Aspen RFC
| Full name |
Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Football Club |
| Union |
USA Rugby
Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union |
| Nickname(s) |
Gentlemen |
| Founded |
1968 |
| Ground(s) |
Wagner Park, Downtown Aspen (Capacity: unknown) |
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| Official website |
| aspenrugby.com |
The Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Aspen, Colorado. Aspen RFC is a founding SuperLeague. They withdrew from the SuperLeague in the middle of the 2005 season and forfeited the competition. They now compete in the Men's Club Division 1 League . After 3 years out of the Super League, Aspen won the National 7's Championships in the Summer of 2008 and won the 2009 Division I Championship, May 31 @ Infinity Park, Glendale (DEnver) Colorado.[1]
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Aspen RFC was officially formed in 1968 by Steve Shurlock, an Englishman who noticed that Aspen, Colorado, a traditional skiing town, had a large international population, many of whom had played rugby before coming to the United States. The first match occurred on 4 July 1967, when an unofficial Aspen XV faced the established Denver Barbarians.[2]
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