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The PAC Rugby Conference was a college rugby conference composed of four schools from the Pac-12 Conference that competed against each other in Division 1-A Rugby. It was formed in 2012 with six teams, with conference play beginning in February 2013 to compete in Division 1-AA. In 2016, PAC added USC and Stanford and dropped Oregon State, and moved up to D1-A. 

Despite only recently moving up from D1-AA affiliation, the PAC has historically been one of the strongest conferences in college rugby, with five of its members consistently ranked in the Top 25 overall. The PAC Rugby Conference began play on February 2, 2013, with Cal beating Arizona State at Witter Field in Berkeley.

College Men

Cal Shuts Out Arizona State

Cal defeated Arizona State 79-0 Monday to complete the Bears' trip to the Grand Canyon State.

The two-game trip against the Arizona Wildcats the Sun Devils served as the opening of the PAC Rugby Conference season for Cal, and also as a chance for several players to get serious playing time. With the two wins this weekend, Cal is now 2-0, tied with UCLA and Utah.

College Men

Cal Rolls over Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. (Cal Rugby Release) – With nine players making their first meaningful starts of the season, the Golden Bears opened their PAC Rugby Conference account Saturday with a 61-12 win over Arizona on William David Sitton Field.

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College Men

Cal Looks to Bounce Back

Losing isn’t fun, and at Cal it’s also not very common, but sometimes a loss has its silver lining.

College Men

UCLA, Utah Win in PAC

UCLA remains atop the PAC Rugby Conference after a pretty straightforward 82-5 defeat of Oregon State.

Utah kept pace with the Bruins by beating Arizona State 31-10. It was a physical, hard-nosed game between the Utes and the Sun Devils, but Utah showed much improved defensive structure. Offensively they had trouble finishing off attacking chances.

College Men

UCLA Looks to 2-0 in PAC

The PAC Rugby Conference moves on this weekend with two more games.

Right now, UCLA leads with a 1-0 record having beaten Arizona State 32-12. 

The Niall Barry-captained Bruins face off with Oregon State in a game where UCLA really must be favored.

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