Fan of the Week

Want to be the Love Rugby Fan of the Week?

Here's how:
1) Visit our Facebook Fan Page, become our fan.
2) Post a photo of your rugby tattoo or yourself wearing a Love Rugby tee to our wall.
3) include the following info:
Name:(we know this already)
Team:
Team website:
Position:
Why do you love rugby?

Our staff will choose one lucky fan of the week and feature their info on our wall with a link to their team web site. Start uploading!

Here is a historical look at our Fans of the Week:


Atlantis
Hometown: Anywhere, USA
Team: Atlantis
Website: Emile Signe's Summary and History of Atlantis

Atlantis is a rugby invitational side whose specialty is sevens. Begun in 1986 as an Eastern US venture, Atlantis quickly became a nation-wide enterprise. Their color (aquamarine), logo, and the Roman numerals on their jerseys were all inspired by the Atlantis legend. (And, yes, they were playing sevens long before the Atlantis hotels in Nassau and Dubai were constructed.


Kutztown University
Hometown: Kutztown, PA
Team: Kutztown University Rugby
Website: http://www.kutztownrugby.com

Kutztown University Rugby Hall of Famer Steven Hasselbach, Jr.recently gifted the club with new kit through his company CMI Plastics.


OMBAC Legends
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Team: Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC)
Website: http://www.ombac.org/ombac_rugby/

5 decades of OMBAC Rugby, Fourteen 15s & 7s USAR titles, countless Eagle caps...... and one jersey!.


Norfolk Blues
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Team: Norfolk Blues
Website: http://www.bluesrugby.org/

Our first Fan of the Week for the new season. Good luck Blues. Click on the Norfolk Blues Shield above to see the Norfolk Blues Team Store. Want a team store of your own? Holla.


San Diego Surfers
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Team: San Diego Surfers
Website: http://www.sdsurfersrugby.com/
Congratulations to the 2009 Women's Division I Champions!!!


Brownsburg Rugby
Hometown: Brownsburg, IN
Team: Brownsburg High School
Website: http://www.brownsburgrugby.com
Congratulations to the HS Boys side. They won the Midwest Championship and are heading out to the USA Rugby National High School Championships in Salt Lake City, UT May 19-23


Nate "The Great" Consadene
Hometown: Media, PA
Team: Chi-Chi's Exiles
Position: Open-side Flanker
Favorite Player: Richie McCaw (his aunt has a huge crush on him!)
Why he LOVES Rugby?: Well, besides being the youngest nephew of our owners and he got a really cool shirt to wear during the snowstorms of this past February. He was able to use it as an excuse to tackle everyone in his house for no reason!


David Crosby (Ha! made all of you look twice...not the musically renowned David Crosby, but our owner's Uncle)
Hometown: Alexandria Va
School: Virginia Theological Seminary or as he refers it The Holy Hill
Team: The Holy Hill Theologians
Team Website: www.seekingservant.livejournal.com
Position: Prop
Why do you LOVE Rugby?: He really digs the songs!


 
Lea Ann, Daniel and James Lucas

Hometown: Columbia, SC
Lea Ann is another one of our favorite Pink Warriors. She is a 7-year breast cancer survivor (many more to come lady!) They are huge fans of the Chapin High School Football team (it helps to be fan when your cousin plays on the team). This year, the Chapin Eagles had a breast cancer awareness jersey they wore during one of their home games, Lea Ann, Daniel and James wanted to show their support for both the team and breast cancer awareness so they asked us to make these replica jerseys.



Chris "Chilly" Kirkwood (Uncle Chilly)
Teams: George Mason University (club team)
Old Aztecs (San Diego, CA)
Cypress Unicorns (Long Beach, CA)
Norfolk Blues (Norfolk, VA)
USUHS (Bethesda, MD)
All Navy Rugby (oldest player to play for All Navy by two months)
Position: Hooker
Why do you love rugby? I love rugby because it is a sport that everyone can play.


 
Johnny Leo (Party Boy)
Team: formerly Norfolk Blues, Charleston Outlaws, also plays with Coast Guard Rugby (and is Snack's longtime cuddle buddy)
Position: Wing, Fullback
Why do you love rugby? I love rugby because it’s a huge part of my life. I always will have friends that feel more like family no matter where I go because I play rugby.
P.S. Ladies and Snacks, Johnny is now off the cuddle circuit...Congratulations to John & Phillippa Leo! They have joined the ranks of the newlyweds.



Roy P. (Future Eagle 2024 Olympics)
Team: Freetwon Friends RFC
Position: Prop
Why do you love rugby? Chicks dig it!



Gabriel Prishak, John "Pup" Lesniewski, John Humphrey
Team: Erie Rugby Club
Position: Scrumhalf, Flanker, Coach / Under 19 Coordinator
Why do you love rugby? We love rugby because of the camaraderie, demoralizing nicknames, hanging out with hookers and just for the fun of it!!


 
Jeanne Botwright
75 yrs old, 30+ yr survivor of breast cancer
Ret Lt. Col. USMC and hits harder than a lock!
she loves rugby because of her son!


 
Tori R.
Team: Clayton Force
Position: Flanker
Why do you love rugby? I just like being out there running with my friends!



Laura Clifton Poindexter
Team: retired. Played for Maryland Stingers, NOVA and Gotham
Team website: www.laurabcreative.com
Position: Love Rugby web master
Why do you love rugby? It's still the best sport I ever played. I have great memories both on and off the field and have lasting friendships to this day. (And Christina made me upload this photo)



Maggie M.
Team: Irmo Iguanas
Team website: www.irmoiguanas.org
Position: Wing
Why do you love rugby? This fan is filled with so much rugby love, she cannot contain herself!!!!!



Jim Young
Team: Norfolk Blues
Team website: www.bluesrugby.org
Position: Prop
Why do you love rugby?