1972 National Rugby Championships

1972 National Rugby Championships
Tournament details
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Date1972
Tournament statistics
Final

The 1972 National Rugby Championships included the first Collegiate tournament and the 14th edition of the Monterey National.

College

The 1972 National Collegiate Rugby championship hosted by Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA from April 29–30.[1][2][3] Palmer College of Chiropractic were the champions.[4] Navy was runner-up.
Results:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Championship Bracket

 
First roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
 
              
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
 
Palmer36
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Kentucky0
 
Palmer53
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Texas6
 
Texas13
 
April 30 - Lexington, VA
 
Michigan10
 
Palmer24
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Louisiana State6
 
Louisiana State16
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Brown12
 
Louisiana State14
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Georgia8
 
Georgia18
 
April 30 - Lexington, VA
 
Harvard13
 
Palmer28
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Navy17
 
Navy12
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Notre Dame7
 
Navy10
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Virginia6
 
Virginia19
 
April 30 - Lexington, VA
 
Florida7
 
Navy13
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
Princeton12 Third place
 
Washington & Lee3
 
April 29 - Lexington, VAApril 30 - Lexington, VA
 
Princeton29
 
Princeton17Louisiana StateW
 
April 29 - Lexington, VA
 
South Carolina10 PrincetonL
 
South Carolina35
 
 
Tennessee3
 

Final

30 April 1972
2:00PM
Palmer28–17Navy
Try: Ian McCallum
Lexington, VA

Champions: Palmer College of Chiropractic
Coach: Dr. Thomas Louw
Captain: John Loveday

Monterey National Championship

The 1972 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] This event took place at Collins Polo Field in Pebble Beach, CA from March 18–19.[19][20] This year the tournament increased to 32 teams.[21][22] The Hastings Outstanding player award went to Jerry Walters of Santa Monica. Lindy Forrest of the University of Washington won the first annual Drop Kick competition with Brent Barry of the Peninsula Ramblers coming in second. UCLA went 5–0 to take first place.[23][24][25][26]

First round

18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 1 Peninsula Ramblers 9-0 SEALS/UDT Pebble Beach
7:00AM Stadium: Field 1
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 2 San Jose State 7-0 Cisco's RC Pebble Beach
7:00AM Stadium: Field 2
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 3 UC Davis 0-0
(W–L p)
U. of Washington Pebble Beach
7:00AM Stadium: Field 3
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 4 North Counties 12-6 OMBAC Pebble Beach
7:00AM Stadium: Field 4
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 5 Stanford University 3-4 Occidental College Pebble Beach
7:30AM Stadium: Field 1
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 6 Sea Hawks 0-12 Western Washington Pebble Beach
7:30AM Stadium: Field 3
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 7 San Francisco RC 16-3 California Lutheran Pebble Beach
7:30AM Stadium: Field 4
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 8 Chico RC 4-4
(L–W p)
CSU Los Angeles Pebble Beach
7:30AM Stadium: Field 2
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 9 UC Berkeley 7-0 Oregon State Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 1
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 10 Pensacola Navy 0-6 Old Gaels Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 2
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 11 Finlanders RC 3-3
(L–W p)
St. Mary's Colege Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 3
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 12 Portland RC 0-6 BATS Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 4
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 13 Old Puget Sound Beach 4-0 Monterey RC Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 1
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 14 Palo Alto RC 9-3 UC Santa Barbara Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 3
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 15 X–O RC 0-0
(W–L p)
San Luis Obispo RC Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 4
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 16 Capitol RC 0-14 UCLA Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 2

Championship Bracket

Second Round
March 18
Quarterfinals
March 18
Semifinals
March 18
Final
March 19
            
1 Peninsula Ramblers 14
San Jose State 0
1 Peninsula Ramblers 4
UC Davis 3
UC Davis 10
North Counties 5
1 Peninsula Ramblers 18
Western Washington 3
Occidental College 6
Western Washington 16
Western Washington 3
4 CSU Los Angeles 0
San Francisco RC 4
4 CSU Los Angeles 9
1 Peninsula Ramblers 6
2 UCLA 16
3 UC Berkeley 6
Old Gaels 0
3 UC Berkeley 4
St. Mary's 0
St. Mary's 6
BATS 0
3 UC Berkeley 6
2 UCLA 9
Old Puget Sound 18 Third place
Palo Alto RC 6
Old Puget Sound 0 Western Washington 6
2 UCLA 15 3 UC Berkeley 27
X–O RC 3
2 UCLA 10

Final

19 March 1972
2:20PM
Peninsula Ramblers6–16UCLA
Pen: Ken Berry (2)[27]Try: Jeff Todd 79'
Pen: David Sugden 1H', 2H', 70', 72'
Collins Polo Field

Champions: UCLA
Coach: Dennis Storer
Captain: David Sugden
Roster: Ron Andris, Steve Auerback, Bruce Barnes, Bruce Berg, Gordon Bosserman, Tim Desmond, Matt Fayle, James Grant, Tom Hanrahan, Gary James, Mike Mears, Gordon Moir, Skip Niebauer, Vincent Pasquariello, Mike Pavich, Bob Rogers, Rob Scribner, Greg Steel, David Stephenson, Craig Sweeney, Jeff Todd, Robert Thrussel, John Williams.

5th–8th Fifth place
      
L33 UC Davis 3*
L37 CSU LA 3
W50 UC Davis 6
W54 Old Puget Sound 15
L41 St. Mary's 6
L42 Old Puget Sound 12 Seventh place
L50 CSU LA 12
L54 St. Mary's 17

*Advanced on kicks

Thirteenth13th–16th9th–16th9th–12thNinth
Field 2 12:20PM
L17San Jose State3
Field 2 2:50PML18North Counties6Field 1 2:50PM
L34San Jose St9W34North Counties6
L35Occidental0Field 3 12:20PMW35San Francisco10
L21Occidental6
Field 2 10:15AML22San Francisco12Field 2 12:45PM
W46San Jose St3W45San Francisco6
W56Old Gaels20Field 3 1:10PMW55BATS3
L25Old Gaels17
Field 4 4:30PML26BATS21Field 3 4:30PM
FifteenthL39Old Gaels10W39BATS10Eleventh
Field 3 12:45PML43Palo Alto6Field 3 2:00PMW43X–O RC4Field 2 11:30AM
L46Occidental13L29Palo Alto6L45North Counties3
L56Palo Alto16L30X–O RC10L55X–O RC20

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