24/Sevens

Five Days of Glory

A rundown of all the events (or most of them, anyway) leading up to and during the USA Rugby Sevens Tournament, along with a few local rugby links to digest.

USA Rugby Sevens Tournament
(and Fan Festival)
Dates: Feb. 9-10 (Pool format on Feb. 9 and championship bracket on Feb. 10).
Location: Petco Park
Teams: France, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales (Pool A); Australia, Fiji, Samoa, West Indies (Pool B); Argentina, Canada, Chile, Kenya (Pool C); England, South Africa, Mexico, U.S. (Pool D).
Times: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (both days).
Prices: $25-$215 (single-day pass), $50-$400 (two-day pass). All seats are general admission in each seating section (“Party Zone,” “Try Zone,” “Field Level,” etc.).
www.usasevens.com

San Diego Invitational
Rugby Tournament
Dates: Feb. 7-8
Location: Robb Field in Ocean Beach.
Teams: Various local, regional and national teams competing in seven different divisions (Youth, Touch, High School, College, Club, Master’s and International Women).
Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Price: Free
www.usasevens.com

U.S. Rugby Football
Foundation Events
Days: Feb. 6, 8-9
Events: USA Rugby Sevens Kickoff Reception (Feb. 6), USRFF Scrumble (it’s a pun on “scrum” and “scramble,” not a typo) Golf Tournament (Feb. 8) and the USRFF Annual Dinner (Feb. 9).
Locations: Hall of Champions in Balboa Park (Kickoff Reception), Salt Creek Golf Club in Chula Vista (Scrumble Golf Tournament) and the Omni Hotel, 675 L St., Downtown (Annual Dinner). 
Times: 5 p.m. (reception), noon (scrumble), 7:30 p.m. (dinner).
Prices: $40 a person (reception), $200 (scrumble) and $150 (dinner).
www.usrugbyfoundation.org

San Diego Rugby Clubs
North County Gurkhas (www.gurkharugby.com)
Old Aztecs Rugby Football Club (www.oldaztecsrfc.com)
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) Rugby (www.ombac.org)
San Diego Armada Rugby Football Club (www.sdarmada.org)
San Diego Surfers Women’s Rugby Club (www.sdsurfersrugby.com)

Several local colleges and universities also field club teams, including SDSU, USD, UCSD and Point Loma Nazarene University.

— Nathan Dinsdale

Write to nathand@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.