Founded in 2000, SYC Rugby offers touch and tackle rugby for boys and girls ages 6 to 18. Most of the action occurs during the Summer season, but we also offer a high school team for boys in 8th through 12th grade during the Spring season. See the program guide for full details.
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Register for Boys Tackle Rugby in Spring 2012
Register Now! Open to boys in grades 6-12. High schoolers play on the SYC West End high school team, and middle schoolers play on the Springfield/Lorton middle school teams (U13 & U15). Full details available on the SYC West End page.
Registration fees for Spring 2012:
Regular registration (February 1-March 15): $175
Late registration (March 16-Aprily 1): $200
Family discount: $25 off each additional kid from same family
August 1, 2011 -- SYC Rugby wrapped up another success season culminating with the Rugby Virginia youth championships July 30-31 at Hooes Road Park. A total of 59 teams competed in tag and tackle rugby, and SYC teams won the championships in U11 tag, U13 tag, U13 tackle, U15 tag, and U15 tackle.
Big thanks to all the SYC Rugby coaches for teaching the kids how to play rugby. Also big thanks to Patti Griffin and all the other parents who helped at the tournament with concessions, merchandise, set-up, and break-down.
See you next season!
SYC Rugby Teams Win Rugby Virginia Youth Championships
July 31, 2011 -- SYC Rugby teams won championships in 5 of the 8 age groups contested at the recent Rugby Virginia Youth Championships held in Springfield on July 30-31. They are:
U11 tag, coached by Martin Jacobs and Steve Fox
U13 tag, coached by Matt Estes
U13 tackle, coached by Jim Adase and Jeff Freeman
U15 tag, coached by Matt Estes
U15 tackle, coached by Jeff Rupp and Jim Canny
Congratulations to the coaches and their players on a job well done!
SYC Rugby’s West End HS Team Wins 2nd Straight State Championship
June 4, 2011 -- West End, the SYC Rugby boys high school club team, beat NOVA 34-15 to win its 2nd straight Rugby Virginia high school D1 state championship. Captain and 8-man Michael Tobias led the way with 3 tries, and was named MVP/Man of the Match. Other tries were scored by lock Daniel Merino, scrumhalf Reagan Douglas, and inside center Christian Merino; fullback Ryan Lugo added 2 conversions.
Summer 2010 Season Ends on High Note
SYC Rugby’s Summer 2010 season ended on a high note with another successful hosting of the Rugby Virginia Youth Tournament July 31-August 1 at Hooes Road Park in Springfield. The tournament featured a total of 52 teams, evenly split between tag and tackle rugby. SYC teams won Cup Championships in the U-11 tag and U-15 boys tackle divisions, and competed well in all the other divisions. Thanks to all the teams for coming, and thanks to the SYC Rugby volunteers who helped make the tournament so successful. See you next season!
SYC West End Wins State Championship
June 5, 2010 -- SYC West End beat FPYC 18-9 to win the Rugby Virginia High School Division 1 State Championship. Hard fought game, but our guys prevailed. Flyhalf Joe "Guatemala" Eustace was named game MVP. See the SYC West End page for more info about the team.
By the way, 12 of the 15 starters in this game first played rugby as kids within SYC Rugby’s summer program. MVP Joe Eustace began in 2001 as a 9-yr-old.
Coaches, Check This Out!
Great resource for rugby coaching ideas and resources:
Please consider supporting the SYC Rugby program--which includes the SYC West End team--with a donation, particularly if you need a year-end tax deduction. Through parent organization Springfield/South County Youth Club, we’re a 501(c)(3) organization, so your donation is fully tax deductible. And all donations go 100% toward the support of the program and *your kids*.
Between the spring and summer seasons, SYC Rugby provides the opportunity to play tag and tackle rugby to over 200 boys and girls. As you know, we run a smooth operation and we enjoy great success on and off the field. So please consider supporting us!
Donate Now online, and be sure to specify “SYC Rugby” during the donation process. Or send a check made payable to “SYC Rugby Donation” to Springfield/South County Youth Club, Attention: Jeff Rupp/SYC Rugby Donations, 7075 Newington Road, Unit G, Lorton, VA 22079. We will send you a return letter of confirmation for tax purposes. Thanks for your consideration!
Join the SYC Rugby Email List
Email is our primary means of communication. Don’t miss any updates--sign up now! Note this email list pertains ONLY to the summer rugby program. For the West End email list, click through to the SYC West End page.
Inclement Weather, Heat, & Field Status
Fairfax County fields status is available on 703-324-5264 or FCPA web site. Updated by 3pm Mon-Fri; no update on weekends. Unless FCPA says a given field is closed, or if it’s the weekend, any decision to cancel will be made at the field based on current weather and field conditions. Note that we generally practice and play in the heat (it’s summer, after all).
Rugby Virginia started a boys middle school rugby league for the first time in Spring 2011, and it will continue each year. Boys in 7th and 8th grades are eligible, and one of the teams is located in the Springfield/Lorton area. Registration details to come as the next season draws near.
Note: This Middle School Rugby program is fully administered through Rugby Virginia, and SYC Rugby has no role with it. However, we strongly encourage our boys to sign up, and our own Jim Adase will head coach the Springfield/Lorton team.
Rugby Movie Fundraiser
Buy the movie after clicking the picture below, and SYC Rugby will earn 15% of the sale! The movie will be streamed on your computer. Price is $7.50, just like the movie theater.
"Play On" tells the story of a Scottish rugby star who makes a terrible mistake but finds redemption in an unlikely place. "It’s not always what you do that matters. It’s what you do next. Get up. Play on."
Rugby, the Game Played in Heaven
More About SYC Rugby
SYC "Screaming Eagles" Rugby was founded in Summer 2000 by Jeff Rupp as one of the first youth rugby programs in Virginia. The program offers tag and tackle rugby for boys and girls ages 6 to 18.
For tag rugby, SYC offers teams in these age groups: U-7, U-9, U-11, and U-13/15. All tag teams are co-ed. For tackle rugby, SYC offers boys teams in the U-13, U-15, U-17, and High School age groups, and a girls team in the U-17 age group. Note that tackle teams are boys-only or girls-only. Most teams play a Summer season, with exception of the boys High School team which plays in the Spring. See the program guide for full details.
SYC Screaming Eagles teams compete in the Rugby Virginia league, the state-based organization that promotes youth and high school rugby in the state.
For good explanations and articles about the game of rugby, check out the "What is Rugby?" section of this site. See you on the pitch!
Rugby Commissioner / Director of Rugby / Head Coach:
Jeff Rupp | E-mail: jeffrupp66 at gmail.com
