San Diego State Aztecs rugby union
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Union | USA Rugby |
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Nickname(s) | Aztecs |
Founded | 1958 |
Location | San Diego, California |
Ground(s) | ENS 700 Field |
Coach(es) | Men [1] Women [2] |
League(s) | Men Division 1-A –– California conference[3] Women Division II –– Pacific Desert conference[4] |
Founded in 1958, the San Diego State Aztecs rugby club is the rugby club of San Diego State University in San Diego, California. It fields both men's and women's teams, the men compete in Division 1-A in the California conference and the women play in the Pacific Desert conference of Division II. The Aztec men's team won the US National Collegiate Rugby Championship in 1987.
Teams[]
Men's team[]
Since the inception of the club in 1958, men's rugby has been both a popular and successful sport on campus at SDSU, so much so that Aztec alumni went on to set-up the rugby team of Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) in 1966[5] and also to found San Diego Old Aztecs RFC in 1978.[6] In addition to the 1987 National Championship, the Aztecs have won numerous SCRFU Collegiate Conference titles to progress to the national playoffs, including 1996,[7] 2007,[8] 2008 (quarterfinalists),[9] 2009 (semifinalists), 2010 (quarterfinalists) and 2012 (semifinalists).[10] San Diego State men's teams have also excelled at the short-form of the game; finishing second at the 2010 Collegiate Rugby Championship (broadcast live on NBC)[11] and qualifying to play in the USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships in 2011 (quarterfinalists), 2012 and 2015 (quarterfinalists).
Women's team[]
Women first represented San Diego State at rugby in 1975[12] and, like the men, had an astonishingly successful introduction, finishing the season second in the nation after losing the inaugural Women's Collegiate National Championship to the University of Colorado.[13] The team played successfully for eleven seasons, even going on an undefeated four-match tour of New Zealand in 1981.[14] In 1986 the Aztecs combined[15] with a local club team the Rio Grande Surfers. The Surfers, now known as the San Diego Surfers,[16] play in the Women's Premier League, the highest level of women's rugby in the United States. The Aztec women's team has recently been re-established on campus and they were progressing through the 2020 season until it was cut-short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Club history[]
Founding and inaugural season[]
The first record of anyone having an interest in playing rugby at San Diego State College (as it was then) is an advertisement in the school newspaper, The Daily Aztec, at the end of the fall semester of 1957 asking for Men interested in forming a rugby team to attend a meeting.[17] More than 45 people turned up[18] so a season schedule was put together along with a timetable of practices to be held over the winter break and Mr. Fred Quiett of the university's Engineering Department agreed to become the club's first faculty representative.[19]
The team played its first competitive matches in the spring semester at the Southern California Rugby Football Union[20] Carnival in Santa Ana on Sunday February 9, 1958, defeating Pomona-Claremont 8–0 and losing to the Pepperdine College Waves 3–8.[21] The first of seven league matches that season was played against in El Centro on Saturday February 15, the Aztecs won 15–0.[22] Their next match was their first at home, it was played in the Aztec Bowl (now the site of the Viejas Arena) against Ontario and was won by the Aztecs 20–14.[21]
Winning ways continued that first Cinderella season with a further three victories before suffering their first league defeat to Eagle Rock . This set-up their final match with Santa Ana College on the next weekend as a championship decider, the Aztecs won the match and thus they also clinched the league in their inaugural season.[23] Four of the team were named on the Southern California All star team (Bob Johnston, Ernie Trumper, Jim Hansen and Ian Richardson), two to the All-star second team (Bob Shank and Jim Hastings) and one honorable-mention (Ray Fackrell).[24]
