MENS RUGBY
President SEBASTIEN CHILCOTT | Schilcott@ucsd.edu
Officer DANIEL CARRILLO | Dscarrillo@ucsd.edu
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The UCSD Men’s Rugby Team is a campus sports club and a registered United States of America Rugby Football Union team. We play in the Men’s Collegiate League, Division II of the Southern California Rugby Football Union and play against LBSU, USD, Claremont Colleges, ASU, Loyola, UCI, and Pepperdine.
In addition to playing all those teams during our regular season, we have a rich preseason with several tournaments. Annually, UCSD hosts the “Kings of the City” tournament, where UCSD takes on USD, SDSU, and Point Loma for bragging rights as the best team in San Diego. Another preseason highlight is the annual alumni game, where the current UCSD starters take on the Triton greats of the past.
After realignment within SCRFU Men's College division has put UCSD Men's Rugby in a position to have one of their best seasons in the last decade. Under the leadership of coach and former All-American Brian Kennedy, the Tritons have high hopes for a successful season and competition in post-season play.
We’re always looking for fresh talent.
Training Schedule:
Preseason Schedule:
NEWS AND RESULTS
3/2/24 - Tritons lose league title in dramatic fashion
In an intense showdown, the USC Trojans snatched the league title from the UCSD Tritons in a game filled with turnovers, strategic plays, and a dramatic finish. Read More>>
2/17/24 - Dominant first half leads Tritons over Norco College
The triton's men's rugby team came out swinging on an early morning game in Norco, California vs the Norco College Mustangs. Read More>>
2/10/24 - Tritons rugby improves to 2-0 in league, go top of division
In a formidable showcase of rugby, the UCSD Tritons delivered a masterclass in defense and offensive ingenuity, blanking the MiraCosta College Spartans 24-0. Read More>>
12/9/23 - Tritons take a nailbiter over Point Loma Nazarene University
In a thrilling encounter that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the final whistle, the UCSD Tritons clinched a narrow 24-22 victory over the PLNU Sea Lions. Read More>>
11/11/23 - Disappointing results for UCSD at City Championship
In the San Diego City Championship, the UCSD Tritons navigated through adversity, marked by significant absences and injuries. Read More>>
11/4/23 - Tritons beat Toreros for first time in ten years
The UCSD Tritons narrowly defeated the USD Toreros with a final score of 19-17, marking their first victory over the Toreros in a decade. Read More>>
10/21/23 - Tritons build in confidence and score line vs Norco College
Building on a first game performance which saw the triton’s A side trailing only 17-10 at halftime, the tritons played brilliantly again in a sunny Saturday morning match vs Norco College. Read More>>
10/15/23 Tritons show great promise, potential in season opener
Although not entirely reflected in the final score, the UCSD Men’s Rugby Team displayed one of their best early season performances in recent memory during Sunday’s match against Mira Costa. Read More>>
2/19/23- UCSD Dominating Victory Over Gauchos in Must Win Game
The Tritons played Santa Barbara, who had beaten them in the semi finals of Aztec Cup earlier in the year. The implications of the game were huge, as two of the league's best teams were fighting for a spot to play in the spring playoffs. Read More>>
2/18/23- Tritons show promise in Claremont loss
In defeat, a silver lining. For the UCSD ruggers, a lackluster first half at Claremont could have spelled the end of the game before halftime. The offense hadn’t moved as smoothly as anticipated, and defensive effort needed improvement. Read More>>
2/11/23- Second half collapse maligns, motivates Tritons
It’s been said that bad habits are easier to abandon today, than tomorrow. The UCSD Men’s Rugby team is trying to drop one of their own – second half collapses. Facing off against Long Beach State at UCSD’s Warren Field, the Tritons kept it close in the first half. Read More>>
4/23/22- UCSD vs Mira Costa Friendly
The Tritons capped off their season at home with a friendly against the local Mira Costa Community College. It was a fantastic celebration... Read More>>
2/19/22- UCSD - Mira Costa Joint Practice
Due to Mira Costa's (MCC) covid restrictions, the Tritons were not able to kick off their league season with a game, instead, it has been postponed until spring quarter. However, the San Diego Rugby community is close-knit, and despite not being able to play a full game, players and coaches from both sides were eager to get some action over the weekend. Read More>>
2/12/22- UCSD vs Legion Academy Game
The Tritons got a chance once again to play against the U23 Legion academy consisting of some of the best players from Southern California. A number of our UCSD players also play for the Legion Academy, but this time they were proud to represent their school and defend their home field. Read More>>
