Ivy Rugby Conference Explained

Ivy Rugby Conference
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Sport:Rugby union
Founded: [1]
Organiser:-->
Inaugural:2009
Teams:8
Country:
Champion:15s: Brown (2023)
7s: Brown (2024)
Most Champs:15s: Dartmouth (24 titles)
7s: Dartmouth (9)
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The Ivy Rugby Conference was a rugby union conference consisting of the eight member schools of the Ivy League. As of the 2022 season the teams now compete in the Liberty Rugby conference, but an Ivy League champion will continue to be awarded.[2] The Ivy conference was formed in 2009 to foster better competition among rugby teams from the Ivy League schools and to raise the quality of play.[3] 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.

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

InstitutionLocationTeam NicknameUndergraduate
enrollment		Graduate
enrollment
BrownProvidence, Rhode IslandBears[10]
ColumbiaNew York City, New YorkLions[11]
CornellIthaca, New YorkBig Red[12]
DartmouthHanover, New HampshireBig Green[13]
HarvardCambridge, MassachusettsCrimson[14]
PrincetonPrinceton, New JerseyTigers[15]
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaQuakers[16]
YaleNew Haven, ConnecticutBulldogs[17]

Roll of Honor

Title(s)! class="unsortable" scope="col"
Runners-UpYears wonYears runners-up
Dartmouth249 1972, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 (Spring) , 2009 (Fall), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (Spring) , 2014 (Fall), 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 20191976, 1984, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2021, 2022, 2023
Brown1491974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2022, 20231969, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1989, 2013, 2014 (Fall), 2018, 2019
Harvard8121981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2003, 20071970, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2008, 2009 (Spring), 2010, 2011, 2014 (Spring), 2015, 2017
Princeton561969, 1971, 1973, 1979, 20041975, 1978, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Yale241970, 19781977, 1982, 2003, 2009 (Fall)
Penn1119922016
Cornell032002, 2004, 2005

Championship results

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

Ivy Rugby Championship
Ed. YearChampionScoreRunner Up Ref.
1969 Princeton Brown
1970 Yale Harvard
1971 Princeton Brown
1972 Dartmouth ?
1973 Princeton Brown
1974 Brown ?
1975 Brown Princeton
1976 Brown Dartmouth
1977 Dartmouth Yale
1978 Yale Princeton
1979 Princeton Brown
1980 Brown ?
1981 Harvard ?
1982 Harvard [19]
1983 Brown [20]
1984 Harvard [21]
1985 Brown
1986 Brown [22]
1987 Brown ?
1988 Brown ?
1989 Harvard [23]
1990 Dartmouth Columbia
1991 Harvard ?
1992 Penn Dartmouth
1993 Dartmouth
1994 Harvard ?
1995 Brown Dartmouth
1996 Brown Dartmouth
1997
1998 Dartmouth Princeton
1999 Dartmouth Princeton
2000 Dartmouth Princeton
2001 Dartmouth Princeton
2002 Dartmouth Cornell
2003 Harvard Yale
2004 Princeton Cornell
2005 Dartmouth [24]
2006 Dartmouth [25]
2007 Harvard Dartmouth
2008 Dartmouth [26]
2009 (Spring) Dartmouth [27]
2009 (Fall) Dartmouth [28] [29] [30]
2010 Dartmouth [31] [32]
2011 Dartmouth [33]
2013* Dartmouth [34]
2014 (Spring) Dartmouth [35]
2014 (Fall) Dartmouth [36]
2015 Dartmouth [37]
2016 Dartmouth [38]
2017 Dartmouth [39]
2018 Dartmouth [40]
2019 Dartmouth [41]
2020
2021 Brown [42]
2022 Brown [43]
2023 Brown [44]
  • 2012 regular season played in the Fall and final played in Spring 2013

