Bay Area Baracus RFC
Encyclopedia
The Bay Area Baracus Rugby Football Club is a men's rugby union
team based in and around San Francisco, California
. The club competes in the Northern California Rugby Football Union
division II.
by alumni of Amherst College
's rugby team. The name and motto (miseror stultum) of the club come from their adopted mascot, the popular The A-Team
character, BA Baracus. The club began in the NCRFU division III and after a strong showing now compete in NCRFU division II.
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...
team based in and around San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. The club competes in the Northern California Rugby Football Union
Northern California Rugby Football Union
The Northern California Rugby Football Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Northern California, as well as northern Nevada. The NCRFU is part of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union , which is one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby.The NCRFU is...
division II.
History
BA Baracus RFC was founded in 2001 in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
by alumni of Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
's rugby team. The name and motto (miseror stultum) of the club come from their adopted mascot, the popular The A-Team
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
character, BA Baracus. The club began in the NCRFU division III and after a strong showing now compete in NCRFU division II.