (2)	^[28]	Pen: Kip Oxman (2)

Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000

Final

23 March 1975
2:20PM

Santa Monica	7–10	UCLA
Try: Greg Schneeweis Pen: John McDermott	^[29]	Try: Vince Pasavariello 5' c Terry Scott Con: John Sullivan

Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000

5th–8th			Fifth place

L33	Old Blues	0

L34	X–O	3
			W51	X–O	6

			W52	San Jose State	13
L35	San Jose State	12

L36	Long Beach	0	Seventh place


			L51	Old Blues	8

			L52	Long Beach	7

Thirteenth

13th–16th

9th–16th

9th–12th

Ninth

Field 2 1:10PM

L17

Pensacola

0

Field 2 4:00PM

L18

Old Puget Sound

24

Field 2 4:40PM

L37

Pensacola

3

W37

Old Puget Sound

6

L38

Florida State

3*

Field 2 1:50PM

W38

Newport Beach

0

L19

Florida State

0

Field 2 10:15AM

L20

Newport Beach

10

Field 2 12:45PM

W55

Florida State

6

W53

Old Puget Sound

10

W56

OMBAC

18

Field 3 2:30PM

W54

Seahawks

9

L21

Seahawks

0*

Field 4 4:40PM

L22

OMBAC

0

Field 3 5:10PM

Fifteenth

L39

OMBAC

17

W39

Seahawks

12

Eleventh

Field 3 12:45PM

L40

Monterey

9

Field 4 2:00PM

W40

Santa Barbara

0

Field 2 11:30AM

L55

Pensacola

4

L23

Monterey

3

L53

Newport Beach

0

L56

Monterey

16

L24

Santa Barbara

4

L54

Santa Barbara

8

*Advanced on kicks

Consolation Bracket

Second Round
March 22

Quarterfinals
March 22

Semifinals
March 22

17th place
March 23

L1

Western Washington

0

L2

Sacramento Capitol RC

15

W25

Sacramento Capitol

12

W26

St. Mary's

3

L3

St. Mary's College

6

L4

Santa Clara University

4

W41

Sacramento

6

W42

USC

0

L5

USC

7

L6

Portland RC

6

W27

USC

8

W28

Fresno

0

L7

Oregon State

10

L8

Fresno RC

13

W57

Sacramento

14

W58

Chuckanut Bay

6

L9

UC Davis

0

L10

Chuckanut Bay

8

W29

Chuckanut Bay

15

W30

San Francisco RC

0

L11

San Francisco RC

14

L12

Navy All Star Touring Side

0

W43

Chuckanut Bay

16

W44

Olde Gaels

0

L13

River Rat RC

4*

19th place

L14

Stanford

4

W31

River Rat

0

L57

USC

28

W32

Olde Gaels

4

L58

Olde Gaels

6

L15

Olde Gaels

6

L16

Washington State

3

*Advanced on kicks

21st–24th			21st place

L41	St. Mary's	4

L42	Fresno RC	3
			W59	St. Mary's	7

			W60	River Rat	6
L43	San Francisco RC	0

L44	River Rat	12	23rd place


			L59	Fresno RC	8

			L60	San Francisco RC	16

29th place

29th–32nd

25th–32nd

25th–28th

25th place

Field 4 12:40AM

L25

Western Washington

0

Field 4 4:00PM

L26

Santa Clara

4

Field 4 3:20PM

L45

Western Washington

0

W45

Santa Clara

11

L46

Portland RC

17

Field 4 1:20PM

W46

Oregon State

7

L27

Portland RC

3

Field 3 9:00AM

L28

Oregon State

10

Field 1 9:00AM

W63

Portland RC

6

W61

Santa Clara

8

W64

Washington State

0

Field 3 3:10PM

W62

Stanford

4

L29

UC Davis

3

Field 4 6:00PM

L30

Navy All Star Touring

0

Field 4 5:20PM

31st place

L47

Navy All Star

0

W47

UC Davis

0

27th place

Field 4 9:00AM

L48

Washington State

9

Field 4 2:40PM

W48

Stanford

4

Field 2 9:00AM

L63

Western Washington

17

L31

Stanford

22

L61

Oregon State

19

L64

Navy All Star

11

L32

Washington State

0

L62

UC Davis

8

References

^ "Ruggers Unionize". (June 12, 1975). Adirondack Daily Enterprise, p.6 col.3
^ "LU Ruggers In Tourney". (October 21, 1976). Beaumont Enterprise, p.5–B col.1
^ "Northern Cal Rugby Squad Meets South". (April 19, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.43 col.4
^ "NorCal Ruggers Upset South; Poppies Next?". (April 21, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.47 col.1–2
^ "Ontario Rugby Club A Winner". (May 26, 1975). Toronto Star, p.B17 col.9
^ "Bumps And Bruises". (June 2, 1975). Wisconsin State Journal, sec.2 p.1 col.1–2
^ "Six Selected To Elite Team In Rugby Play". (September 15, 1975). Denver Post, p.26 col.1
^ Lovejoy, Gary (April 8, 1975). "Ebbw Vale Given Shock By Poppies". South Wales Argus, p.11 col.3–4
