Ivy League Rugby
Harvard competes in the Ivy League. The first Ivy League Rugby Championship was played in 1969. Harvard have won the Ivy League Championships in 2007, 2003 and 1994 and were National Champions in 1984.
In 2009, the men joined a newly established Ivy Rugby Conference that kicked off as a separate conference in the Northeast Rugby Union.
The Harvard athletic department announced that women’s rugby will become a university sport in the 2013-2014 season.
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