Old Blues Rugby - 2022 USA CLUB RUGBY NATIONAL 7S CHAMPIONSHIP | AUGUST 13-14, 2022 | LOCATION TBA Old Blues Rugby (CA) Highest Finish: 1st (1994) Last Appearance: 1994 (3rd Appearance) Appearances: 1985, 1992, 1994 News Club is now defunct. Players on other teams have sported shirts bearing the OMBAC symbol with a red slash through it and the words OMBAC, the best team money can buy., Said Boyle: And our team made up their own shirts that say, So, wheres my check? Its an unfair characterization that is a combination of jealousy, misinformation and humor., Said Watkins: Were not doing anything different from other teams. One could say that that remains true even today with such a great many players and fans who come from Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, and other rugby playing countries.Living far from home in a frontier city, these British souls attempted to develop some semblance of the game they knew and loved so well. Cart 0. They don't call it the junior varsity, because that connotes a lower status, and players move back and forth. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. They don't even wear rugby shirts. "The field is critical to us," says Clark. The School Won. Women WPL & WDII. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 The culmination of that work occurred April 17, when OMBAC beat the defending national champion, Old Blues of Berkeley, coming back from a 16-3 deficit to score 25 unanswered points for a 28-16 victory. Old Blues 29 15 Old Wellingtonians A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans in a 70,000-seat bowl is depressing. Like burning man light, with jazz and blues " more Outdoor seating 7. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill and teammates congratulate the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada after their match in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. Cal lost to the Phoenix club 7 - 4. Cal is the only men's rugby team with full varsity status among 327 Division I schools. Just before half-time OWs answered with a try of their own, to bring the scoreline to OBs 15-10 OWs and provided a warning to the Blues not to settle into complacency. Rugby Football Union (NCRFU) perennially one of the toughest unions in the country. But we have had to work to attract quality athletes., OMBACs evolution into a rugby powerhouse has not occurred without criticism. Midway through the second half, Cal's 48th consecutive victory against a U.S. college is at hand (now 58 games over three years) but they are still hitting the St. Mary's guys as hard as they will hit anybody all season. To the untrained eye, rugby is the most unorganized of sports. Dan Hickey, the current president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union who lives in the Bay Area, agrees. At the end, after standing in the end zone and waiting for about 15 minutes, here came the rugby team, all in khaki slacks, brown shoes and belt, white button-down shirts and their varsity sweaters -- a heavy, dark-blue Fred MacMurray cardigan with 15 gold stripes on the sleeves. Women DII. The sport has since grown to 400 college teams in three divisions, but most are loosely organized recreation sports. Loren Toews (Cal-Berkeley and Pittsburgh Steelers), Mickey Ording (University of Oregon & L.A. Rams draftee), Jack Schultz (Stanford *MVP in Rose Bowl), Carl Ekern (Cal-Berleley and "C" of the Los Angeles Rams), John Wilbur (Stanford and Washington Redskins). Because it is governed not by the NCAA, but by USA Rugby, they are eligible to play five years. On game day, everything is regimented and a moment before noon, the room goes silent. Watkins also serves as chairman of the U.S.A. Rugby Football Union and is a former president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union. Blues Rugby Ball. 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With the Old Blues, he served as team captain on numerous occasions and led the team to a Monterey Rugby Championship, a New Zealand tour, and seven National Championships from 1979 to 1987. The All Blues were founded in 1978, and have since supported female athletes and promoted women's rugby at all levels across the Bay Area. Then the entire team lines up at one end and walks the length of the field, fixing divots in the grass. It involves the best sixteen men's and women's clubs (32 clubs total) in the United States. The Old Blues have set the standard of excellence for U.S. rugby, one that OMBAC has worked hard to emulate. We are regulated by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement as an Internet gaming operator in accordance with the Casino Control Act N.J.S.A. Chairman, CEO & Founder, CBRE Philippines, Inc. Rugby Player 1987-88, Football Player 1986-87, Oxford Univ. "I would say there must have been 15 or 20 of us off the football team who would just go right to rugby," recalls Clark, an offensive lineman. Admission was $1.25. It is dark when they finally walk out into the Berkeley lights. 