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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

Preseason Soft Opening for West Coast DI Teams

College rugby in California and Arizona is moving slowly but it is moving, as several teams have enjoyed pre-season run-outs this fall.

On Saturday, Arizona State put in an impressive performance in beating Grand Canyon University 50-8. Ryan Spiwak scored three tries in a game where the Sun Devils looked in good form for so early in the season.

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College Men

Cal Wins PAC Conf. 7s

Cal defeated UCLA 17-5 to win the PAC Conference 7s Sunday in a tournament shown live on the Pac-12 Networks.

Cal defeated Arizona State in the semis while UCLA got by Utah to make the championship game.

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College Men

Cal, UCLA Lead PAC 7s Day One

BERKELEY – With 32 tries scored and only one try surrendered during a 4-0 Saturday on Witter Rugby Field, Cal won their pool in impressive fashion in the PAC Rugby 7s Championship; meanwhile UCLA edged Arizona State to take Pool B.

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College Men

Cal Welcomes 14 Recruits

BERKELEY, Calif. (Cal Rugby Release) – Fourteen new student-athletes from 14 different high schools and rugby teams have joined the California Golden Bears for 2015-16 as the program enters its 134th year as the oldest intercollegiate team on campus. 

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College Men

Arizona State Welcomes Large, Impressive Freshman Class

Airzona State University's men's rugby program has named the 40 players coming in as their freshman class.

The list includes HS All American Chase Bixby out of Granite Bay, Calif., along with Arizona natives Christopher Bey, who is back from LDS mission, and Ben Shockley.  The list of 40 + players includes several high profile players

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