7s championship results

Year Champion Score Runner Up !MVP Ref.
Spring 2011 Brown 19–10Columbia Daniel Levine-Spound [45]
Fall 2011 Dartmouth 40–14 Harvard [46] [47]
2012 Dartmouth 15–5 Penn [48]
2013 Dartmouth*Will Chockley [49]
2014 Dartmouth 46–0 Yale [50]
2015 Dartmouth ??
2016 Dartmouth* [51]
2017 Dartmouth ??
2018 Brown 22–0 Dartmouth [52] [53]
2019 Dartmouth 17–12 Harvard [54]
2020–2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Brown 12–10 Dartmouth
2023 Dartmouth 14–7 Brown [55]
2024 Brown 21–12 Dartmouth [56]
  • Dartmouth A and B reached the final and shared title.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ivyrugby.com/tournament-results-1969-2009 Tournament results (1969-2009)
  2. Web site: THE DRFC WINS THEIR FIRST GAME IN NEW LIBERTY CONFERENCE AT HOME . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  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. http://www.rugbymag.com/men's-di-college/11159-ivy-league-signs-deal.html Ivy League Signs Deal
  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. Web site: Facts about Brown University . Brown.edu . 2011-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100725211837/http://www.brown.edu/web/about/facts/enrollment . 2010-07-25 .
  11. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/enrollment_fte_school_all.htm
  12. Web site: Cornell Common Data Set . 2011-01-30.
  13. Web site: Microsoft Word - header_factbook.doc . PDF . 2011-07-17.
  14. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331065306/http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/Provost_-_FB2009_10_Sec02_Enrollments.pdf . 2010-03-31 . . Harvard University Factbook. Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
  15. http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/common_cds2009.pdf
  16. Web site: Penn: Facts and Figures . Upenn.edu . 2010-11-19 . 2011-01-30.
  17. Web site: Factsheet – Statistical Summary of Yale University . Yale.edu . 2009-06-30 . 2011-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070403080525/http://www.yale.edu/oir/factsheet.html#Fall%201995%20Enrollment . 2007-04-03 .
  18. https://www.ivyrugby.com/tournament-results-1969-2009 Results 1969-2009
  19. Web site: 1982 HARVARD RUGGERS IVY CHAMPS . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  20. Web site: 1983: HARVARD LOSES TO BROWN IN IVY CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  21. Web site: 1984: CRIMSON RUGGERS ADD IVY TITLE TO LIST . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  22. Web site: HARVARD RUGGERS TUMBLE AT IVY TOURNEY . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  23. Web site: 1989: HARVARD RUGGERS TOPPLE BROWN TO WIN IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  24. Web site: DARTMOUTH DEFEATS CORNELL IN 2005 IVY CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  25. Web site: DARTMOUTH RUGBY: 2006 IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  26. Web site: DARTMOUTH 2008 IVY CHAMP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  27. Web site: DARTMOUTH DEMOLISHES OPPOSITION IN IVY CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  28. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS THE IVY LEAGUE WITH A 53-6 VICTORY OVER YALE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  29. Web site: ONE-ON-ONE: Ruggers . the Dartmouth . 14 May 2023.
  30. Web site: DARTMOUTH AND HARVARD TO REPRESENT THE IVY LEAGUE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  31. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS 4TH CONSECUTIVE IVY LEAGUE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  32. Web site: DARTMOUTH BLANKS HARVARD TO CLINCH IVY TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  33. Web site: DARTMOUTH GETS HOMECOMING WIN OVER HARVARD 62-0 . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  34. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS ITS 6TH CONSECUTIVE IVY TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  35. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS IVY 15S TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  36. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS 8TH STRAIGHT IVY XVS TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  37. Web site: Club Rugby Defeats Harvard 51-19 for Ivy Title . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  38. Web site: DARTMOUTH MEN WIN 10TH CONSECUTIVE IVY LEAGUE TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  39. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS IVY TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  40. Web site: 11TH STRAIGHT IVY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DARTMOUTH . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  41. Web site: DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN DEFEAT BROWN UNIVERSITY BEARS . Ivy Rugby . 14 May 2023.
  42. https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/12/mens-rugby-beats-dartmouth-wins-ivy-title-for-first-time-in-25-years Men’s rugby beats Dartmouth, wins Ivy title for first time in 25 years
  43. Web site: Brown Men’s Rugby Weekly Match Report . Brown Rugby . 26 April 2023.
  44. Web site: BROWN WINS 2023 IVY CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 20 November 2023.
  45. Web site: BROWN TAKES INAUGURAL IVY RUGBY 7S . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  46. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS IVY SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIP . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  47. Web site: DARTMOUTH WINS IVY SEVENS - FULL SCORING POSTED . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  48. Web site: SEASON CULMINATES WITH IVY CHAMPIONS . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  49. Web site: DARTMOUTH MEN CLINCH IVY VIIS TITLE . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  50. Web site: DARTMOUTH SWEEPS IVY SEVENS TOURNAMENT . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  51. Web site: IVY 7S MEN BRACKET FINAL . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  52. Web site: BROWN MEN: 2018 IVY RUGBY 7S CHAMPIONS . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  53. Web site: IVY LEAGUE 7S . Dartmouth rfc . 15 May 2023.
  54. Web site: IVY 7S TOURNAMENT (1ST PLACE) . Dartmouth rfc . 15 May 2023.
  55. Web site: Women’s and men’s rugby both take away Ivy League 7s titles . Ivy Rugby . 15 May 2023.
  56. Web site: BROWN: TWO IVY LEAGUE 7S TITLES WITH BOTH SIDES GOING UNBEATEN . Ivy Rugby . 1 May 2024.

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