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Ivy Rugby Conference
SportRugby union
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009) [1]
First season2009
No. of teams8
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Brown (2020)
Most titlesDartmouth (24 titles)
Official websiteivyrugby.com

The Ivy Rugby Conference is a rugby union conference consisting of the eight member schools of the Ivy League. It was formed in 2009 to foster better competition among rugby teams from the Ivy League schools and to raise the quality of play.[2] Ivy Rugby formed committees to manage the league, independently of the LAUs and TUs.[3] The conference took over the organization of the Ivy rugby championships that had been contested since 1969.

The Ivy Rugby Conference, and specifically its sevens tournament, has enabled the Ivy schools to tap into existing rivalries and fan bases.[4]

Ivy Rugby has had some past success in attracting commercial sponsors.[5] Sponsors have included H2H, Royall Lyme and Boathouse Sports.[6][7]

The Ivy League schools have a rich rugby tradition that pre-dates the formation of the Ivy conference. Teams in the Ivy League have played rugby games against each other since the mid 1870s and starting in 2024 will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of such rugby games.

The eight Ivy League schools competed in the Ivy Rugby Championship Tournament from 1969 until the Ivy Rugby Conference was formed in 2009.[8] The Ivy Rugby logo was developed in 2005.[9]

In addition to the traditional 15-a-side rugby union competition, the teams play yearly for the Ivy Rugby 7s Championship held the first Saturday in November.

Member Schools

Photo of the first Yale team to play using rules of rugby (1876); Back row: Clark, C. Camp, Hatch, Walter Camp, Wurts, Taylor; front row: Davis, Downer, Walker, Baker, Bigelow, Thompson, Morse
Institution Location Team Nickname Undergraduate
enrollment 		Graduate
enrollment
Brown Providence, Rhode Island Bears 6,316[10] 2,333[10]
Columbia New York City, New York Lions 7,160[11] 15,760[11]
Cornell Ithaca, New York Big Red 13,931[12] 6,702[12]
Dartmouth Hanover, New Hampshire Big Green 4,248[13] 1,893[13]
Harvard Cambridge, Massachusetts Crimson 7,181[14] 14,044[14]
Princeton Princeton, New Jersey Tigers 5,113[15] 2,479[15]
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Quakers 10,337[16] 10,306[16]
Yale New Haven, Connecticut Bulldogs 5,275[17] 6,391[17]

Championship results

Historic results of the Ivy Rugby Championship, organised by the Ivy Rugby Conference since 2009:[18]

Ivy Rugby Championship
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner Up
1
 1969 Princeton
6–3
 Brown
2
 1970 Yale
?
 Harvard
3
 1971 Princeton
?
 Brown
4
 1972 Dartmouth
?
 ?
5
 1973 Princeton
32–6
 Brown
6
 1974 Brown
?
 ?
7
 1975 Brown
?
 Princeton
8
 1976 Brown
24–13
 Dartmouth
9
 1977 Dartmouth
18–6
 Yale
10
 1978 Yale
10–3?
 Princeton
11
 1979 Princeton
10–6?
 Brown
12
 1980 Brown
?
 ?
13
 1981 Harvard
?
 ?
14
 1982 Harvard
33–12
 Yale
15
 1983 Brown
21–6
 Harvard
16
 1984 Harvard
11–3
 Dartmouth
17
 1985 Brown
?
 Harvard
18
 1986 Brown
13–4
 Harvard
19
 1987 Brown
?
 ?
20
 1988 Brown
?
 ?
21
 1989 Harvard
12–9
 Brown
22
 1990 Dartmouth
?
 Columbia
23
 1991 Harvard
?
 ?
24
 1992 Penn
?
 Dartmouth
25
 1993 Dartmouth
–
26
 1994 Harvard
?
 ?
27
 1995 Brown
?
 Dartmouth
28
 1996 Brown
?
 Dartmouth
–
 1997
(not held due to snow)
29
 1998 Dartmouth
22–21
 Princeton
30
 1999 Dartmouth
39–17
 Princeton
31
 2000 Dartmouth
?
 Princeton
32
 2001 Dartmouth
?
 Princeton
33
 2002 Dartmouth
35–17
 Cornell
34
 2003 Harvard
22–7
 Yale
35
 2004 Princeton
25–5
 Cornell
36
 2005 Dartmouth
21–7
 Cornell
37
 2006 Dartmouth
52–16
 Harvard
38
 2007 Harvard
28–25 (a.e.t.)
 Dartmouth
39
 2008 Dartmouth
41–0
 Harvard
40
 2009 Dartmouth
62–13
 Harvard
41
 2010 Dartmouth
?
 Brown
42
 2011 Dartmouth
?
 Brown
43
 2012 Dartmouth
?
 Brown
44
 2013 Dartmouth
?
 Brown
45
 2014 Dartmouth
?
 Cornell
46
 2015 Dartmouth
?
 Harvard
47
 2016 Dartmouth
?
 Penn
48
 2017 Dartmouth
?
 Harvard
49
 2018 Dartmouth [19]
44–0
 Brown
50
 2019 Dartmouth [20]
57–7
 Brown
–
 2020
(not held due to COVID-19 pandemic)
 2021 Brown [19]
15–13
 Dartmouth

7s championship results

Year Champion Runner Up
2013 Dartmouth ??
2012 Dartmouth ??
2011 Brown Columbia

References

  1. ^ Tournament results (1969-2009) at Ivy Rugby
  2. ^ Ivy Rugby, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  3. ^ Ivy Rugby, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  4. ^ Gainline.us, 7s tournament points to resurgence of invitationals, Nov. 11, 2011, http://www.gainline.us/gainline/2011/11/7s-tournament-points-to-resurgence-of-invitationals.html
  5. ^ Gainline.us, Cal superleague exit spurs conference gains, Dec. 31, 2011, http://www.gainline.us/gainline/2011/12/cal-superleague-exit-spurs-conference-gains.html
  6. ^ Ivy Rugby Conference, H@H to Sponsor Ivy Sevens Championships, http://www.ivyrugby.com/news/h2h-sponsor-ivy-sevens-championships
  7. ^ Ivy League Signs Deal, Rugby Mag, May 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Ivy Rugby Conference, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  9. ^ 4x3 LLC, Ivy Rugby Conference Branding, http://www.4x3.net/portfolio/ivy-rugby-conference-branding
  10. ^ a b "Facts about Brown University". Brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  11. ^ a b [1]. Columbia University Common Data Set. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
  12. ^ a b "Cornell Common Data Set" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  13. ^ a b "Microsoft Word - header_factbook.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  14. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Harvard University Factbook. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
  15. ^ a b [2] Archived 2013-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. Princeton University Common Data Set. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
  16. ^ a b "Penn: Facts and Figures". Upenn.edu. 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  17. ^ a b "Factsheet – Statistical Summary of Yale University". Yale.edu. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  18. ^ Results 1969-2009 at Ivy Rugby
  19. ^ a b Men’s rugby beats Dartmouth, wins Ivy title for first time in 25 years at The Brown Daily Hearld, by Corey Gelb-Bicknell, 3 Dec 2021
  20. ^ DARTMOUTH BEATS BROWN ON THE ROAD, 57-7 October 21, 2019

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