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Missouri Rugby Football Union

 

Welcome to all new visitors to the site and to the sport of rugby.  If you are looking to play, no matter what your age or experience either email morugby@gmail.com or use the map below to find a club.  The Clubs link above groups teams by division.  Many home matches are played at Forest Park's Central playing fields in St. Louis, Missouri.  For a complete Fall 2009 season schedule follow the Schedule link.
The Missouri Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in most of Missouri and some of Southeastern Illinois.
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Saint Louis University will be hosting a USA Rugby Coach’s Clinic November 21st-22nd. USA Rugby coach development workshops have been designed to help instruct coaches on the principles of coaching rugby through a player-centered approach. It is the aim of USA Rugby to provide a high-level of knowledge and experience throughout the United States to facilitate the development of a standard of coaching comparable to that of the International Rugby Board coaching standards.

This course is designed for coaches focused on working with players with experience and aspiring to help those players play at a higher level. The course work is ideal for head coaches and those that are involved in club and all-star play. There is an emphasis on identifying key factors, practice planning, game sense and skill development. (Note: It is required for you to have gone through and completed the Introducing Rugby Course before the Developing Rugby Skills Course. Questions or more information on the test-out policy email Mollie at mccarthy@usarugby.org.)

To register for the workshop, click here http://membership.usarugby.org and click on Register for a Coaching Workshop.  If paying by check please use this form Register Now!

What will be provided:

  • Ground Transportation
  • Meals during the clinic
  • Hotels
  • Social Outing on Saturday
  • Classrooms, equipment, facilities, etc. for the weekend

 

What you will need to do to register:

 

  • The cost is $200 and must be registered online with visa or mastercard at least 15 days prior to the clinic. Late registration is $300.

Date:
November 21 - 22

 

Where:
Saint Louis University Simon Recreation Center

3639 Laclede Ave

St. Louis, MO 63108

314.977.3975

 

Hotel:
Parkway Hotel

4550 Forest Park Ave

St. Louis, MO 63108
314.450.7859


Airport: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

 

Host Organization: St. Louis University Rugby Football Club

 

Host Contact: Pat Mitchell at pmitche5@slu.edu

 

Come join us for a weekend of great rugby and learning. Contact us for any additional information or questions. Hope to see you there.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Robert A. K. Smith, a long time resident of St. Louis and retired business executive, died on Monday, November 9, 2009 after a brief illness. He was 96 years old.

From 1952 to 1954 and again from 1972 to 1982 Bob was president of the Missouri Rugby Football Union. He also served as president of the Missouri Cricket Association.

 

Born in Otago, New Zealand in 1913, he moved to the United States in 1939 after marrying Mary Frances Carter of St. Louis. Beloved husband of Mary Frances Carter Smith; dearest father of Robert A.K. Smith Jr. (Katharine), Elizabeth Bradford Smith (Michael Bernosky) and Emmet Carter Smith (Martine); grandfather of Angus Smith and Katie Knuppel, Winston and Carter Smith; great-grandfather of five. During the Second World War, he worked in Washington D.C. for the New Zealand government. After a few years raising sheep on a farm in Missouri, he and his family moved to St. Louis where he pursued a business career. Along with his business activities, he always pursued an interest in promoting relations within the English speaking countries through involvement in the English Speaking Union, where he was president of the St. Louis branch and a member of the national ESU board. He was a Fellow at the Winston Churchill Memorial Library at Westminster College in Fulton, MO. In recognition of these and similar activities, he was made an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire by instruction of Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. In l987 he was appointed Honorary British Consul for the St. Louis region. From 1952 to 1954 and again from 1972 to 1982 he was president of the Missouri Rugby Football Union. He also served as president of the Missouri Cricket Association

 

In lieu of flowers, memorials appreciated to the English Speaking Union, P.O. Box 410017, St. Louis, MO 63141; Forest Park Forever, 5595 Grand Drive, St. Louis, MO 63112 or to Tower Grove Park, 4256 Magnolia, St. Louis, MO 63110.