The San Diego Surfers Women's Rugby Club is a women's
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
club based in
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
. They were founded in 1975 as an amateur club and have been members of the
Women's Premier League Rugby
The USA Rugby Women's Premier League (WPL or WPL Rugby) is the top annual American women's rugby union competition. It is player-run and operates in partnership with USA Rugby. It involves the top 10 clubs in the country. The league was founded i ...
(WPL) since 2011, when the team earned promotion from Division I. The Surfers field three teams throughout the year, one each in the WPL, Division I, and in
Sevens.
The Surfers achievements include having won the WPL National Championship in 2016 and 2018, and the
USA Rugby Club 7s
The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby
USA Rugby (officially the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the spor ...
National Championship in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019.
References
External links
Official site
{{Women's Premier League (WPL Rugby)
Women's Premier League Rugby teams
Women's sports in California
Rugby union teams in San Diego
Rugby clubs established in 1975
1975 establishments in California