Teamname: | Old Mission Beach |
Fullname: | Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Rugby Football Club |
Nickname: | OMBAC |
Countryflag: | United States |
Url: | http://www.ombacrugby.org/ |
Ground: | Robb Field |
President: | Jason McVeigh |
Rsl Coach: | Bing Dawson |
Coach: | Mike Saunders |
Captain: | Nico Gilli |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | Runner Up |
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Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in San Diego, California. OMBAC RFC is directly affiliated with the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club.
The Old Mission Beach rugby club was established in 1966 under the wing of Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) which was founded in 1954. Many past students of the San Diego State University rugby team joined, and the OMBAC rugby club entered first division competition two years later in 1968. The club has won 6 national Rugby Sevens titles and 8 national Rugby Fifteens titles.
Players in bold are internationally capped.
OMBAC players Mike Saunders, Brian Vizard, Kevin Higgins, Steve Gray, Chris Lippert and more recently, Dan Lyle, and Dave Hodges, have captained the United States national rugby union team in international competition.
OMBAC was represented in the 2007 Rugby World Cup by team members Todd Clever, Tui Osborne and Dan Payne. Former OMBAC player Will Hafu has played internationally for Tonga and also played professionally in England for Moseley RFC.
OMBAC Rugby has distinguished itself with the following accomplishments:
This is a list of honors awarded to the OMBAC rugby union team.[1]
OMBAC Rugby's sponsors for the 2014 Pacific Rugby Premiership are the following:[2]