Madison Minotaurs Rugby Club
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| Name | Madison Minotaurs Rugby Club |
| Mascot | Minotaur Minotaur In Greek mythology, the Minotaur , as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull"... |
| Colors | Clay Red/Orange & Black |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Sport | rugby union football Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... |
| Union | Wisconsin Rugby Football Union Wisconsin Rugby Football Union The Wisconsin Rugby Football Union is the Local Area Union for Rugby Union teams in the state of Wisconsin. The WRFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union , one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby.... |
| Website | www.MadisonMinotaurs.com |
| http://facebook.com/MadisonMinotaurs | |
The Madison Minotaurs Rugby Club is a Division III rugby union football club in the Wisconsin Rugby Football Union
Wisconsin Rugby Football Union
The Wisconsin Rugby Football Union is the Local Area Union for Rugby Union teams in the state of Wisconsin. The WRFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union , one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby....
and is based in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
. Founded in March 2007, the Minotaurs are a part of Madison United Rugby, which comprises the Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club
Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club
The Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club is an amateur Division I women's rugby team in Madison, Wisconsin. The team is the only Division I women's rugby club in the state....
(WWRFC), a DII women's team, the Wisconsin Rugby Club (WRC), a DII men's team, the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
rugby team, and three high school teams, Militia Rugby (Madison East HS), Madison Westside RFC (Madison West HS and Edgewwood HS), and the Middleton Rugby Club (Middleton HS). The Minotaurs are also members of IGRAB.
The Madison Minotaurs competed in their first Bingham Cup in June 2010 hosted by the Minneapolis Mayhem
Minneapolis Mayhem
The Minneapolis Mayhem Rugby Football Club is one of the nation’s few male rugby clubs that makes the sport accessible to traditionally underrepresented groups, including people of color and gay men....
. They played for the Crest, losing to the eventual champions the Phoenix Storm. Overall, they went 3-2.