2013: Berkeley All Blues 2014: San Diego Surfers 2015: American Rugby Pro Training Center Defensa y Justicia. 1-ranked Bears. No other local area union has produced as many players for the National Team (the Eagles) as has the Northern California RU. Men . Arthur Road It also meant that many colleges and universities, in order to comply with Title Nine, began to eliminate minor men's sports programs, which had varsity status. Stanford's dominance was due to the type of superb athletes whom Kmetovic was able to attract from the football team. Out of 27 varsity sports (13 men and 14 women) at Cal, rugby is the only one that offers no financial aid to its athletes. The graduation rate is 98 percent or better, and the curriculum would seem to include finishing school. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mike Kane / The Chronicle, RUGBYMAGXX_3312_MBK.JPG TicketSmarter Ticket Resale Marketplace, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital, Principal, Lyons Asset Management; Board Member, Prologis, Equinix, Essex Properties, President, Vice Chairman Prologis; Managing Partner King & Lyons, Football 1965-68; Rugby Player 1966-71, Head Coach 1975-1983, Asst. But in addition to providing an in-place organizational structure and a strong fund-raising base, the club also serves as a social network. Gaining knowledge, meeting new people, finding new passions, building experiencethese are all reasons students join clubs at UC Berkeley. . Every February, the club sponsors the OMBAC rugby tournament, which is a fund-raiser for the rugby team. "St. Mary's is out there waiting to ambush you right now.". The Club fields three sides (I, II and III). Colors, name, and logo were selected by Dan Hickey, Manager of the NCRFU All-Star team and later, NCRFU & PCRFU President. During that period of time, an American select side had significantly reduced the All-Black margin of victory by l point. The game was never in doubt as the US again won the Gold Medal by a score of 17 - 3. For the past few years, OMBAC has worked in a methodical and organized fashion to strengthen its team, turning it into one of the countrys top rugby organizations. The Old Blues, an outgrowth of the University of Californias highly successful program, has won the national club championship seven times in the nine years it has been held. Ran on: 02-22-2007 Before the end of the first half against the St. Mary's reserves, it is 48-0. But the primary reason for the clubs success, according to those involved, is its beneficial relationship with the parent Old Mission Beach Athletic Club. 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(Retired), Vice President, Countrywide Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley, Dillon, Read & Co, CM&M Group, Chemical Banking Corporation, Namesake of Lead Donor Family for Witter Rugby Field, Cal BS Business Administration 1982, University of Chicago MBA 1984, Associate and Partner, Crosby Heafey Law Firm (Retired), Partner, Cooley Godward Law Firm; Founder, LeapFrog; Founder, Smarty Ants, Stanford BA 1974, UC Hastings 1976, Haas MBA 1979. Login. Games were played in the winter mud in the deserted stadium, and nobody seemed to notice. The Old Blues -- the Cal alumni club that was once so cool it was hired to endorse BMW in a TV commercial -- is defunct. Powered By. 1998 Men's Club Rugby Sweet Sixteen Bracket. Both sides play home matches in Motspur Park, South West London. They compiled a 3-9-2 record playing the top provincial teams in New Zealand. The California Rugby Advisory Board (CRAB) is comprised of alumni and parents of players who together serve the board in its two-fold mission to preserve the legacy of the oldest intercollegiate sport at the University of California and to take an active role in maintaining the financial well being of the program. San Diego State has become better. Sixty-seven years later, the All-Blacks played the newly formed US Eagles in Los Angeles. Men DIII. That part sounds familiar. The Old Blue Rugby Football Club's initial impact forty four years ago in official Eastern Rugby Union league play proved to be an even more auspicious beginning than that of the championship Columbia College RFC (Est. All Blues Rugby @AllBluesRugby . To sell Rugby to students, alumni, and the public, Cal President Benjamin Ide Wheeler arranged for a touring New Zealand team to play British Columbia in Berkeley. At that time, the British Rugby evangelists of San Francisco converted Cal to Rugby-style football. We dont go to teams and recruit players. After clearing their lines, OWs