Ivy Rugby Conference

The Ivy Rugby Conference is a rugby union conference consisting of the eight member schools of the Ivy League. It was formed in 2009 to foster better competition among rugby teams from the Ivy League schools and to raise the quality of play.[2] Ivy Rugby formed committees to manage the league, independently of the LAUs and TUs.[3] The conference took over the organization of the Ivy rugby championships that had been contested since 1969.

Ivy Rugby Conference
SportRugby union
Founded2009 (2009) [1]
Inaugural season2009
No. of teams8
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Brown (2021)
Most titlesDartmouth (24 titles)
Official websiteivyrugby.com

The Ivy Rugby Conference, and specifically its sevens tournament, has enabled the Ivy schools to tap into existing rivalries and fan bases.[4]

Ivy Rugby has had some past success in attracting commercial sponsors.[5] Sponsors have included H2H, Royall Lyme and Boathouse Sports.[6][7]

The Ivy League schools have a rich rugby tradition that pre-dates the formation of the Ivy conference. Teams in the Ivy League have played rugby games against each other since the mid 1870s and starting in 2024 will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of such rugby games.

The eight Ivy League schools competed in the Ivy Rugby Championship Tournament from 1969 until the Ivy Rugby Conference was formed in 2009.[8] The Ivy Rugby logo was developed in 2005.[9]

In addition to the traditional 15-a-side rugby union competition, the teams play yearly for the Ivy Rugby 7s Championship held the first Saturday in November.

Member Schools
Photo of the first Yale team to play using rules of rugby (1876); Back row: Clark, C. Camp, Hatch, Walter Camp, Wurts, Taylor; front row: Davis, Downer, Walker, Baker, Bigelow, Thompson, Morse
Institution Location Team Nickname Undergraduate
enrollment		 Graduate
enrollment
Brown Providence, Rhode Island Bears 6,316[10] 2,333[10]
Columbia New York City, New York Lions 7,160[11] 15,760[11]
Cornell Ithaca, New York Big Red 13,931[12] 6,702[12]
Dartmouth Hanover, New Hampshire Big Green 4,248[13] 1,893[13]
Harvard Cambridge, Massachusetts Crimson 7,181[14] 14,044[14]
Princeton Princeton, New Jersey Tigers 5,113[15] 2,479[15]
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Quakers 10,337[16] 10,306[16]
Yale New Haven, Connecticut Bulldogs 5,275[17] 6,391[17]

Championship results

Historic results of the Ivy Rugby Championship, organised by the Ivy Rugby Conference since 2009:[18]

Ivy Rugby Championship
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner Up Ref.
1
1969Princeton
6–3
Brown
2
1970Yale
?
Harvard
3
1971Princeton
?
Brown
4
1972Dartmouth
?
 ?
5
1973Princeton
32–6
Brown
6
1974Brown
?
 ?
7
1975Brown
?
Princeton
8
1976Brown
24–13
Dartmouth
9
1977Dartmouth
18–6
Yale
10
1978Yale
10–3?
Princeton
11
1979Princeton
10–6?
Brown
12
1980Brown
?
 ?
13
1981Harvard
?
 ?
14
1982Harvard
33–12
Yale
15
1983Brown
21–6
Harvard
16
1984Harvard
11–3
Dartmouth
17
1985Brown
?
Harvard
18
1986Brown
13–4
Harvard
19
1987Brown
?
 ?
20
1988Brown
?
 ?
21
1989Harvard
12–9
Brown
22
1990Dartmouth
?
Columbia
23
1991Harvard
?
 ?
24
1992Penn
?
Dartmouth
25
1993Dartmouth
–
26
1994Harvard
?
 ?
27
1995Brown
?
Dartmouth
28
1996Brown
?
Dartmouth
–
1997
(not held due to snow)
29
1998Dartmouth
22–21
Princeton
30
1999Dartmouth
39–17
Princeton
31
2000Dartmouth
?
Princeton
32
2001Dartmouth
?
Princeton
33
2002Dartmouth
35–17
Cornell
34
2003Harvard
22–7
Yale
35
2004Princeton
25–5
Cornell
36
2005Dartmouth
21–7
Cornell
37
2006Dartmouth
52–16
Harvard
38
2007Harvard
28–25 (a.e.t.)
Dartmouth
39
2008Dartmouth
41–0
Harvard
40
2009Dartmouth
62–13
Harvard
41
2010Dartmouth
?
Brown
42
2011Dartmouth
?
Brown
43
2012Dartmouth
?
Brown
44
2013Dartmouth
?
Brown
45
2014Dartmouth
?
Cornell
46
2015Dartmouth
?
Harvard
47
2016Dartmouth
?
Penn
48
2017Dartmouth
?
Harvard
49
2018Dartmouth
44–0
Brown[19]
50
2019Dartmouth
57–7
Brown[20]
–
2020
(not held due to COVID-19 pandemic)
51
2021Brown
15–13
Dartmouth[19]

7s championship results
YearChampionRunner Up
2013Dartmouth ??
2012Dartmouth ??
2011BrownColumbia

References
  1. Tournament results (1969-2009) at Ivy Rugby
  2. Ivy Rugby, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  3. Ivy Rugby, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  4. Gainline.us, 7s tournament points to resurgence of invitationals, Nov. 11, 2011, http://www.gainline.us/gainline/2011/11/7s-tournament-points-to-resurgence-of-invitationals.html
  5. Gainline.us, Cal superleague exit spurs conference gains, Dec. 31, 2011, http://www.gainline.us/gainline/2011/12/cal-superleague-exit-spurs-conference-gains.html
  6. Ivy Rugby Conference, H@H to Sponsor Ivy Sevens Championships, http://www.ivyrugby.com/news/h2h-sponsor-ivy-sevens-championships
  7. Ivy League Signs Deal, Rugby Mag, May 7, 2014.
  8. Ivy Rugby Conference, http://www.ivyrugby.com/about-ivy-rugby
  9. 4x3 LLC, Ivy Rugby Conference Branding, http://www.4x3.net/portfolio/ivy-rugby-conference-branding
  10. "Facts about Brown University". Brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  11. . Columbia University Common Data Set. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
  12. "Cornell Common Data Set" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
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  14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Harvard University Factbook. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
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  17. "Factsheet – Statistical Summary of Yale University". Yale.edu. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  18. Results 1969-2009 at Ivy Rugby
  19. Men’s rugby beats Dartmouth, wins Ivy title for first time in 25 years at The Brown Daily Hearld, by Corey Gelb-Bicknell, 3 Dec 2021
  20. DARTMOUTH BEATS BROWN ON THE ROAD, 57-7 October 21, 2019
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