1992 National Rugby Championships


The 1992 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized by the United States RFU to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included club, college, high school, military, sevens, inter-territorial and local union.

Men's Club

The 1992 USA Rugby National Club Championship took place at Englewood High School in Denver, CO from May 9–10. The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. Old Blues of Berkeley, CA won its eighth national title. Flyhalf Chris O'Brien, inside center Rich Pearson, and lock Mike Rusinek of Old Blues were the MVPs.

Final

Champions: Old Blues RFC
Staff: Jerry Figone, Tim O'Brien, Blane Warhurst
Captain: Rich Pearson
Roster: Mark Bass, Tom Billups, Gus Carrell, Wayne Chai, Mike Conn, Andre Corpuz, Kieth Cockett, Eric Grady, Tom Healy, Gary Hein, Rich Hextrum, Steve Hiatt, Pat Hibler, Jeremy Howell, Greg Hulbert, Don James, Dean Klisura, Drew Marich, Chris Motes, Chris O'Brien, Tim Peterson, Kevin Perry, Mike Rusinek, Ramon Samaniego, Greg Stoehr, Brian Walgenbach.

Club Division II

The 1992 National Division II Championship was the inaugural edition of this tournament held May 16–17 at the Battleship Parkway in Mobile, AL. The Battleship club of Mobile, Alabama was the host and the first champion.
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Champions: Battleship
Coach: Gary Thwaits
Captains: Charles Bowen, Randy Stroecker
Roster: Brad Bassett, Joe Bolton, Jimmy Boyd, Joe Calagaz, Matt Capo, Chip Conklin, Evans Crowe, Eric Dayton, Greg Daoust, Sean Duffy, Stacy Earls, Rick Faust, John Friend, Mark Gries, Randy Holbein, Mike Leach, Billy MacWilliam, Scott Montague, James Montaine, Jessie Nicholes, Keith Parton, Greg Roberts, Joe Tucker, Reid Wakefield, Jimmy Wiseman.

Women's Club

The 1992 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament was played at Blaine Sports Center in Minneapolis, MN on May 23–24. The Bay Area Shehawks won the title by defeating Berkeley All–Blues 19–0. Beantown took third place.
Quarterfinals
Consolation semifinals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Semifinals
Third place
'''Final'''

College

The 1992 College championship was won by UC Berkeley with a win over Army. Boston College won the second edition of the Women's Collegiate Championship. The College All–Star Championship was won by the Pacific Coast while the East was runner–up.

Military

The 1992 National Military Rugby Championship took place at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX from May 9–10. The initial stage consisted of eight groups with three teams each after which teams progressed to Cup, Plate, and Boot playoffs based on their placement. The club division was won by Pensacola with a win over Monterey Bay. The open division was won by the President's XV with a win over MUTTS. Bill Bryan of President's XV won the Chairman's Kicking Cup contest.
Path to championship:
Pensacola 35–0 Camp Iwakuni
Pensacola 29–0 Fort Leonard Wood
Path to final:
Monterey Bay 15–0 Cherry Point
Monterey Bay 12–9 Eglin
Cup bracket
Club Championship
Plate bracket
Open Division
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The 1992 Interservice Rugby Championship was held the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida from 10 to 12 September. The teams involved were select sides of each service branch. From these teams a selection was made to field the Combined Services Rugby team for tours. Air Force was the champion and Air Force Lock Dave Gaines was MVP.
Wooden Spoon
Coast Guard
Third place
Championship
Lineups:
Navy– Gary Stasco, Diguardo, Jackson, Gabe Puello, Walker, Guynan, McGregor, Haddad, Mark Pidcock, Shay, Sinibaldi, Lien, Long, Williams, Ted Veazy.
Air Force– Danny Meredith, Jim Snyder, Ricky Coveno, Jim Bachelor, Steve Gaines, John Perlstein, Larry Grant, David Gaines, Jim Kowaleski, Mike Graham, Mike Sergeant, Andy Hamann, Fred Gregory, Tom Fitzgerald, Joe Goodwin, Brian Moore.

