1976 National Rugby Championships Explained

1976 National Rugby Championships
Tournament Format:	Knockout
Date:	1976
Previous Year:	1975
Previous Tournament:	1975 National Rugby Championships
Next Year:	1977
Next Tournament:	1977 National Rugby Championships

The 1976 National Rugby Championships included the Collegiate tournament and the 18th edition of the Monterey National.

College

The 1976 College championship took place from October 23–24 at LSU's Parade Grounds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[1] LSU were the champions. Palmer was runner-up. LSU won three matches in the series to win the title.^[2] Georgia took third^[3] and Lamar placed fifth.^[4] The women's division had six teams^[5] with Florida State emerging victorious University of Florida took third. ^[6]

Championship BracketConsolation Bracket

Final

Women's Tourney
Group 1

• Florida State 34–0 Memphis
• Florida State 12–4 LSU
• LSU 14–0 Memphis

Group 2

• Florida 12–0 Southeastern
• Florida 0–4 Texas A&M
• Texas A&M 12–0 Southeastern

5th place

• Memphis 8–0 Southeastern

3rd place

• LSU 0–4 Florida

1st place

• Florida State 10–4 Texas A&M

Monterey National Invitational

The 1976 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 20–21. The tournament MVP was Tom Klein (BATS), Most Valuable Fan was 87 year old Watson Luke, Brian Cedarwell of the Athletic RFC won the Running Drop Kick contest while Steve Montgomery of Old Blues was runner-up. The Bay Area Touring Side of San Francisco, CA went 5–0 to take first place.^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

Championship Bracket

Final

• Advanced on kicks

• Advanced on kicks

Consolation Bracket

• Advanced on kicks

• Advanced on kicks

Exhibition match:

• UCLA Women's 14-6 San Francisco Women's RC

Notes and References

1. Planas, Joe (October 21, 1976). "National Rugby Meet Slated This Weekend". Morning Advocate, p.3-C col.5–6
2. "LSU Rugby Team Wins Men's National Meet". (October 25, 1976). State-Times, p.3-C col.1–2
3. "Rugby Team Places Third". (October 27, 1976). The Red and Black, p.5 col.1–5
4. "Ruggers Nab Fifth Place". (October 28, 1976). University Press, p.10 col.1–2
5. Macaluso, Joe (October 22, 1976). "Tough Field Set For Rugby Meet". State-Times, p.3-D col.1–3
6. "Lady Ruggers Third". (October 26, 1976). Independent Florida Alligator, p.16 col.1
7. "The Money Is Nice, But The Work Annoys Them". (March 20, 1974). San Francisco Examiner, p.52 col.2
8. "Bakersfield Rugby Team Wins Slugfest From Fullerton". (March 14, 1977). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.5-7
9. "Chuckanut Bay Ruggers 18th At Monterey". (March 27, 1975). Bellingham Herald, p.14 col.1-3
10. "UM Rugby Club Enters Title Meet". (March 15, 1974). The Missoulian, p.14 col.3-4
11. "Add: U. Va. Rugby Club". (June 23, 1966). Times-Dispatch, p.21 col.2
12. Web site: History Of Northern California Rugby . Hickey . Dan . NCRFU.ORG . 2016 . Northern California Rugby Football Union . November 18, 2023.
13. April 1979 . Buchanan . Terry . Loughborough Victorious. Scrum Down . Buchanan-Sousa . 1 . 15 . 1 .
14. Hagerty . Ed . April 18, 1983 . Monterey: Club Championship Site? . Editorial . Rugby . 9 . 3 . 37 .
15. "BATS Win Rugby Event In Monterey". (March 22, 1976). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.1
16. "Strong Rugby Team Prevails". (March 23, 1976). Press–Courier, p.11 col.1
17. "BATS Champs". (March 22, 1976). Lodi News–Sentinel, p.10 col.6
18. "Portland Ruggers 8th". (March 24, 1976). The Oregonian, p.E3 col.1–2
19. "Miscellany". (March 22, 1976). Seattle Times, p.B5 col.4