Shreveport Rugby Football Club

History

Founded in 1977, with a supporting crew of members including Paul Dinkins, Mike Pass, Steve Timmons, and Bill Gallien, The Shreveport Rugby Football Club was off the ground with a trail blazing 0–3 record.

Things have changed since the inception of the club, with many new faces and families entering and leaving the Shreveport/Bossier Rugby Scene. Currently, Shreveport Rugby Football Club plays an 18 match season, and travels to Tournaments throughout the Southeastern United States. The hundreds of active and social members keep the torch lit and are always focused on "the spirit of the game". Since the first winning season in 1979, the club has seen both lean and bountiful times, and continues to focus on becoming the best club in the Texas Rugby Union.

The Shreveport Rugby Football Club is a member of the Texas Rugby Union. SRFC has recently moved up from the Division II level to Division I. Shreveport Rugby will play distinguished clubs in Texas such as: Dallas Harlequins, Dallas Reds, Huns Rugby, Houston Area Rugby Club, and the Austin Brats. The club will also play clubs from Louisiana and surrounding states. SRFC will frequently face teams from Baton Rouge, Little Rock, and Jackson.

Current players

2008 season

Shreveport 20 v. Little Rock 26

Shreveport 67 v. Memphis Blues 0

Shreveport 10 v. Tulsa 13

Shreveport 36 v. Jackson 10

Shreveport 8 v. Dallas Harlequins 41

Shreveport 26 v. Houston Athletic 24

Shreveport 20 v. Baton Rouge 40

Shreveport 33 v. Bay Area 18

Shreveport 41 v. Huns 7

Shreveport 14 v. Austin Brats 24

Shreveport 31 v. Dallas Reds 18

Shreveport 40 v. Woodlands 7

Shreveport 18 v. Albuquerque 22

Shreveport 44 v. Little Rock 7

2010 season

Shreveport 7 v. Austin Brats 17

Shreveport 14 v. Dallas Reds 15

Shreveport 21 v. Huns 18

Shreveport 21 v. Houston Athletic 24

Shreveport 5 v. Austin Brats 20

Shreveport 12 v. Houton Athletic 31

Shreveport 71 v. Huns 25

Shreveport 24 v. Dallas Reds 25

Coaches

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| 1977 || || || 0-3 || n/a
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| 1979 || || || ||
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| 1980 || || || ||
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| 1982 || || || ||
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| 1983 || || || ||
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| 1984 || Jim Dickenson||  || ||
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| 1985 || Gary Kennedy ||  || ||
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| 1988 || John Cush ||  || ||
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| 2001 || Nigel Cookson||  || 10-3 || 5-3
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| 2003 || Darren Scott ||  || 13-1 || 7-1
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| 2007 || John Hammons||  || 12-2 || 6-2
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| 2008 || Fred Graham||  || ||
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| 2009 || Steve Timmons||  || ||
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| 2010 || David Trueblood||  || 2-8 ||
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| 2011 || Drew Tomsak||  || n/a ||
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| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Total conference championships
| colspan=3 bgcolor="#FFCC00"| 25
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Total conference championships
| colspan=3 bgcolor="#FFCC00"| 25
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Sponsorship

Shreveport Rugby Football Club benefits from several large sponsors such as Red Ball Oxygen and Eagle Distributing of Shreveport. In addition to Budweiser and Red Ball Oxygen, Shreveport has other major sponsors that include Pepsi, Horseshoe Casino and EcoMulch.

Alumni players (Please update with your information)

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!bgcolor="#0000"| Name
!bgcolor="#0000"| Nationality
!bgcolor="#0000"| Position
!bgcolor="#0000"| Years
!bgcolor="#0000"| Occupation
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|align="left"|Charles Black

Charles Black

Charles Lund Black, Jr. was an American scholar of constitutional law, which he taught as professor of law from 1947 to 1999. He is best known for his role in the historic Brown v...

|| ||Prop||1977–1985||
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|align="left"|Mike Allen|| ||Wing||1980–1981||
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|align="left"|Craig Anfinson|| ||||1980||
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|align="left"|Jeff Batten|| ||||1980||
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|align="left"|Shawn Blankenship|| ||||1980||
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|align="left"|Eddie Byrd|| ||||1980||
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|align="left"|Bill Gallien|| ||Center||1980||
|-align="center"
|align="left"|Larry Kennedy

Larry Kennedy

Larry Ronald Kennedy is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Kennedy studied at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton where he earned a Bachelor of Science before going on to earn his Doctor of Medicine degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Kennedy...

|| ||prop||1980||Businessman
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|align="left"|Stacy Dart|| ||Wing/Flanker||1989–2005||Banker
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|align="left"|Chris Giannetti|| ||Second Row||1995–2003||IT Manager
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|align="left"|Jason Brown

Jason Brown

-Baltimore Ravens:Jason Brown started all 16 games at guard in the 2007 season after spending 2005 and 2006 as a backup to Ravens starter Mike Flynn. He later started all 16 games in the 2008 season as center. He was considered to be one of the best offensive lineman coming into Free Agency the...

|| ||FL/FH/FB||1989–Present||Attorney
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|align="left"|Bob Tracy

Bob Tracy

-Coaching career:Tracy was the was the eighth head football coach for the Dickinson State Blue Hawks located in Dickinson, North Dakota and he held that position for six seasons, from 1957 until 1962. His coaching record at Dickinson State was 25 wins, 18 losses, and 1 ties...

|| ||Flnkr/SR/Prop||1986–1990||Geospatial Aspect Trainer
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|align="left"|Charles McIntyre|| ||Utility Back/FL||2002-????||Teacher
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