1990 National Collegiate Rugby Championship


The 1990 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament, sponsored by Steinlager, took place concurrently with the 32nd Pebble Beach Rugby Classic on Collins Polo Field at Pebble Beach, California from May 5–6. Air Force won the all academy final with a victory over Army. Kimo Gallahue of Army was named Most Valuable Forward while Tim Bohman of Air Force was Most Valuable Back.

Participants

Army Black Nights
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 2–3 at Orlando, FL.
  • Army 12–3 Harvard
  • Army 64-8 Clemson
  • Army 9-6 James Madison
Roster:
Coaches- Ross, O'Gorman, Mahan
Captain- Brian Burlingame

Record-

Neal Amodio, Mike Battles, Damion Cordova, Tony Detoto, Kimo Gallahue, Martin Guillen, Mike Kilbane, Lance Kohler, Marshall Malinowski, Bill Marshall, Dennis McKernan, Scott Painter, Larry Perino, Gravelle Pierre, Mike Roberts, Jim Saccone, John Slater, Scott Sutherland, Vinny Torza, Matt Vertin, Garth Yarnell.
Ohio State
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on April 21–22 in Bowling Green, OH.
  • Ohio State 10–7 Mankato State
  • Ohio State 12–0 Penn State
  • Ohio State 10-8 Bowling Green
Roster:
Coaches- Barry Ferguson, Steve Finkel, Charlie Schubert, Tom Rooney
Captain- Mike Vogel
Record- 15–1
Curt Anderson, Dan Berner, Ron Bowers, Joe Bradley, Dave Canning, Mike Dresser, Shawn Fox, Kent Garbee, Steve Gutkoski, Russ Howland, Mike Hudak, Takahiro Matsubara, Jim Merritt, Dave Millett, Tim O'Leary, Eric Pool, Corey Perry, Jeff Sharritts, Jim Skowran, Phil Vogel, Dan Walsh.
Air Force
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 14–15 in College Station, TX.
  • Air Force 28-0 Missouri–Columbia
  • Air Force 16-4 Oklahoma
  • Air Force 47-10 Kansas
Roster:
Coach- Vern Francis, Walt Daniels

Captains- Mike Junk, Bill Jacobus
Record- 15–2–1

Dan Abraham, Dave Almand, Tony Baade, Harry Blue, Tim Bentley, Tim Bohman, Albert Fitts, Andy Haman, Bill Hickman, Brad Hoagland, Eric Kelm, Jon Krause, Mike Kosco, Rob MacKenzie, Andy McArtor, Mike Miller, Steve Novak, Jay Owen, Bryan Rau, Mitch Richardson, Skip Rogers, Mark Wiser, Don Wood.
Long Beach 49ers
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 21–22 in Richland, WA.
  • Long Beach 14-0 Oregon
  • Long Beach 23-12 Stanford
  • Long Beach 16-14 California
Roster:
Coach- Anderson, Stackhouse
Captain-Brett Bowden

Record- 33-0
Steve Agor, Timothy Aitken, Quinn Clark, Tom Edginton, Jerry Fanning, Nick Green, Jimmy Guadagno, David Guerra, Craig Hutchinson, Mark Joffe, John Kenney, John Kenney, Mike Lewis, Jeffrey Martin, Dan O'Brien, Kevin Robinson, Eric Skaar, Otto Smith, Chris Stratton, Kyle Swain, Dean P. Toohey.

Final

College All–Stars

The 1990 Collegiate All–Star Championship took place in San Diego, CA from June 15–17. Similar to the Inter Territorial Tournaments for club teams, the college competition is divided into geographic unions and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams. In the final, the Eastern RU defeated the Pacific RFU. The final standings were 1st East, 2nd Pacific, 3rd Midwest and 4th West.
Champions: Eastern College All–Stars
Staff: Ken Daly, Martin Kingston, Flanagan
Roster: Chris Andres-Wing, Dave Childress-Flanker, Dan Cockerell-Center, Dardon Couch-Lock/Flanker, Robert Cullum-Prop, Tim Dippel-Lock, Jamie Goodman-Fullback, Jon Greenberg-Prop, Chris Heinrich-Prop, Orlando Hidalgo-Center, Eric Johnson-Flanker, Karl King-Prop, Steve Laake-Fullback, Mike Lambert-#8, Walter Lester-Wing, Anthony Leva-Flank/#8, Francis Mayer-Scrumhalf, James Mullen-Scrumhalf, Hikaru Ogata-Flyhalf, Denis Peyreux-Wing, Gabe Puello-Lock, Steve Saraisky-Flanker, John Schaefer-Wing, Greg Schor-Center, Jeff Soeken-Lock, Pat Thomas-#8, Glen Wolland-Hooker, Rob Young–Hooker.