| 1984 National Rugby Championships | |
| Tournament Format: | Various |
| Date: | 1984 |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1983 National Rugby Championships |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
| Next Tournament: | 1985 National Rugby Championships |
The 1984 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, high school, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.
The 1984 National Club Rugby Championship was sponsored by Michelob and took place in Hartford, CT at Dillon Stadium from May 12–13.[1] The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. Last years runners up, the Dallas Harlequins won the title.[2] For the first time the championship game was broadcast on ESPN.
Dallas Harlequins: 1 Taylor, 2 Lankin, 3 Aneskievich, 4 Olsonski, 5 Dippie, 6 Lutterbach, 7 James, 8 Van Biljon, 9 Cronje(C), 10 Botha, 11 Gehur, 12 Spriggs, 13 Saunders, 14 Carey, 15 Aston.
Los Angeles: 1 Gonsalves, 2 Lanu, 3 Jellico, 4 Scanlin (Pigott 69'), 5 Teuhema, 6 McClain, 7 Surdyka, 8 Carey, 9 Mickel, 10 Philip, 11 Williams (Hackett 72'), 12 McNaughton, 13 Corcoran(C), 14 Trudeau, 15 Nelson.
The 1984 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place at the Polo Grounds on May 27–28 in Oak Brook, IL.[3] Florida State reversed the previous year's result and defeated Beantown of Boston, MA 11–6 to win the title.[4] Iowa State took third place with a 14–6 win over UC Berkeley.[5] Candi Orsini of Florida State was named tournament MVP.
Florida State: 1 Frances Gilbert, 2 Pat Kossman, 3 Sheila Hill, 4 Kathy Kojm, 5 Coller Fahey, 6 Jackie Bonaker, 7 Karin Morton, 8 Kathy Flores, 9 Mary Holmes, 10 Connie Jakubcin, 11 Carolyn Alley, 12 Suzi Rosen Arnsdorff, 13 Candi Orsini, 14 Gina Shlopak, 15 Vicki Bowlin.
Beantown: 1 Moynahan, 2 Money, 3 Flavin, 4 Girouard, 5 Richardson, 6 Heffernan, 7 Bridi, 8 Rutkowski, 9 Cepko, 10 Onufry, 11 Keith, 12 McClure, 13 Morrissey, 14 McVann, 15 Keefe.
See main article: 1984 National Collegiate Rugby Championship. The 1984 College championship was won by Harvard. Colorado was runner-up.
The 1984 Combined Services Rugby Championship was an 18 team tournament that took place at Fort Stewart, GA from May 11–12 and was won by the home team Fort Stewart with a 25–0 win over Fort Sill.[6]
Preliminary Round:
May 11 Fort Bragg 3–0 29 Palms
May 11 USUHS 11–3 Parris Island
Championship Bracket
Consolation Bracket
The 1984 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was a 48 team tournament sponsored by Coors and took place on May 27, 1984, at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. The winners of the eight 6-team groups advanced to the quarterfinals. The Denver Barbarians won the final over Dallas Harlequins.
The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1984 the tournament took place in Chicago, IL from May 26–28. The Eastern Rugby Union won the tournament for the first time.[7] The Eastern RU won the Junior Tournament for players under the age of 25.
Results:
| width=30% colspan=2 | Team | width=5% | W | width=5% | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Colonials | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Midwest Thunderbirds | 2 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Pacific Coast Grizzlies | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Western Mustangs | 0 | 3 | ||
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Champions: Eastern RU
Lineup- Redmund, Hynes, Robbins, O'Boyle, Swords, Geipert, Chisholm, Eckert, Levitan(captain), Horton, Walker, Borkowski, Corcoran, Pascale, Siano.
The 1984 National High School Rugby Championship took place at the Polo Fields in San Francisco, CA. The Lamorinda Rodents were the champions.[8]