Belmont Shore RFC explained

Teamname:Belmont Shore
Location:Long Beach, California, US
Fullname:Belmont Shore Rugby Club
Url:https://www.belmontshorerfc.com/
Ground:Long Beach State rugby field[1]
Capacity:5,000[2] note: This is NOT the official CSULB website, but a spam website instead. Besides, unless they are playing rugby in the Pyramid (the basketball/volleyball gymnasium), then the 5,000 capacity figure is probably wrong-->
President:Stuart Ledsam
League:Pacific Rugby Premiership
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Belmont Shore Rugby Club is an American rugby union team named after the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California, which has a tradition of amateur rugby.

History

The Belmont Shore team was founded in 1974, and was one of the original US Rugby Super League teams in 1997. The team has been in the Super League Finals in seven of the past ten championships. They have been league champions four times, most recently in 2007. They were runners-up to the New York Athletic Club team in 2005, and to the San Diego-based Old Mission Beach Athletic Club team in 2006.

Belmont Shore dropped out of the Rugby Super League in October, 2009.[3] In 2014 it joined the Pacific Rugby Premiership.

Club honours

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Teams

Belmont Shore features adult and youth divisions. The adult division competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership & Division I; the youth division features many teams - U-8 through U19.

Sponsorship

The SuperLeague's primary sponsor is Michelob Amber Bock, with each individual team receiving a portion of those revenues. In addition to Amber Bock, Belmont Shore has individual sponsorships. Notable primary sponsors include CP Ships and Dr Pepper/7Up. Also DCL Direct (Direct Container Line) and Kudu Rugby.[5]

Notable players

Note: caps and participation are accurate as of 10 August 2006

United States national team

Other notable players

Notable coaches

Other rugby teams in Long Beach

Besides Belmont Shore RFC, there is the Belmont Shore Women's Rugby Football Club (nicknamed the "Landsharks", they have two national championships),[12] Coast Women's RFC,[13] and a men's club team at Long Beach State (which has made the National Final Four on four occasions),[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belmont Shore Pitch.
  2. http://longbeach.stateuniversity.com/athletics/index.html California State University, Long Beach Official Athletics Site
  3. Web site: AmericanRugbyNews.com Shore drops out of RSL . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203214727/http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/super_league/Shore_drops_out_of_RSL.shtml . 2010-02-03 . dead .
  4. http://www.rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216:past-champions-men&catid=108:past-champions&Itemid=316
  5. Web site: Home. Belmont Shore Rugby Club.
  6. Web site: Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables. ESPN.com.
  7. Web site: | USA Rugby. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003050/http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl. dead. March 11, 2007.
  8. Web site: Chris Ostentowski Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com . 2006-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060212131517/http://belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=38 . 2006-02-12 . dead .
  9. Web site: https://usa.rugby/[...page | USA Rugby]. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003050/http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl. dead. March 11, 2007. usa.rugby.
  10. Web site: Francois Viljoen Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com . 2006-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060212131811/http://belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=75 . 2006-02-12 . dead .
  11. Web site: Lee Peina Player Profile on belmontshorerfc.com . 2006-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060212131621/http://belmontshorerfc.com/players/playerProfile.php?recordID=53 . 2006-02-12 . dead .
  12. Web site: Home . bswrfc.com.
  13. Web site: Coast Women's Rugby Football Club . 2007-02-23 . 2007-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070204054408/http://www.coastwrfc.com/ . dead .
  14. Web site: CSULB Official Rugby Website . 2007-01-09 . 2007-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070108210736/http://www.csulb.edu/~rugby/ . dead .

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