1974 National Rugby Championships
| 1974 National Rugby Championships | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Date | 1974 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Final | |
The 1974 National Rugby Championships included the Collegiate tournament and the 16th edition of the Monterey National.
College
The 1974 College championship was a 16 team tournament that took place from February 23–24 at LSU's Parade Grounds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1][2][3] Texas A&M were the champions.[4] LSU was runner-up.[5] Texas A&M won four matches in the series to win the title. Florida State took third place as well as the Sportsmanship Trophy.[6]
Results:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Championship Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| LSU | 18 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 14 | |||||||||||||
| LSU | W | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Illinois | L | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | W | |||||||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| L | ||||||||||||||
| LSU | 4* | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 12 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Central Methodist | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 14 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Boston College | 23 | |||||||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| WV Wesleyan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 32 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 26 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| NC State | ||||||||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 7* | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 11 | |||||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Florida State | 13 | Ohio State | 0 | |||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 0 | Florida State | 18 | |||||||||||
| Colorado State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Palmer Chiropractic | 3 | |||||||||||||
* Won by tie breaker kickoff
Consolation Bracket
First round losers
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Notre Dame | W | |||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| L | ||||||||||
| Notre Dame | ||||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Central Methodist | L | |||||||||
| Central Methodist | 16 | |||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| WV Wesleyan | 0 | |||||||||
| Notre Dame | 4 | |||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Palmer | 14 | |||||||||
| Georgetown | w/o | |||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Holy Cross | ||||||||||
| Georgetown | 6 | |||||||||
| February 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Palmer | 34 | Third place | ||||||||
| Indiana | 13 | |||||||||
| February 24 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Palmer | 16 | |||||||||
| WV Wesleyan | 3 | |||||||||
| Georgetown | 22 | |||||||||
Second round losers
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| February 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| Illinois | 12 | |||||
| Boston College | 7 | |||||
| February 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| NC State | 20 | |||||
| Colorado State | 9 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
Final
| 24 February 1974 3:00PM |
| Texas A&M | 12–0 | LSU |
| Try: Aaron Cahoon Dave Eslinger Bruce Mills | [16] |
| Parade Ground, Baton Rouge |
Champions: Texas A&M
Coaches: John Gunn, Lee Roberts
Roster: Gene Sunny (Left Prop), George Alden (Hooker), Louis Gorilla (Right Prop), Jim Goulding (2nd Row Forward), Bobby Way (2nd Row Forward), Ken Buchek (8th Man), Aaron Cahoon-captain (Scrumhalf), Hillard Simmons (Flyhalf), Carey Whitehead (Inside Center), Joel Stockton (Outside Center), Steve Beckendam (Left Wing), Randy Harju (Right Wing), Bruce Mills (Fullback).
Monterey National Championship
The 1974 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 22–23. The tournament MVP was John Hipwell of NSWC. Mr. Rugby was 84 year old Watson Luke. 16 year players were Walt Gomez of Peninsula Ramblers and Murdo Nicholson of Olde Gaels. Bill Armstrong of Old Blues won the Drop Kick contest while Bruce Barry of Air Force was runner-up. New South Wales Country went 5–0 to take first place.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
First round
| 22 March 1974 1 | Santa Monica RC | 20-3 | Monterey RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 22 March 1974 2 | Portland RC | 0-6 | Old Blues RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 22 March 1974 3 | CSU Long Beach | 6-0 | St. Mary's College | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 22 March 1974 4 | U. of Montana | 0-6 | Stanford University | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 22 March 1974 5 | Texas A&M | 0-0 (W–L p) | Western Washington St | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 22 March 1974 6 | San Jose State | 3-0 | Los Angeles RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 22 March 1974 7 | Chuckanut Bay RC | 3-0 | North Counties | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 22 March 1974 8 | OMBAC | 0-3 | BATS | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 22 March 1974 9 | NSW Country | 20-0 | Air Force Academy | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 22 March 1974 10 | Oregon State | 0-9 | Olde Gaels RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 22 March 1974 11 | UC Davis | 6-7 | USC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 22 March 1974 12 | Peninsula Ramblers | 7-6 | San Luis Obispo RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