10/23/21- USD Rugby 7's National Qualifier Tournament
For many of our players, this was their very first time playing a rugby game which was a great experience for not only them but the returners as well. Read More>>
2/22/20 - Tritons Lose Their Undefeated Streak
On February 22, UCSD took on PLNU in their fourth match of the season. After a bye and two weeks of practice, UCSD was ready to put their training to the test. Read More>
2/8/20 - Tritons Keep Their Undefeated Streak
On February 8, UCSD took on LMU in their third match of the season. After a week of practice, UCSD was ready to put their training to the test. Read More>
2/1/20 - Tritons coming out strong in Their Home Opener
UCSD Men’s Rugby began the month of February with their first home game of the season. On February 1, UCSD took on CSU Northridge in their second match of the season. Read More>
1/25/20 - The Reigning Gold Coast Conference Champions
UCSD Men’s Rugby travelled to Norco on the 25th of January to participate in the first league match of the year. The game was split into two halves, 40 minutes each. Read More>
Tritons Showing They Can Compete with the Nation’s Top Programs
UCSD Men’s Rugby travelled to Los Angeles on the 18th of January to participate in the UC Tournament. Joining them were the teams from UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Santa Cruz. Each team would engage in 40 minute matches split into two halves. Read More>
Tritons Finish Pre-season Strong
Your tritons had one more challenge before going to thanksgiving break. With a number of injuries the Men still had to show up and play. It started with a rocky start but ended in their favor.
In the first half (40 min) Armada came out and scored a try (5 points) missing the conversion (2 points). The tritons did not cave or give in. Following that the tritons successfully stole the ball and started racking up the score board. Read More>>
San Diego City Tournament
On Saturday, November 16, UCSD Men’s Rugby hosted the San Diego City Tourney. Several local San Diego City colleges joined including, USD, Mesa Community College, SDSU, Point Loma Nazarene University and Mira Costa Community College. Each game would be 40 minutes split into 20-minute halves. Read More >
Men's Rugby Long Beach Tournament
Over the weekend the UCSD men’s rugby team took part in a tournament in Long Beach. The tournament provided veteran players some extended playing time against unfamiliar opponents, as well providing newcomers valuable live game experience as the Tritons played in five 30 minute games on Saturday. Read More >
Men's Rugby Alumni Match
On Saturday, October 26, UCSD Men’s Rugby took on UCSD Alumni in a 4 quarter match at UCSD’s Warren Field. UCSD Alumni displayed a strong showing with over 20 showing up ready to play. Read More >
USD Scrimmage
On Thursday, October 17, UCSD Men’s Rugby took on the USD Toreros in a scrimmage match at USD. Read More>
The Tritons Take Out the Division 1AA Defending Champions
The Tritons opened their fall preseason taking on the Division 1AA league champions. Read More>
UCSD vs LMU
The first match of the year against LMU was where the Tritons were going to see how their training turned out since the beginning of the year. Read More>
San Diego City Tournament
The Tritons hosted the San Diego City Rugby Tournament at UCSD for 6 local teams to play against each other. The Tritons were in the first pool with SDSU B and PLNU, which meant they had to play against both of them in pool play. Read More>
UCSD vs Armada
The Tritons had a game against the local Armada club team. It was a test match for the Tritons to warm up and practice their pattern for the harder games that are coming up in the future. Read More>
Dennis Storer Tournament
It’s the first game of the quarter at UCLA and the tritons are hoping to start it off right before the season begins in a few weeks. They had three games against the other UC’s: UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Irvine. The game Read More>
CSUN vs PLNU
The Tritons start off the first match of the season with a bang. The first game of the season was against CSUN at home and the Tritons needed to set the start for a very good league season. Read More>
PLNU vs UCSD
The Tritons came out ready for their next League game against PLNU. The Tritons are trying to move forward in the season on top and they needed to come out swinging for this next game. Read More>
UCSD v CSU Fullerton
The Tritons started up this weekend to try to continue their streak this season by playing CSU Fullerton. The game started with a very structured offense from the Tritons as they stole the ball from the kickoff to Fullerton. Read More>
UCSD Win
The rain started to fall as the Tritons were warming up to play the match that would test what they had been working on for the entire season. Mira Costa Community College was the other team that has gone undefeated in the league and the Tritons were going to need to test themselves for this game. Read More>
