1984 National Rugby Championships

The 1984 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, high school, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.

Men's Club
The 1984 National Club Rugby Championship was sponsored by Michelob and took place in Hartford, CT at Dillon Stadium from May 12–13. The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. Last years runners up, the Dallas Harlequins won the title. For the first time the championship game was broadcast on ESPN.

Final
Dallas Harlequins: 1 Taylor, 2 Lankin, 3 Aneskievich, 4 Olsonski, 5 Dippie, 6 Lutterbach, 7 James, 8 Van Biljon, 9 Cronje(C), 10 Botha, 11 Gehur, 12 Spriggs, 13 Saunders, 14 Carey, 15 Aston. Los Angeles: 1 Gonsalves, 2 Lanu, 3 Jellico, 4 Scanlin (Pigott 69'), 5 Teuhema, 6 McClain, 7 Surdyka, 8 Carey, 9 Mickel, 10 Philip, 11 Williams (Hackett 72'), 12 McNaughton, 13 Corcoran(C), 14 Trudeau, 15 Nelson.

Women's Club
The 1984 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place at the Polo Grounds on May 27–28 in Oak Brook, IL. Florida State reversed the previous year's result and defeated Beantown of Boston, MA 11–6 to win the title. Iowa State took third place with a 14–6 win over UC Berkeley. Candi Orsini of Florida State was named tournament MVP.

Final
Florida State: 1 Frances Gilbert, 2 Pat Kossman, 3 Sheila Hill, 4 Kathy Kojm, 5 Coller Fahey, 6 Jackie Bonaker, 7 Karin Morton, 8 Kathy Flores, 9 Mary Holmes, 10 Connie Jakubcin, 11 Carolyn Alley, 12 Suzi Rosen Arnsdorff, 13 Candi Orsini, 14 Gina Shlopak, 15 Vicki Bowlin. Beantown: 1 Moynahan, 2 Money, 3 Flavin, 4 Girouard, 5 Richardson, 6 Heffernan, 7 Bridi, 8 Rutkowski, 9 Cepko, 10 Onufry, 11 Keith, 12 McClure, 13 Morrissey, 14 McVann, 15 Keefe.

College
The 1984 College championship was won by Harvard. Colorado was runner-up.

Military
The 1984 Combined Services Rugby Championship was an 18 team tournament that took place at Fort Stewart, GA from May 11–12 and was won by the home team Fort Stewart with a 25–0 win over Fort Sill. Preliminary Round: May 11 Fort Bragg 3–0 29 Palms May 11 USUHS 11–3 Parris Island Championship Bracket

*Advanced on kicks Consolation Bracket

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Sevens
The 1984 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was a 48 team tournament sponsored by Coors and took place on May 27, 1984, at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. The winners of the eight 6-team groups advanced to the quarterfinals. The Denver Barbarians won the final over Dallas Harlequins.

ITT
The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1984 the tournament took place in Chicago, IL from May 26–28. The Eastern Rugby Union won the tournament for the first time. The Eastern RU won the Junior Tournament for players under the age of 25. Results:

High School
The 1984 National High School Rugby Championship took place at the Polo Fields in San Francisco, CA. The Lamorinda Rodents were the champions.