Kutztown Rugby

National Collegiate 7’s Tournament Standings

When the dust settled at the 2011 National Collegiate 7’s Tournament, Kutztown advanced to the Final Four and eventually finished in fourth place. It was their first ever appearance, in the Final Four of a national tournament event. So where did the rest of the field line-up, in comparison to the Golden Bears?  You might [...]

KU Developmental Program 2011

The autumn semester of 2011 was the club’s first attempt at establishing a legitimate, full time Developmental Rugby Program. In doing so, the club had to appoint its first full time Director of Rugby Development. The Kutztown Director of Rugby Operations and Head Coach, Dr. Gregg Jones, gave that responsibility to assistant coach, Jason Horowitz. [...]

KUTZTOWN OVER DARTMOUTH

Kutztown players and staff, slipped out of their dwellings and into the moonlight of a cool April morning. The time was three o’clock, as they boarded the bus for Hanover, New Hampshire. It was the departure point for their final CPD match with Dartmouth College. The boys brought their sleeping gear and one could hear [...]

COLLEGE PREMIER PLAYER OF THE WEEK – East Conference April 2 , 2011

Mr. Todd Bell, USA Collegiate Director of Rugby, has announced that Tim Acker, Junior, Flyhalf, Kutztown University, is the Rugby East Conference Player of the Week.
Tim scored three tries, kicked two penalty kicks and six conversions, to accumulate a total of thirty three points on the day. He was instrumental in consistently attacking the Ohio [...]

Kutztown Cooks the Blue Hens

It was noon and the sun disappeared. The heavens opened up under charcoal gray skies and huge ominous clouds poured water on the earth. The wind was gusting at forty miles per hour. The fans and alumni were steadily streaming onto the grounds at Luckenbill Ave. Their colorful umbrellas rebelled and turned inside out. The [...]

Bears Bruise the Buckeyes

Kutztown welcomed Ohio State University onto the pitch at Luckenbill Ave. History was being made, as the Buckeyes came to Kutztown for the very first time.
The Buckeyes were impressive in their gray and red warmups, as the aura of the Big Ten was in the air. The Golden Bears were aware of their opponents capabilities. [...]

KU vs. Ohio State

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Larceny on Luckenbill Avenue

Luckenbill Avenue, home to Golden Bears’ Rugby, was the scene of the crime and Penn State pulled off the biggest heist since Sneakers.  USA Rugby had this rugby match billed as the national game of the week. They were one hundred percent correct. The fans that witnessed this contest were treated to one of the [...]

KU ROLLS IN LAS VEGAS 7′S

During the autumn foliage of October, 2010, Head Coach, Doc Jones, received an invitation to send a Kutztown 7’s squad to the largest rugby tournament in North America – The Las Vegas Invitational Rugby Tournament. Kutztown was familiar with this venue and had ventured to the dessert classic, the previous season. However, in 2010, Doc [...]

KUTZTOWN BOWS OUT IN SEMIS OF N.Y. 7’s

This is a story about Kutztown Rugby and our participation in the New York 7’s Tournament. It is also an introduction to the Kutztown University Collegiate 7’s program. The Kutztown Rugby Club has decided to launch a serious 7’s program to compete in all future collegiate 7’s competition on a territorial and national level. The [...]