WOMENS RUGBY
President RACHELLE ESTRELLA | ucsd.w.rugby.president@gmail.com
Officer MEGAN LLOYD | ucsd.w.rugby.treasurer@gmail.com
UCSD Women's Rugby is part of a growing tradition of women's collegiate rugby in America, and especially in Southern California. The team's SoCal league has become progressively more competitive over the years, thanks to a growing interest in women's rugby. UCSD Women's Rugby has a history of excelling in their league, making it to nationals several times and doing well with the tough competition. UCSD Women's Rugby is known for our yearly tournament called Scrum By the Sea, that happens every November, and includes teams from all over California and Arizona. UCSD Women's Rugby also annually travels to Stanford and Arizona for tournements and regular league play.
Potential Ruggers
It's never too early/late to join the Women's Rugby Team at UCSD and become part of the fastest growing women's college sports in the country. We are always looking for enthusiastic, hard-working, fun or serious athletes who want to try something new. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! None of the current players on our team had any previous rugby experience coming in to college, so don't be intimidated about trying something new -- we all did!
Rugby History
Rugby was born in 1823 when, in a fit of unsportsmanlike rage, William Webb Ellis of Rugby School in England picked up the ball during a match of soccer and ran with it. Since that time, many others have mimicked his actions (both unlawfully during soccer as well as during sanctioned rugby matches). Rugby was brought to the U.S. by 1840, and in 1911, lead to the development of American football with the introduction of the forward pass.
Women, bright enough to avoid playing American football, joined in the sport of rugby by the 1970s by organizing the country's first women's clubs in Colorado and Connecticut. Rugby is at present one of the fastest growing sports among collegiate women in the U.S.
UCSD Women's Rugby was established in 1996, and has quickly grown to be one of the best teams in the Nation.
NEWS AND RESULTS

2/22/20 - UCSD vs. UCLA
For our last away game this season we traveled to Los Angeles to play UCLA. Read More>

2/14/20 - UCSD vs. BYU
This past weekend, the tritons made the trek out to St. George, Utah to face the number one seed, BYU. Read More>

2/8/20 - UCSD vs. UCSB
We had a great game against Santa Barbara this past weekend, with a strong start. Read More>

1/31/20 - UCSD vs. UofA
Friday, January 31st we left San Diego for a 6 hour drive to Tucson, Arizona. Waking up after a long day of travelling, we were ready to take on the women of the University of Arizona. Read More>

1/25/20 - UCSD vs. Cal State Northridge
Saturday, January 25th, we had a big game against Cal State University Northridge. We started the game strong and we were in the lead by two tries in the first half. In the second half, CSUN amped up their offense and scored 3 tries. However, we did not give up and continued to take control of our game, making sure that we remained calm and stuck to our set pieces. Read More>>

UCSD vs ASU
On Saturday Jan 18th, we had a great season opener at home against Arizona State University. We started the game strong with our intensity amped up, getting us to our first quick try at 16’ by wing, Anai Gressier. Read More>

UCSD vs. CSU Long Beach
We had a great game this weekend against CSU Long Beach. The match was a great opportunity to play them again after Scrum by the Sea. The final score was UCSD (43) Long Beach (5). Read More>

Scrum By the Sea Wrap Up
The weekend of Nov 2nd to 3rd we hosted our 22nd Annual Scrum by the Sea tournament at UCSD, hosting 16 teams from California and Arizona. Participating teams included: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU Northridge, CSU Long Beach, Sacramento State, Occidental College, Claremont College, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, UC Irvine ... Read More>

UCSD vs. UCR Scrimmage
The UCSD Women’s Rugby Team played against UC Riverside this past weekend (10/26) for our first game of the year. The match was a successful scrimmage with lots of learning opportunities for both returning and new players. The final score was 36-5 ... Read More>

Scrum by the Sea
On November 10th & 11th the UCSD Women’s Rugby Team put on its 21st annual Scrum by the Sea tournament, this year welcoming eighteen teams from around California and Arizona. Read More>

UCSD Tritons vs. Mexicali Rebels
On Sunday, December 2nd the UCSD Women's Rugby team closed out their pre-season with a scrimmage against the Mexicali Rebels. UCSD was proud to welcome the young team as it was Mexicali's first international game. >Read More

UCSD vs. Arizona State
UCSD Women’s Rugby opened their season on Saturday with a game against ASU, due to the rain during the week the game was moved from the team’s traditional Warren Field to Muir Field. Read More>

University of Arizona
This weekend the UCSD Women’s Rugby team traveled to Tucson, Arizona to face off against the University of Arizona Women’s Rugby team. Read More>

Game Against CSUN
This weekend the UCSD Women’s Rugby team traveled to Cal State Northridge to compete against the CSUN Women’s Rugby team. Read More>

UCSD vs UCLA W Rugby
This Sunday UCSD Women's Rugby team played against UCLA's Women's Rugby team at home on Warren Field. Read More>

UCSB vs UCSD
After taking a weekend off UCSD Women’s Rugby traveled up to Santa Barbara this weekend to face off against the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Rugby team, who were the division champs last year. Read More>

Game Against GCU
This weekend UCSD Women’s Rugby team closed out their 15s season at home with a game against Grand Canyon University Women’s Rugby team, whom are currently ranked second in the league. Read More>