Sevens

Club
The 1992 National Club Sevens championship, was played at Lee District Park in Alexandria, Virginia on 22–23 August. There were eight teams featured which included two representatives from each of the four territorial unions. Metro and Louisville qualified from the Midwest. Maryland Old Boys and Northern Virginia qualified from the East. Old Blues and Old Puget Sound Beach represented the Pacific Coast. Dallas Harlequins and Kansas City Blues represented the West. Old Puget Sound Beach defeated Old Blues to win the championship. MOB finished third when NOVA, after initially winning the third place match, was disqualified for using players not on their roster. Mike Telkamp of Old Puget Sound Beach was MVP.
Pool 1
First round
  • OPSB 24–0 Metro Mercenaries
  • NOVA 26–4 Dallas Harlequins
Second round
  • OPSB 18–6 NOVA
  • Dallas Harlequins 12–12 Metro Mercenaries
Third round
  • OPSB 31–0 Dallas Harlequins
  • NOVA 22–6 Metro Mercenaries
Pool 2
First round
  • MOB 6–6 Kansas City Blues
  • Old Blues 30–12 Louisville
Second round
  • Old Blues 15–10 MOB
  • Kansas City Blues 24–4 Louisville
Third round
  • MOB 54–0 Louisville
  • Old Blues 28–6 Kansas City Blues
Consolation bracket
Semifinals
  • Kansas City Blues 24–6 Dallas Harlequins
  • Metro Mercenaries 22–12 Louisville
Seventh place
Fifth place
Championship bracket
Semifinals
Third place

Final

Champions: Old Puget Sound Beach
Staff: Chuck Depew, Joe Zakowski
Captain: Dave Dateman
Roster: John Seitz, Dick Kelepi, Ty Adams, Mike Telkamp, Finau Puloka, Tony Ridnell, Alden Hough, Jim Burgett.
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All Star
The 1992 National All-Star Sevens rugby tournament was an eight team tournament with two representatives from each territory. Similar to the ITTs, the other purpose of the tournament was to select members for the U.S. Eagles Seven–a–side team. This years tournament took place at Lee District Park in Alexandria, VA from 22 to 23 August. The East I team won the final 22–14 over the East II team. West I came in third. East center Al Dekin was MVP.
Group A
First round
  • East II 16–6 Midwest I
  • Pacific I 16–6 West II
Second round
  • East II 16–12 Pacific I
  • Midwest I 28–0 West II
Third round
  • East II 26–0 West II
  • Pacific I 12–4 Midwest I
Group B
First round
  • East I 20–6 Midwest II
  • West I 10–10 Pacific II
Second round
  • East I 36–0 Pacific II
  • West I 40–12 Midwest II
Third round
  • East I 34–0 West I
  • Pacific II 38–6 Midwest II
Consolation bracket
Semifinals
  • Pacific II 18–12 West II
  • Midwest I 10–0 Midwest II
Seventh place
Fifth place
Semifinals
Third place

Final

Champions: East I
Staff: Bob Davis, George Betzler
Roster: Tom Brewer, Al Dekin, Dave Priestas, Rory Lewis, Carter Mann, Brian Driscoll, Scott Stephens, Mike Siano, Steve Siano.

