Abbotsford RFC
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The Abbotsford Rugby Football Club is a Canadian rugby union
club based in Abbotsford, British Columbia
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The Abbotsford RFC was founded in 1972. There are three men's sides, a women's team, and youth teams for under 19 men, under 18 women, under 17 boys, under 16 boys, under 15 boys, under 14 boys and Mini- Rugby (ages 5–13). There have been many Abbotsford RFC players who have gone on to play representative rugby both provincially and internationally.
for their inaugural season. The following year the club would join the newly established Fraser Valley Rugby Union
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During the 1974-75 season the ARFC managed only one loss, winning the Fraser Valley Rugby Union
Second Division Championship and making it all the way to the provincial Second Division Championship game playing for the prestigious Daily Province Cup. Abbotsford would end up losing the hard fought game 18-7 to the Kats.
In recent years, Abbotsford rugby has been successful winning the provincial first division championships in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2010, as well as winning a second division title in 2010 and a third division title in 2004. The women's team has also been successful, having won the first division title in 2010.
. They play their home games at CFV Exhibition Park. The clubhouse is located on Mercantile Way.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club based in Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
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The Abbotsford RFC was founded in 1972. There are three men's sides, a women's team, and youth teams for under 19 men, under 18 women, under 17 boys, under 16 boys, under 15 boys, under 14 boys and Mini- Rugby (ages 5–13). There have been many Abbotsford RFC players who have gone on to play representative rugby both provincially and internationally.
History
The Abbotsford RFC was established in 1972 and began play in the Vancouver Rugby UnionVancouver Rugby Union
The Vancouver Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in Vancouver. The VRU currently consists of 20 rugby clubs.-List of Clubs in VRU:* Bayside Sharks* Britannia Lions RFC* Burnaby Lake Rugby Club* Capilano RFC* Gibsons RAC...
for their inaugural season. The following year the club would join the newly established Fraser Valley Rugby Union
Fraser Valley Rugby Union
The Fraser Valley Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The FVRU currently consists of 10 rugby clubs.The Fraser Valley senior men's representative team is known as the Venom....
.
During the 1974-75 season the ARFC managed only one loss, winning the Fraser Valley Rugby Union
Fraser Valley Rugby Union
The Fraser Valley Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The FVRU currently consists of 10 rugby clubs.The Fraser Valley senior men's representative team is known as the Venom....
Second Division Championship and making it all the way to the provincial Second Division Championship game playing for the prestigious Daily Province Cup. Abbotsford would end up losing the hard fought game 18-7 to the Kats.
In recent years, Abbotsford rugby has been successful winning the provincial first division championships in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2010, as well as winning a second division title in 2010 and a third division title in 2004. The women's team has also been successful, having won the first division title in 2010.
Facilities
ARFC hold practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays on the field at Yale Secondary SchoolYale Secondary School
Yale Secondary is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford. There are approximately 1200 full-time students in grades 9 through 12. The current principal is Jay Pankratz, who has been the principal since the middle of the 2009-2010 school year. He...
. They play their home games at CFV Exhibition Park. The clubhouse is located on Mercantile Way.
Internationally Capped Players
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See also
- Rugby CanadaRugby CanadaRugby Canada, is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of...
- Canada national rugby union teamCanada national rugby union teamThe Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...
- Rugby Canada Super League
- Canada national rugby union team
- British Columbia Rugby UnionBritish Columbia Rugby UnionThe British Columbia Rugby Union is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in British Columbia. The BCRU consists of nine sub-unions and 65 clubs. It was originally organized in New Westminster in 1889 where Alfred St...
- Vancouver Rugby UnionVancouver Rugby UnionThe Vancouver Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in Vancouver. The VRU currently consists of 20 rugby clubs.-List of Clubs in VRU:* Bayside Sharks* Britannia Lions RFC* Burnaby Lake Rugby Club* Capilano RFC* Gibsons RAC...
- Fraser Valley Rugby UnionFraser Valley Rugby UnionThe Fraser Valley Rugby Union is the administrative body for rugby union in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The FVRU currently consists of 10 rugby clubs.The Fraser Valley senior men's representative team is known as the Venom....
- Vancouver Rugby Union