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USA Rugby Club 7s
SportRugby sevens
Instituted1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Inaugural season1985
Number of teams32 (16 Men's; 16 Women's)
CountryUnited States (USA Rugby)
ChampionsNational Athletic Village (3rd title) (2024)
Most titlesSeattle Saracens (8)
Websiteusaclub7s.com

The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. It involves the best sixteen men's and women's clubs (32 clubs total) in the United States.

First played in November 1985, the tournament moved to the summer in 1986 and has been a fixture of the summer rugby season in the United States ever since. After a few years of informal women's invitationals, a formal women's competition was added to the event in 2011. The event is streamed online annually, typically on YouTube or The Rugby Channel.

Results — Men

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Year Champion Score Runner Up Tournament MVP Location Ref
1985 Old Mission Beach Athletic 26-12 Duck Brothers Rugby Tucson, AZ
1986 Quad City Irish 25-10 Denver Barbarians Milwaukee, WI
1987 Duck Brothers Rugby 18-10 Denver Barbarians Milwaukee, WI
1988 Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby 19-6 Denver Barbarians Milwaukee, WI
1989 Maryland Old Boys 26-12 Northern Virginia Rugby Vinny Granger Alexandria, VA
1990 Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby 18-10 Northern Virginia Rugby Alexandria, VA
1991 Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby 26-6 Northern Virginia Rugby Alexandria, VA
1992 Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby 15-6 Old Blues Rugby (CA) Alexandria, VA
1993 Old Blue of New York 40-22 Kansas City Blues Hartford, CT
1994 Old Blues Rugby (CA) 31-0 Maryland Exiles Palo Alto, CA
1995 Old Mission Beach Athletic 35-19 Northern Virginia Rugby Maliki Delhi Philadelphia, PA
1996 Northern Virginia Rugby 26-21 Old Mission Beach Athletic Prince Hill Philadelphia, PA
1997 San Mateo Rugby 57-7 Fresno Rugby Philadelphia, PA
1998 San Mateo Rugby 29-7 Tempe Old Devils Philadelphia, PA
1999 Philadelphia Whitemarsh Rugby 26-19 Northern Virginia Rugby Keith McLean Philadelphia, PA
2000 Old Mission Beach Athletic 27-17 Sacramento Capitals [DQ] Philadelphia, PA
2001 Old Mission Beach Athletic 17-7 Denver Barbarians Philadelphia, PA
2002 Old Mission Beach Athletic 54-0 Maryland Exiles Philadelphia, PA
2003 Riverside Rugby 22-21 Olympic Club Rugby Luke Waikamakawa
& Nelo Lui (co-MVPs)		 Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Riverside Rugby 38-19 Denver Barbarians Park City, UT
2005 Old Blue of New York 31-17 Old Mission Beach Athletic Sean Horan Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Old Mission Beach Athletic 29-14 Old Blue of New York Bellingham, WA
2007 Chicago Lions 35-21 Old Mission Beach Athletic Bellingham, WA [1]
2008 Gentlemen of Aspen 26-24 Belmont Shore Rugby Mike Palefau San Francisco, CA [2]
2009 Belmont Shore Rugby 34-15 Gentlemen of Aspen Peter Sio San Francisco, CA [3]
2010 Seattle-OPSB Rugby 26-17 Belmont Shore Rugby Filimoni Botitu San Francisco, CA [4]
2011 Belmont Shore Rugby 37-14 Schuylkill River Exiles Shalom Suniula San Francisco, CA [5]
2012 Belmont Shore Rugby 26-12 Chicago Lions Mike Te'o San Francisco, CA [6]
2013 Seattle-OPSB Rugby 26-5 Denver Barbarians Miles Craigwell Pittsburgh, PA [7]
2014 Seattle-OPSB Rugby 29-26 Old Blue of New York Mike Palefau Seattle, WA [8]
2015 Seattle Saracens 31-10 Denver Barbarians Ata Malifa (Denver) Des Moines, IA [9]
2016 Rugby Utah Selects 48-12 Kansas City Blues Don Pati Denver, CO
2017 Rugby Utah Selects 22-21 Denver Barbarians Don Pati Minneapolis, MN
2018 Bulldog Rugby 19-7 Belmont Shore Rugby Michael Nelson New York, NY
2019 Washington Athletic 24-7 Life West Gladiators Peter Tiberio Kansas City, MO [10]
2020 Not held due to COVID-19
2021 Chicago Lions 17-10 Westside Ronins Will Chevalier Tukwila, WA
2022 National Athletic Village 19-0 Old Blue of New York Corey Jones St. Louis, MO
2023 National Athletic Village 12-10 St. Louis Bombers Simi Moala Madison, WI
2024 National Athletic Village 26-12 Belmont Shore Dalton Musselman Madison, WI

Results — Women

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Year Champion Score Runner Up Tournament MVP Location Ref
2011 Berkeley All Blues 36-0 Boston Belles Kelly Griffin San Francisco, CA [11]
2012 San Diego Surfers 33-12 Seattle Breakers Emilie Bydwell San Francisco, CA [12]
2013 Berkeley All Blues 22-5 Northern Virginia Rugby Irene Gardner Pittsburgh, PA [13]
2014 San Diego Surfers 45-0 Old Blue of New York Nia Williams Seattle, WA [14]
2015 American Rugby Pro Training Center 21-17 Seattle Saracens Jess Wooden Des Moines, IA [15]
2016 Scion Sirens 38-0 Old Blue of New York Kiki Morgan Denver, CO
2017 Seattle Atavus 26-14 San Diego Surfers Megan Sanders Minneapolis, MN
2018 San Diego Surfers 19-12 Scion Sirens Stephanie Rovetti New York, NY [16]
2019 San Diego Surfers 21-12 Berkeley All Blues Teigan MacDonald Kansas City, KS [17]
2020 Not held due to COVID-19
2021 Scion Rugby 40-0 Life West Gladiatrix Jade McGrath Tukwila, WA
2022 Scion Rugby 29-7 WAC Monique Coffey St. Louis, MO [18]
2023 Chicago Lions 17-12 Camp Pendleton Madison, WI [19]
2024 Scion Rugby Madison, WI [20]