| 22 March 1974 13 | Old Puget Sound Beach | 4-0 | Sacramento Capitol RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
| 22 March 1974 14 | UC Santa Barbara | 0-0 (L–W p) | X–O RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
| 22 March 1974 15 | Houston RC | 3-9 | San Francisco RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
| 22 March 1974 16 | Finlander RC | 0-15 | UC Berkeley | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
Championship Bracket
| Second Round March 22 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Final March 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Santa Monica | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Old Blues | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Santa Monica | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CSU Long Beach | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Santa Monica | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BATS | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose St | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose St | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BATS | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuckanut Bay | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BATS | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Santa Monica | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | NSWC | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | NSWC | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Olde Gaels | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | NSWC | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| USC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peninsula Ramblers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | NSWC | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Berkeley | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Old Puget Sound Beach | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
| X–O | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| X–O | 0 | 3 | BATS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Berkeley | 9 | 4 | UC Berkeley | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Berkeley | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| 23 March 1974 2:20PM |
| Santa Monica | 6–36 | NSWC |
| Pen: Bobby Thrussell 20' Bobby Thrussell 39' | [33] | Try: John Hipwell 18' c Bill McKidd James Hindmarsh Weatherstone Cornelson Kim Thurbon Mendham Brown Con: Robert Wilkinson (2) |
| Pebble Beach |
Champions: New South Wales
Manager: Ross Turnbull
Coach: Daryl Harberecht
Roster: John Barron, Robert Brown, Gregory Cornelsen, Glenn Eisenhauer, Warwick Fletcher, Anthony Gelling, Garrett Grey, Lars Hedberg, James Hindmarsh, John Hipwell, Peter Horton, John Lambie, William Lloyd–Green, Stuart MacDougall, William Mendham, Brian McIntyre, William McKidd, Brian Mansfield, Charles Onus, Peter Payten, Peter Prince, Timothy Rowlands, Kim Thurbon, Laurence Weatherstone, Robert Wilkinson.
| 5th–8th | Fifth place | ||||||||
| L33 | Stanford | 6 | |||||||
| L37 | San Jose St | 0 | |||||||
| W50 | Stanford | 12 | |||||||
| W54 | USC | 3 | |||||||
| L41 | USC | 9 | |||||||
| L42 | X–O | 3 | Seventh place | ||||||
| L50 | San Jose St | 12 | |||||||
| L54 | X–O | 9 | |||||||
| Thirteenth | 13th–16th | 9th–16th | 9th–12th | Ninth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 1:20PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L17 | Old Blues | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 3:50PM | L18 | Long Beach | 4 | Field 1 3:50PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| L34 | Long Beach | 20 | W34 | Old Blues | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L35 | Chuckanut Bay | 3 | Field 3 1:20PM | W35 | Texas A&M | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L21 | Texas A&M | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 10:15AM | L22 | Chuckanut Bay | 3 | Field 2 12:45PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| W46 | Long Beach | 10 | W45 | Old Blues | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W56 | San Francisco | 0 | Field 3 2:10PM | W55 | OPSB | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L25 | Olde Gaels | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 5:30PM | L26 | Ramblers | 0 | Field 3 5:30PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fifteenth | L39 | Ramblers | 3 | W39 | Olde Gaels | 6 | Eleventh | ||||||||||||||||
| Field 3 12:45PM | L43 | San Francisco | 6 | Field 3 3:00PM | W43 | OPSB | 10 | Field 2 11:30AM | |||||||||||||||
| L46 | Chuckanut Bay | 3 | L29 | OPSB | 3* | L45 | Texas A&M | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| L56 | Ramblers | 24 | L30 | San Francisco | 3 | L55 | Olde Gaels | 3 | |||||||||||||||
*Advanced on kicks
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