Kutztown Rugby

MID-ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE SELECT

The Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Select Side or (MARFU) has just completed a dominant sweep of their competition in Denver, Colorado. Head Coach, Doc Jones of Kutztown along with assistants, Terry Ryland, and Chris Hoy of Penn State, led the Mid-Atlantic Sharks to Tier One of the competition.
In the preliminary match of Tier Two, MARFU shellacked the [...]

KUTZTOWN WINS COLLEGIATE SURFSIDE 7′S

The Golden Bears 7’s team opened their summer 7’s season with a convincing championship victory, at the Surfside 7’s Tournament.  This is the inaugural year for the the tournament directors to hold two tournaments within the same summer. Both are being held at the Stone Harbour recreation fields in Avalon, New Jersey. This first one [...]

NOTRE DAME 7′S TRAIN AT KU

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame held a 7’s training camp on the campus of Kutztown University. Kutztown head coach, Dr. Gregg Jones, arranged for the Notre Dame squad to stay in an air-conditioned dormitory and eat in the college cafeteria during a three day mini-camp. Notre Dame is preparing for the CRC 7’s (collegiate [...]

KUTZTOWN RUGBY ALUMNI IN HONG KONG

Competing in his second complete year of the World Series of 7’s, Marco Barnard continues to play outstanding rugby for the USA. He has currently been the stalwart on a team with revolving doors of multiple player additions and subtractions. Yet Marco has been a mainstay for two and a half years. Marco is a [...]

KU ROLLS IN LAS VEGAS 7′S

During the autumn foliage of October, 2010, Head Coach, Doc Jones, received an invitation to send a Kutztown 7’s squad to the largest rugby tournament in North America – The Las Vegas Invitational Rugby Tournament. Kutztown was familiar with this venue and had ventured to the dessert classic, the previous season. However, in 2010, Doc [...]

LAS VEGAS 7’s TRAVEL SQUAD

After one month of tryouts and numerous training sessions, the Golden Bear 7’s squad was selected to compete in the 2011 Las Vegas Invitational 7’s Tournament.  The competition within the Kutztown camp was fierce and some excellent rugby players were left with another year to prepare. The training was extremely demanding, with daily runs and [...]

KUTZTOWN BOWS OUT IN SEMIS OF N.Y. 7’s

This is a story about Kutztown Rugby and our participation in the New York 7’s Tournament. It is also an introduction to the Kutztown University Collegiate 7’s program. The Kutztown Rugby Club has decided to launch a serious 7’s program to compete in all future collegiate 7’s competition on a territorial and national level. The [...]

Kutztown University Exiles 7’s Team Qualifies for MARFU Elite Eight

The Exiles are the first 7’s team to represent the University and the Rugby Club in summer competition. They are also, the only college team in the nation to earn a regional, elite eight, national qualifying position. They lost their bid to gain a spot in the national tournament last weekend, but only by inches. [...]

KU Incoming Freshmen 7’s Team Wins Plate

Surfside 7’s Tournament, located in Avalon, New Jersey

The Surfside 7’s Tournament has become a Kutztown tradition. The players get to meet the coaches and one another. They have always been skilled enough to bring home a trophy each year – a true reflection of our attention to detail as we continue to recruit only the best players from across the nation

Kutztown Exiles 7’s Squad

The newly established Kutztown Exiles 7’s squad has won the Wilmington Subaru 7’s tournament in Wilmington Delaware. The Kutztown squad is comprised solely of Kutztown students and alumni. They went undefeated in the tournament, beating the University of Delaware 40-5, along the way. As well as the Wilmington men’s club, 31-7 in the finals. Kutztown [...]