Performance by club

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Men

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Updated to include results for 2024:

Club Winners Winning Years
Seattle Saracens (includes Seattle-OPSB and OPSB*) 8 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
Old Mission Beach Athletic 6 1985, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002
National Athletic Village 3 2022, 2023, 2024
Belmont Shore Rugby 3 2009, 2011, 2012
Old Blue of New York 2 1993, 2005
Riverside Rugby 2 2003, 2004
Rugby Utah Selects 2 2016, 2017
San Mateo Rugby 2 1997, 1998
Chicago Lions 2 2007, 2021
Bulldog Rugby 1 2018
Duck Brothers Rugby 1 1987
Gentlemen of Aspen 1 2008
Maryland Old Boys 1 1989
Northern Virginia Rugby 1 1996
Old Blues Rugby (CA) 1 1994
Philadelphia Whitemarsh Rugby 1 1999
Quad City Irish 1 1986
Washington Athletic 1 2019
  • USA Rugby officially considers titles won by OPSB, Seattle-OPSB, and Seattle Saracens to be from the same club.[21]

Women

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Updated to include results for 2023:

Club Winners Winning Years
San Diego Surfers 4 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019
Berkeley All Blues 2 2011, 2013
American Rugby Pro Training Center 1 2015
Seattle Atavus 1 2017
Scion Sirens 3 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024

Records

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Men's Records (as of 2017)

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  • Most Cup Championships: 8, by the Seattle Saracens (history includes results as OPSB Rugby and Seattle-OPSB Rugby)
  • Most Cup Finals: 9, by Old Mission Beach Athletic
  • Highest Medal Count: 14, by the Denver Barbarians (0 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze)(*updated 2024)
  • Most Cup Semi-Finals: 18, by the Denver Barbarians
  • Most Cup Quarter-Finals: 25, by the Denver Barbarians
  • Best Winning Percentage (Minimum 30 games played): 80%, by the National Athletic Village (2024)
  • Most Matches Won: 88, by the Denver Barbarians
  • Most Appearances: 24, by the Denver Barbarians
  • Most Consecutive Appearances: 15, by the Denver Barbarians (2001-2015)

Women's Records (as of 2023)

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  • Most Cup Championships: 3, by the Scion Sirens
  • Most Cup Finals: 8, by the San Diego Surfers and Seattle Atavus (history includes results as Seattle Breakers and Saracens)
  • Highest Medal Count: 5, by the San Diego Surfers (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
  • Most Cup Semi-Finals: 8, by the San Diego Surfers
  • Most Cup Quarter-Finals: 8, by the San Diego Surfers
  • Most Matches Won: 33, by the San Diego Surfers
  • Most Appearances (Overall and Consecutive): 8, by San Diego Surfers

Event Records

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  • Highest Attendance: 6,000 (2014 Club 7s)
  • Largest margin of victory in a Cup Final: 54, by Old Mission Beach Athletic (54-0; 2002 Men's Club 7s) and 40, by Scion Sirens (40-0; 2021 Women's Club 7s)

References

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  1. ^ "2007 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 12, 2007
  2. ^ "2008 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 10, 2008.
  3. ^ "2009 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "2010 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 15, 2010.
  5. ^ "2011 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Belmont Shore Repeats 7s Title", USA Rugby, August 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "Seattle-OPSB Win Club 7's National Championship", This Is American Rugby, August 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "Seattle repeats as Club 7s Champion", USA Rugby, August 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Club 7s trophy to stay in Seattle for third year", USA Rugby, August 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "San Diego Surfers repeat at Club 7s while Washington Athletic Club take home title of their own", USA Rugby, August 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "2011 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship Results", USA Club 7s, August 7, 2011.
  12. ^ "Belmont Shore Repeats 7s Title", USA Rugby, August 4, 2012.
  13. ^ "Seattle-OPSB Win Club 7's National Championship", This Is American Rugby, August 11, 2013.
  14. ^ "Seattle repeats as Club 7s Champion", USA Rugby, August 11, 2014.
  15. ^ "Club 7s trophy to stay in Seattle for third year", USA Rugby, August 9, 2015.
  16. ^ Young, Wendy (2018-08-10). "2018 USA Rugby Emirates Airline Club 7s National Championship - Aug 11-12 %". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  17. ^ Young, Wendy (2019-08-06). "2019 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship – Aug 10-11 %". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  18. ^ Young, Wendy (2022-08-05). "2022 USA Rugby Club 7s National Championships, Aug 13-14 – Schedule & Results %". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  19. ^ Young, Wendy (2023-08-02). "USA Club 7s Rugby National Championships 2023: Pools Announced %". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  20. ^ Young, Wendy (2024-07-30). "2024 USA Club 7s Rugby National Championships: Schedule, Viewing Options, and Results (Aug 10-11) %". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  21. ^ "Men's Records".
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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Rugby_Club_7s

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