The Aztec Rugby Club, in its first season, took first place in the Southern California Rugby Association ... it appears that rugby will have a very favorable future on Montezuma Mesa.[25]
sic: read Southern California Rugby Football Union[20]
Del Sudoeste p.214, 1958
Date | Time | Match type | Opponent | Location | Result | Score |
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1958-02-09 | Friendly | Pomona-Claremont Colleges[21] | Santa Ana, California | Won | 8-0 | |
Friendly | Pepperdine College Waves[21] | Lost | 3-8 | |||
1958-02-15 | 2:00 p.m. | League | El Centro [22] | Away - El Centro, California | Won | 15-0 |
1958-02-23 | 2:30 p.m. | League | Ontario [21] | Home - Aztec Bowl | Won | 20-14 |
1958-02-29 | 2:00 p.m. | League | Pomona-Claremont Colleges[25] | Home - Aztec Bowl | Won | 8-6 |
1958-03-08 | 1:00 p.m. | League | UCLA Bruins[26] | Away - Westwood, Los Angeles | Won | 14-11 |
1958-03-16 | 2:00 p.m. | League | Pepperdine College Waves[27][28] | Home - Aztec Bowl | Won | 17-0 |
1958-03-22 | 1:00 p.m. | League | Eagle Rock [29] | Away - , Los Angeles | Lost | 9-3 |
1958-03-29 | 2:30 p.m. | League | Santa Ana College[30] | Home - Aztec Bowl | Won | 8-0 |
National championship[]
The Aztecs won the US National Men's Collegiate Rugby Championship in 1987, overcoming Dartmouth College rugby club 22–6 in the semifinals and beating the United States Air Force Academy rugby club 10–9 in the final. The 1987 men's rugby team was inducted into the San Diego State University Aztec Hall of Fame in 2005.[31]
Notable alumni[]
International fifteens players[]
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Alumni of San Diego State who have played international rugby union
[32]
–– also current
U20 men's 15's head coach [33][34]
Derrick Broussard [35]
–– Best known at SDSU in the mid 1990s as a nose tackle on the Aztec football team [36][37]
[38][39]
Dennis Gonzalez[40]
–– 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup winner inducted, with her teammates, into US Rugby Hall of Fame in 2017 [41][42][43][44]
Duncan Kelm
–– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2020 [45][46]
–– Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2017 [47][48]
Chris O'Brien –– Kicker on Aztec football team while All American rugby player at SDSU; later Eagles specialist kicking coach [49][50][51][52]
–– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2018 [53]
Brian Vizard –– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2016 [54]
[55][56]
Professional fifteens players[]
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Alumni of San Diego State who have played professional rugby union
- Derrick Broussard (SDSU 2008–2013) –– San Diego Legion (2018, 2020–) [35]
- (SDSU 2015–2018) –– San Diego Legion (2018–) [57]
- (SDSU 1995–1998) –– Bath Rugby (2001–2002) Ospreys RFC (2002-2003) Rotherham Titans (2003-2004) [58][59]
- (SDSU 2011–2015) –– San Diego Breakers (2016–2017) [60]
- (SDSU 2014–2018) –– San Diego Legion (2018–) [61]
- (SDSU 2016–2017) –– San Diego Legion (2017–2018) [62]
- (SDSU 2015-2017) –– San Diego Legion (2018–2019) [63][64]
International sevens players[]
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Alumni of San Diego State who have played international rugby sevens
[35]
Dennis Gonzalez
Duncan Kelm
–– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2018 [53]
Stephen Tomasin –– All-American (7s and 15s), Bronze medalist at 2015 Pan American Games and participant at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens[65]
Brian Vizard –– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2016 [54]
Professional sevens players[]
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- Stephen Tomasin –– One of the first players ever signed by (PR7s) in 2021 [65][66]
Collegiate All-Americans and Junior Internationals[]
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Students and alumni of San Diego State who have been awarded All-American honors for rugby, played for the US Junior All Americans (U20s), the US Collegiate All Americans (U23s) or who have played international rugby at a junior level for another nation.
