The University of Hartford Men's Rugby Football Club
Club Info
The University's Men's Rugby Football Club dates back to 1986.The University of Hartford Men's Rugby Football Club was started 22 years ago by Associate Athletic Director/Sports Center Director, Ted Stavropoulos. The club has since disassociated itself with the University's Athletic Department and is now a club sport under the guidance, funding and advisory Student Government Association of the University of Hartford.
The reason you may not have heard of rugby at Hartford is because the team is not allowed to play on campus due to the fact that their half-inch spikes would ruin the field. In the late 1980's, a few players found an overgrown field a quarter-mile behind Public Safety which happened to be part of the Annie Fisher School. They cleaned up the field and made it playable. The team has since had an exchange with the Annie Fisher School to keep the field clean so they can use it.
Men's Rugby is a club sport, which means that it is not part of the University's Division I intercollegiate athletics program. The club plays under the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) and USA Rugby. The club is a Men's Collegiate Division III Rugby Football Club that plays in regional conferences with other collegiate teams.
The team practices nearly every day of the week, with Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays focusing on going over plays and creating game plans for upcoming matches. Conditioning practices, which take place on Mondays and Wednesdays, involve a series of calisthenics, sprints, and laps around the campus.
Bulletins
Below is a list of different news articles about the Hartford Rugby Team. Click on the titles to view the articles.
- Hartford Men Fall In Rugby Tournament
- Hartford Rugby
- Men's Rugby Team Splits Weekend Games
- Men’s Rugby Enjoys Historic Season
- Men's Rugby Undefeated After Topping CCSU
- Men's Rugby Off to Best Start Ever
- Rugby Team Looks to Change
- Rugby: the off campus phenomenon
E-Board
President
Joe Keo
Vice Presidents
Justin Howe
Eli Caiyem
Match Secretary
Joseph Belmonte
Treasurer
Mike Gentile
Strength & Conditioning
Eli Caiyem
The Boys
| Ammar Alsalem | Anthony Vlasica | Arryn Alpert |
| Brad John Dallaire | Brian Glennon | Brian Meyer |
| Brian Regal | Christian Collins | Christian Williams |
| Cody Schoolnik | Dan Kennedy | Dan Morse CAPTAIN-Forwards |
| Dan Thibodeau | Danny Baum | Dennis Meurer |
| Eli Caiyem | Eric McGinn | Ernest Mitchell |
| Erv Z | Fred Jones | Galen Trull CAPTAIN-Forwards |
| James Clark | James Trout | Jay Neiswinter |
| Jesse Girardi | Jim Cushley | Joe Keo |
| Joe Phillips | Joe Zarillo | John Horgan |
| John Sacks | Johnathan Swanson | Jose Ward |
| Joseph Belmonte | Justin Howe | Kenny Viado |
| Luca Mineo | Matt Derderian | Matthew Nilsen |
| Michael Neaton | Mike Blanchard | Mike D'Alessandro |
| Mike Gentile | Mike Nicoll CAPTAIN-Backs | Mike Pires |
| Nick Accardi | Nick Frye | Nick Norman |
| Nigel Gibbs | Owen Leackfeldt | Pat Humbert |
| Peter Brink | Rob Yutkins | Sean Kinane |
| Steve Limongelli | Steve Nicolosi | Thomas Reyes |
| Tim Davidson | TJ Kenney | Waylon Jacques |
| Zach MacInnis |
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