Harvard Business School RFC

Harvard Business School
Full name	Harvard Business School Rugby Football Club
Union	USA Rugby
Founded	1963; 61 years ago
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Ground(s)	Harvard Business School
League(s)	NERFU
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.hbsrugby.org

The Harvard Business School RFC is a rugby union team based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. The club formerly competed in the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) and is composed of graduate students from throughout Harvard University.

History

HBS Rugby began in the fall of 1963. Prior to the team's founding, the Harvard Business School sporting culture was dominated by softball, bowling, and ping-pong. Dissatisfied with these options, two Scottish MBA students, Jim Johnstone '65 and Morris McInnes '65, founded the HBS Rugby Club.

Through advertisements, coercion and the promise of female spectators, the first contingent of forty or so interested men began to train at Soldiers Field. Despite the negative advice of the HBS Dean of Students and an attempt to merge the HBS side with the Harvard College side by force, Johnstone and McInnes persevered. The spring 1964 record of 5-2-1 was the harbinger of a glorious tradition of Eastern rugby strength, melding American athletes with the rugby culture of international players.

Since its inception, more than 1500 men have played for HBS Rugby.

Old Boys

An HBS Old Boys touring side formally began with a trip to the Freeport Bahamas Easter Festival in 1978. The Club was initially organized by Rowland Moriarty with Michael Rush and Eugene Skowronski assisting in the early days. In 2007, the Old Boys traveled to the World Cup Rugby frenzy in France and completed their thirtieth annual tour with two matches in Provence. In 2008, Grand Cayman Island was the scene for rugby plays and stingrays. The Fall of 2011 found us at the World Cup in New Zealand. Spring, 2012, we played in Bermuda. In June, 2013, the OB's travel to France. Other HBS ruggers have also toured the globe and play for various local sides throughout the world. October 2015 featured a tour to the UK for the Rugby World Cup, and in 2019 the HBS Olde Boys toured Japan in conjunction with the 2019 World Cup in Japan, playing two games vs Keio University and Doshisha University.

Sponsorship

HBS Rugby is supported by The Boston Consulting Group, Harpoon Brewery, Gibson Guitars, Mousse Partners, and Tommy Doyle's Irish Pub.

Notable HBS Rugby alumni

Robin Buchanan, former dean of London Business School
Chase Carey, CEO and Executive Chairman of Formula One
Sir Ronald Cohen, co-founder of Apax Partners
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates
Nick Maynes, Serial Entrepreneur, Former Summer Associate Bain & Company
Patrick Fitzgerald, lead prosecutor in Scooter Libby, Conrad Black, and Rod Blagojevich trials
Thomas C. Foley, former United States Ambassador to Ireland
Rowland T. Moriary, Chairman Emiratis of CRA Charles River Associates
Theodore Roosevelt IV, great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
Sir Wilson Whineray, former captain of the All Blacks
Brian Burke, NHL executive, Stanley Cup champion

Sir Martin Sorrel, Chairman WPP

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