Roses Rugby Football Club
Encyclopedia
The Roses Rugby Football Club, (Roses RFC), is a rugby union
team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
. The club competes in, and is governed by, the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union
, the Mid Atlantic Rugby Football Union, and USA Rugby
.
Even though the Roses RFC plays in the city of Lancaster, the team formally extends its player membership and marketing to the nearby city of York
. The team plays most of its home matches at Centerville Middle School in Lancaster, and at the York College of Pennsylvania
.
region , which have become feeder teams for the Roses. This allows the Roses to maintain a large player pool of young athletes. The team operates the Warwick Swarm, the York Roses, and the Hempfield Knightmares in the youth leagues and the York & Lancaster Thorns for women. The Roses RFC also has a relationship with the Athletic Department of the Millersville University of Pennsylvania
, York College of Pennsylvania
and Shippensburg University.
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 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
. The club competes in, and is governed by, the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union
Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union
The Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, as well as Delaware and parts of New Jersey...
, the Mid Atlantic Rugby Football Union, and 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...
.
Even though the Roses RFC plays in the city of Lancaster, the team formally extends its player membership and marketing to the nearby city of York
York, Pennsylvania
York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...
. The team plays most of its home matches at Centerville Middle School in Lancaster, and at the York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania is a private, coeducational, 4-year college located in southcentral Pennsylvania. The school offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students...
.
History
- In 2004, the Roses fell to Norfolk Blues in the MARFU Division II Finals match earning their first trip to the USA Rugby Sweet Sixteen.
- In 2005, the Roses won their first MARFUMARFUThe Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union is an association of youth, high school, collegiate, and adult men's and women's rugby teams in the Mid-Atlantic United States....
Division II championship. The Roses then defeated the Oxy Tigers from Los Angeles, CA and Charleston, SC respectively in the USA sweet 16 tourney held in Providence, RI. In San Diego, CA for the National Final Four the Roses fell on the first day to Atlanta Old White and on the second day to the Boca Raton, FL giving them a #4 rank in the USA. - In 2006, the Roses fell to Raleigh, NC in the MARFU Division II Finals Match.
- In 2009, the Roses Won Marfu again, defeating defending champs Brandywine RFC. The Roses then defeated Providence, RI and Milwaukee West Side Harlequins, respectively in the USA sweet 16 tourney held in Columbia, SC to earn themselves a #2 ranking in the USA Final Fours held in Glendale, CO. In Colorado, the roses fell on the first day to the Albuquerque Aardvarks and in sudden death triple over time on the second day to the Indianapolis ImpalasIndianapolis ImpalasThe Indianapolis Impalas are a Division 1 American rugby union team founded in 1980. The team is a member of the USA Rugby Football Union, the Midwest Rugby Football Union, and the Indiana Rugby Union....
giving them a #4 rank in the USA.
Recruiting
Roses RFC has established relationships with high school and collegiate teams in the South Central PennsylvaniaSouth Central Pennsylvania
South Central Pennsylvania is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the fourteen counties of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, and York....
region , which have become feeder teams for the Roses. This allows the Roses to maintain a large player pool of young athletes. The team operates the Warwick Swarm, the York Roses, and the Hempfield Knightmares in the youth leagues and the York & Lancaster Thorns for women. The Roses RFC also has a relationship with the Athletic Department of the Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Millersville, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 miles southwest of Lancaster. Millersville University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.-History:...
, York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania is a private, coeducational, 4-year college located in southcentral Pennsylvania. The school offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students...
and Shippensburg University.