Arizona Rugby Union
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The Arizona Rugby Union is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union
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...

 teams in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

. ARU is part of the Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU), which is one of the seven Territorial Area Unions (TAUs) that comprise USA Rugby
USA Rugby
USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...

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Men's Clubs

Division 1 (National Division 2):
  • Old Pueblo Lions
  • Phoenix RFC
  • Red Mountain Warthogs
  • Scottsdale Blues
  • Tempe Old Devils


Division 2 (National Division 3):
  • Arizona Hurricanes
  • Camelback
  • Northern Arizona Landsharks
  • Tucson Magpies


Associate Members:
  • Arizona State University
  • Phoenix Storm
  • Prescott Blacksheep
  • Thunderbird
  • University of Arizona Wildcats
  • Yuma Sidewinders

Under 19 Clubs

High School:

Under 15:

Under 13:

Tournaments

  • The Wild West Rugby Fest is held the fist weekend of December in Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

    and is a fifteen a side tournament among 36 teams: twenty men's social teams, eight men's competitive teams and eight women's teams. This year's tournament is on December 6. It is played on eight incredible pitches and a large Saturday post match social occurs in Old Town Scottsdale that evening.


For this years tournament 2010, over 30 teams showed up ready to play. However, Utah represented on both the Men's and Woean's side. Provo Steelers swept the tournament taking down every opponent put in front of both teams and also taking home the Boot trophy. The following is the link to an official article from rugby magazine.
http://www.rugbymag.com/news/clubs/tournaments/provo-steelers-sweep-wild-west.aspx

External links

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