^ "Rugby Stars Split In Wales". (April 11, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.59 col.7–8
^ McLaren, Bill (April 17, 1975). "Brown Saves Borderers". Glasgow Herald, p.23 col.3–4
^ "Rugby Round Up". (April 20, 1975). Sunday Telegraph, p.32
^ "Americans Give Bath A Fright". (April 22, 1975). Western Daily Press, p.11 col.3
^ "Now The Poppies Pile On Agony". (April 24, 1975). Western Daily Press, p.3 col.3
^ "The Money Is Nice, But The Work Annoys Them". (March 20, 1974). San Francisco Examiner, p.52 col.2
^ "Bakersfield rugby team wins slugfest from Fullerton, 30-4". The Bakersfield Californian. March 14, 1977. p. 14 – via NewspaperArchive.
^ "Chuckanut Bay Ruggers 18th At Monterey". (March 27, 1975). Bellingham Herald, p.14 col.1-3
^ "UM Rugby Club Enters Title Meet". (March 15, 1974). The Missoulian, p.14 col.3-4
^ "Add: U. Va. Rugby Club". (June 23, 1966). Times-Dispatch, p.21 col.2
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^ Moss, Al (March 24, 1975). "UCLA Wins Monterey Rugby". San Francisco Chronicle, p.48 col.1–2

[1] "Ruggers Unionize". (June 12, 1975). Adirondack Daily Enterprise, p.6 col.3

[2] "LU Ruggers In Tourney". (October 21, 1976). Beaumont Enterprise, p.5–B col.1

[3] "Northern Cal Rugby Squad Meets South". (April 19, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.43 col.4

[4] "NorCal Ruggers Upset South; Poppies Next?". (April 21, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.47 col.1–2

[5] "Ontario Rugby Club A Winner". (May 26, 1975). Toronto Star, p.B17 col.9

[6] "Bumps And Bruises". (June 2, 1975). Wisconsin State Journal, sec.2 p.1 col.1–2

[7] "Six Selected To Elite Team In Rugby Play". (September 15, 1975). Denver Post, p.26 col.1

[8] Lovejoy, Gary (April 8, 1975). "Ebbw Vale Given Shock By Poppies". South Wales Argus, p.11 col.3–4

[9] "Rugby Stars Split In Wales". (April 11, 1975). San Francisco Chronicle, p.59 col.7–8

[10] McLaren, Bill (April 17, 1975). "Brown Saves Borderers". Glasgow Herald, p.23 col.3–4

[11] "Rugby Round Up". (April 20, 1975). Sunday Telegraph, p.32

[12] "Americans Give Bath A Fright". (April 22, 1975). Western Daily Press, p.11 col.3

[13] "Now The Poppies Pile On Agony". (April 24, 1975). Western Daily Press, p.3 col.3

[14] "The Money Is Nice, But The Work Annoys Them". (March 20, 1974). San Francisco Examiner, p.52 col.2

[15] "Bakersfield rugby team wins slugfest from Fullerton, 30-4". The Bakersfield Californian. March 14, 1977. p. 14 – via NewspaperArchive.

[16] "Chuckanut Bay Ruggers 18th At Monterey". (March 27, 1975). Bellingham Herald, p.14 col.1-3

[17] "UM Rugby Club Enters Title Meet". (March 15, 1974). The Missoulian, p.14 col.3-4

[18] "Add: U. Va. Rugby Club". (June 23, 1966). Times-Dispatch, p.21 col.2

[19] Hickey, Dan (2016). "History Of Northern California Rugby". Northern California Rugby Football Union. NCRFU.ORG. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[20] Buchanan, Terry, ed. (April 1979). "Loughborough Victorious". Scrum Down. Vol. 1, no. 15. Buchanan-Sousa. p. 1.

[21] Hagerty, Ed (April 18, 1983). "Monterey: Club Championship Site?". Editorial. Rugby. Vol. 9, no. 3. p. 37.

[22] Laucher, Karl (March 24, 1975). "When You Say Rugby, Say California!". San Jose News, p.53 col.3–4

[23] "UCLA, Cal Rugby Teams Are 1–3". (March 24, 1975). Ukiah Daily Journal, p.6 col.8

[24] "UCLA Captures Monterey Rugby". (March 24, 1975). Oakland Tribune, p.30 col.6–7

[25] "OSU, Viks Trail In Rugby Tourney". (March 25, 1975). Oregon Journal, p.C2 col.7

[26] "UCLA Wins Title". (March 25, 1976). The Oregonian, p.C4 col.7–8

[27] "Rugby Champions". (March 24, 1975). Oshkosh Northwestern, p.19 col.1

[28] Moss, Al (March 24, 1975). "UCLA Wins Monterey Rugby". San Francisco Chronicle, p.48 col.1–2

[29] Moss, Al (March 24, 1975). "UCLA Wins Monterey Rugby". San Francisco Chronicle, p.48 col.1–2

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