Year | Fifteen-a-side rugby | Seven-a-side rugby | |||
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First team | Second team | Honorable mention | First team | Honorable mention | |
1985 [51] | O'Brien, Chris | ||||
1995 [67] | Yungling, Scott | ||||
1996 [68] | Yungling, Scott | ||||
1997 [69] | Blatt, Aaron | ||||
1998 [70] | Blatt, Aaron | ||||
2002 [71][72] | Smith, Greg | ||||
2005 [73] | Winter, Zach | ||||
2009 [74] | Kelm, Duncan | Heiler, Zach | |||
Mulhall, Stephen | Purcell, Jamie | ||||
Purcell, Brenden | |||||
Ross, Alex | |||||
2010 [75] | Kelm, Duncan | Bredesen, Chris | |||
Ross, Alex | Buboltz, David | ||||
Honaker, Darrell | |||||
Purcell, Jamie | |||||
2012 [76] | Kelm, Jamie | ||||
Konrad, Kalei (SDSU 2010-2015) | |||||
2013 [77] | Tomasin, Stephen U23 ![]() |
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2014 [78] | Konrad, Kalei | ||||
2015 [79] | Konrad, Kalei | Konrad, Kalei | |||
2016 [80] | U23 ![]() |
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2017 [81][82] | (SDSU 2015–2019) U20 ![]() |
Zinda, Jacob |
Rugby coaches and administrators[]
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Alumni of San Diego State who have become coaches and/or administrators of rugby at the highest level
- –– Deputy Commissioner Major League Rugby
- –– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2018 [83]
- Played rugby and football at San Diego State University graduating in 1967
- Began his coaching career under Don Coryell and John Madden as a Graduate Assistant at SDSU
- Coached OMBAC for 20 years creating a rugby powerhouse
- US 7's Club Champions 1985, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2006
- US 15's Champions 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, and 1996
- Rugby Super League Champions 2006
- more than 70 OMBAC players coached by Dawson between 1985 and 2006 represented the U.S. in 7's or 15's
- He also coached Southern California Griffins, the Pacific Coast Grizzlies and the U.S. Eagles National Teams
- –– Operations and Production Manager at Major League Rugby
- –– Executive Director, (the sanctioned body for all Youth & High School Rugby across the country)[84]
- Born and raised in South Africa, Vaglietti came to San Diego State University on an athletic scholarship
- He worked in San Diego State University’s Athletic Department
- He also worked at the Australian Open, the BNP Paribas Open and ClubCorp
- Previously CEO of [85]
- –– US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2015 [86][87]
- played rugby for San Diego State University, Old Mission Beach Athletic Club and the Southern California XV.
- Founding Director of U.S.A. Rugby Football Union (Director 1975-1991, President 1983-1987 & 1989-1991)
- Managed U.S. Eagles versus Canada, U.S.S.R., South Africa, New Zealand, England, Wales and Hong Kong
- Past President of the Pacific Coast and Southern California Rugby Football Unions
- Chairman of the U.S. Rugby Super League and U.S. Rugby Foundation.
Notable coaches[]
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Former coaches of San Diego State Aztec rugby who have played and/or coached international and/or professional rugby
- [34][33]
men's 15's player
U20 men's 15's head coach
- [88][89]
men's 15's player and captain,
men's 7's player, captain and assistant coach
women's 7's assistant coach
- US Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2016, Gray coached the Aztecs to the National Championship in 1987.
- Matt Hawkins[90]
men's 15's player
men's 7's player and head coach
- Dan Payne[91][92]
men's 15's player (2007) and assistant coach (2011 Rugby World Cup)
USA Selects head coach 2009
- USA Rugby Chief Executive Officer 2016[93]
- USA Rugby General Manager of High Performance 2021[94]
- Coached the Aztecs 2006–2009
- Matt Sherman[95][96][92]
men's 15's player and assistant coach
head coach
- Sherman spent two seasons as San Diego State's head coach, leading the Aztecs to the Final Four in 2009 and the National quarterfinals a year later.
- Zack Test[97]
men's 7's player
United States (USA) Pan American Games bronze medallist
men's 15's player
- San Diego Legion assistant coach (2017-2020) and co-head coach (2020–)
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