The East Coast Rugby Conference is a
college rugby conference, founded in 2011 after
USA Rugby decided that collegiate rugby teams would leave their local area unions and form independent conferences. Seven teams participated in the inaugural season.
In 2012, the league expanded and added an eighth team, with
American International College
American International College (AIC) is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts.
History
American International College was originally established on July 18, 1885, as the French Protestant College by Rev. Calvin E. Amaron, who sough ...
joining the league as an associate member. They were voted into full membership for the Fall 2013 league season.
Members
2011
Boston College played at the 2011
Collegiate Rugby Championship
The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is an annual college rugby sevens tournament. The CRC is the highest profile college rugby sevens competition in the United States, with the tournament broadcast live on NBC from 2010–2017, on ESPN News an ...
. The CRC, held every June at
PPL Park in Philadelphia, is the highest profile
college rugby tournament in the US, and is broadcast live on NBC. The opening round of fixtures took place on September 17, 2011. Northeastern won the conference's inaugural season, earning a bid to the round of 16 of the D1-AA tournament. The conference also hosted a 7's tournament on November 5, with the winner getting an automatic bid to the
USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships. Boston College defeated the University of Albany 36–10 in the final, but declined the bid to the national championships.
Final standings
2012
The opening round of fixtures for the 2012 season will take place on September 15. The 2nd annual East Coast Rugby Conference 7's tournament was won by Northeastern University, who defeated Middlebury College 12-7 in the final. Northeastern accepted their bid to the 2012
USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships, and were joined by Middlebury, who accepted an at-large bid. Both teams performed admirably, with Middlebury posting a 2-3 record for the tournament, losing 14-7 to defending Division 1-AA champion
Davenport University in the Shield semi-final. Northeastern finished 2-1 in their group, losing only to defending 7's national champion
Life University
Life University is a private university focused on training chiropractors and located in Marietta, Georgia, USA. It was established in 1974 by a chiropractor, Sid E. Williams.
History
The university was founded in 1974 by Williams as "Life C ...
on the first day, followed by a second day loss to
Cal Poly in the quarterfinals.
Final standings
2013
Southern Connecticut has dropped out of the ECRC, no replacement named.
Final standings
[The ECRC Fall 2013 Final Standings, http://theecrc.com/standings/ ]
References
External links
East Coast Conferenceat URugby
{{Rugby union in the United States
College rugby conferences in the United States
2011 establishments in the United States