ITT

The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1992 The National All–Star Championship took place at Blaine Sports Center in Minneapolis, MN from May 23–25. The Western Mustangs won the tournament with three wins. The MVPs were Western scrumhalves David James and Greg Goodman.
Results:
Champions: Western Mustangs
Staff: Larry Naifeh, Ron Laszewski, John Godsman, Carrie Guvito
Captains Mark Pedersen–Flanker, Greg Goodman–Scrumhalf
Roster: Locks– Jim Angstman, Tony Duplisse, Lynn Glatt, Norbert Mueller ; Flyhalves– Mel Brooke, Mark Gale ; Hookers– Steve Brown, Bruce Monroe ; Flankers– Lee Cooke, Paul Tripp, Mark Van Der Molen ; Centers– Tom Dujakovich, Kevin Harder, Greg Kreutzer, Michael Mazerolle, Michael Waterman ; Wings– Mike Glass, Chris Schlereth ; Scrumhalves– David James ; #8s– Greg Gurke, Brannan Smoot ; Props– Brian Monaghan, Norman Mottram, Shane Skubis, John Toole ; Fullback– Mike Slagle.
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Junior ITT
The 1992 Junior All–Star Championship took place in Minneapolis, MN from May 23–25. The East won with a 3–0 record.
Champions: Eastern Junior Colonials
Staff: Jim Cross, George Henderson, Jim Snape, Tom Alderton, Keith Shurett
Roster: Props– Bill Kelly, John Lafferty, Paul Shaneyfelt, Conan Ward ; Hookers– Bruce McClane, Bob Yale ; Locks– Kevin Barry, Ward Dement, Jack Dyer, Michael Laczkowski ; Flankers– Doug Erickson, Ben Farley, Bob Maguire, Clay Williams ; #8s– Robb White, Matt Winters ; Scrumhalves– Cormack Kelly, Buzzy Sullivan ; Flyhalves– Todd Merolla, Billy O'Connell ; Centers– Mark Eames, Alan Erickson, Eric Dayton, Jeff Preston ; Wings– Jeff Allen, Mike Augustine, Geoff Blue, Terry Nashwinter ; Fullbacks– Jeff Akin, Greg Howard.
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Women's ITT
The sixth edition of the Women's ITT was hosted by Florida State and played from February 1–2 in Tallahassee, FL. The tournament was won by the Pacific Coast with East in second and Midwest was third.

Local Union

The 1992 National Local Union Championship was the first edition of the tournament and took place in Lemont, IL from June 6–7. This tournament brought together the Local Union champions of the four regional territories. Metropolitan New York represented the Eastern RU, Chicago Area represented the Midwest RFU, Texas represented the Western RFU, and Pacific Northwest represented the Pacific Coast RFU. The Pacific Northwest Loggers were the champions. Pacific Northwest fullback Mike Telkamp was Most Valuable back and Pacific Northwest lock Chris Campbell was Most Valuable forward.
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Champions: Pacific Northwest Loggers
Staff: Dick Smith, Jim Gourley, John Clark, Brad Young
Roster: Props– Jerry Baldocchi, Jason Ray, Joe Rissone ; Hookers– Mike Housh, Tom Radcliff ; Locks– Cris Campbell, Peter York ; Flankers– Greg Bartelt, Alden Hough, Brendan Mahaffey ; #8s– Tony Ridnell, Craig Wicks ; Scrumhalves– Gil Rosenthal, Chris Thomson ; Flyhalf– Dave Horton ; Centers– Josh Baldi, Dave Carter, Jon Knutson ; Wings– Dave Moss, Finau Puloka ; Fullbacks– Dan Finnegan, Tom Payne, Mike Telkamp.

High School

The 1992 National High School Rugby Championship was an eight team tournament that took place from 15 to 16 May at Lenape Middle School in Doylestown, PA. The Highland squad from Salt Lake City, Utah won the championship by defeating the St. Louis Druids in the final.
Quarterfinals
Consolation Semifinals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Semifinals
'''Third place'''

Final

Lineups:
Highland– Larry Gelwix, Olsen, Christensen, Bradley, Hawes, Wright, Arguello, Johnson, Petersen, Berg, Bourne, Moreno, Schroepfer, Vakapuna, Law, Morgan.
St. Louis Druids– Bill Brandt, Boyer, Petland, Hess, Emms, Mullin, Helmsing, Cadini, Roy, Caggiano, Shapiro, Casey, Boland, Hurley, Breumer, Corrigan.