Washington Youth Rugby: Welcome

Washington Youth Rugby is a subdivision of the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union, the USA Rugby Local Area Union that governs all rugby competitions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

Our association consists of seven high school girls clubs and fifteen U19/U17 boys clubs from Bellingham to Olympia and Seattle to Spokane. Our league season runs from late-February through late-May, with All-star teams playing in July.

If you are interested in playing rugby, please see the list of member clubs and contact a coach in you area.

WASHINGTON YOUTH RUGBY NEWS

Poulsbo to Host the 2009 Army/Navy Commander’s Cup

Bremerton, WA (November 4, 2009) – The Olympic Peninsula Sports Union officially announced today that the 10^th annual Commander’s Cup rugby match against Fort Lewis will kick off at Strawberry Fields in Poulsbo, WA, on November 21 at 3:00 pm (PST).  The match will be preceded by a youth intro to rugby workshop that will run from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm.

The Commander’s Cup is a once-a-year annual rugby event that pits representative players from Naval Base Kitsap (the “Bangor” Renegades) against players from the Fort Lewis Army Base (Ft. Lewis Stud Dawgs).  Come see these teams, which include active duty military members, veterans and DoD Employees, and show your support for our local service members.

The pre-game youth program is open to all young athletes (ages 14 to 18, male and female) that are interested in a hands-on introduction to the sport of rugby.  Registration is at Field #8 at 11 am.  There is no cost for either event.   Young athletes are encouraged to attend and asked to RSVP to youthrugby@kitsaprugby.org.

Date:               Saturday, November 21^st

Location:       Strawberry Fields, located at the corner of NE Hostmark Street and Noll Road NE in Poulsbo, WA. (just 20 minutes from the Bainbridge ferry dock – there is no seating, so bring a chair)

Schedule:      11:00 am - Youth workshop registration & check in

11:30 am - Youth intro to rugby workshop

1:00   pm - Youth touch rugby

3:00   pm - Commander’s Cup Match kickoff

5:00   pm - Awards Ceremony, Players’ Dinner and After-party           

Cost:               Free!

Ray Taumaoe (Chuckanut), Riley Locker (Chuckanut), and Tei Staladi (Liberty) were named to the Honorable Mention role on USA Rugby's Pre-Season High School All-American Team on Tuesday. Congratualations to these boys that worked so hard to represent our State among the best high school players in the country.

See the full story below:

USA Rugby Names its Pre-Season High School All-Americans BOULDER, Colo. - Following a development camp held at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo., this summer, USA Rugby coaches have named their selections for the High School All-American Team and its Honorable Mentions.  2009 marked the creation of USA Rugby’s High School All-Americans program and this summer marked their initial assembly, allowing Head Coach Scott Lawrence a chance to work with 40 of the nation’s standout High School players.  The camp focused on skill and athletic development, followed by an inter-squad trial match.  “This first group of All-Americans has shown not only a standout performance in camp, but have also shown commitment to their fitness testing outside of camps,” Lawrence said. “We are pleased with the standard of the players selected in this first group and are focused on the job of identifying more national caliber athletes in the next nine months.”

The High School All-Americans next camp will be held in Southern California over winter break, in an effort to align the program closely with the scholastic and sporting calendar.  The camp will feature two matches against the Canada Under-17s and Under-18s side. Invitations to the New Years camp will come from the summer camp’s High School All-Americans, Honorable Mentions, previous standouts from the 2009 High School season, National Championship and Regional All-Star Tournaments and coaching recommendations from around the country. For more information on the USA Rugby High School All-American Program, please visit www.usarugby.org/goto/HS_AllAmericans. 

High School All-Americans

Forwards:

Sean Carley (Xavier HS, New York); Patrick Coleman (Xavier HS, New York); Cameron Falcon (Louisiana); Jason Fry (Jesuit HS, California); Chuck Koehler (Pulaski Roos, Wisconsin); Daniel Metcalf (Dallas Jesuit, Texas); Travis Moscone (Piedmont RFC, California); Drew Ohmann (North Carolina).  

Backs: Mike Durant (Boston College HS, Massachusetts); Mateaka Hausia (Diablo RFC, California); Sione Hausia (Diablo RFC, California); Madison Hughes (Cobham RFC, UK); Will Magie (Merchant Taylors’ School, UK); Jonathan Marshall (Chapel Hill Highlanders, North Carolina); Jesse Milne (California); Adam Sandstorm (Lake Country RFC, Wisconsin). 

Honorable Mentions
 

Forwards:

Fernando Assing (Texas); Joe Brady (Union County HS, New York); Jorge Cuisana (Xavier HS, New York); Jordan Harestead (Minnesota); Bryant Larson (Moundsview, Minnesota); Alex Marshall (Wisconsin); Rashawn Rogers (Columbus, Ohio); Kyle Ruane (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Sangaline (Colorado); Ray Taumaoe (Chuckenut Bay, Washington); Caleb Tracey (Portland, Maine); Evan Von zur Muelen (West Lake HS, Texas).