were then on the back foot. Particular mention should also be given to the number of debutants who had their first league game with the 1s: Max Greaves, Josh Heath, George Ratcliffe, Adam Wilkinson, Euan Copeland, Joe Jenkins, great shift from all the lads who have put a lot of effort in to pre-season over the last few weeks. The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC) has a long and illustrious history of sporting distinction and remains one of the world's leading and most renowned amateur rugby clubs. We identified how the Old Blues were benefiting from their relationship with Cal, Watkins said. 75 00 . He was a member of the Old Blues Rugby Club of Berkeley and helped the team to seven national club championships from 1979-87. As of the 20/21 season the 1st XV competes in RFU Surrey 2 and the 2nd XV competes in Surrey Combination 1 North. First played in November 1985, the tournament moved to the summer in 1986 and has been a fixture of the summer rugby season in the United States ever since. An excellent performance for OBs start to the season, as the 2s also had a convincing win at home. California high schools, colleges and universities returned to American-style football after the 1914 season. Game/Practice Field Location : Tom Bates Regional Sport Complex. Founded in 1873, Old Blues RFC is an English rugby union club. He lives in San Francisco and walks three miles a day on the steep city streets. Old Blues RFC (@oldbluesrfc) Instagram photos and videos oldbluesrfc 171 posts 584 followers 399 following Old Blues RFC Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Motspur Park | Excellent Title-Chasing Rugby + Superb Social | Training Wednesdays ~Currently Recruiting #ALLEZ www.oldbluesrfc.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged Northern California was the first Local Area Union to have 25 or more high school teams actively engaged in league competition. Still skinny, Hawley is a finesse player, a dancer and a twister when he has the ball. RUGBY UNION. Media. The game ended in a tie 7 - 7. The San Diego State program has served as a feeder program to OMBAC. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. In l913, the New Zealand All-Blacks came to the West Coast, completing a successful European tour winning all thirteen of their games. Rank 909. Men DII & DIII. Unless the Eagles (national touring team) call, there is nowhere up from here. 13 00 13.00. Next, Cal nipped the Phoenix club 7 - 6 and humbled the Allies 13 - 0. Meaning and history The Blues were originally known as the Auckland Blues. He is a general assignment reporter with a focus on writing feature-length obituaries. Colon de Santa Fe. Devised in New Brunswick, New Jersey on Nov. 6, 1869, when Princeton played Rutgers, this game was what we know today as American gridiron football. It is early in the season, and St. Mary's, ranked No. He and other members who have been with the club from its early days in the late 1960s--including OMBACs current coach, Bing Dawson, and club president, Pat Boyle--decided around 1980 to work to build OMBAC into a team of national prominence, capable of attracting top talent. From the stands you can see his tackles, and an instant later you can hear them, like thunder. We love the hunt! Reserve players -- who could be starters on most college rugby clubs -- have been setting up the stands and climb-ing the Cyclone fence to hang the 22 National collegiate championship banners, ending with 2004, 2005 and 2006. CAL_RUGBY_0190_MBK.jpg The Old Blues host Old Puget Sound April 5 and Old Mission Beach. Member Old Blues Rugby Club, 1979 National Club Champions; Arizona Big Schools High School Football Coach of the Year; Sunnyslope High School Achievement Above All, Teacher of the Year Chaparral High School; on staff of two Arizona State High School Football State Championship Teams So we went to what was--at the time--a dormant program at San Diego State and worked to help that program get better.. Every member of the squad was a collegiate football player and/or a professional football player who had played rugby during his collegiate days. OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. One critic suggested that while the Americans "did not have any finesse, their aggressive tackling and superb punting were amazing." Then again, Stanfill had Cal rugby designs of his own, and he knew the dad making the request was the legendary Loren Hawley, the best player on perhaps the best Cal rugby team of them all, in 1965. There was no time limit to the game, and rules and methods of scoring were not discussed. On November 3, 1877, the freshmen of the University of California at Berkeley challenged the sophomores to a game of "football." In l910, a combined Universities team from Cal, Stanford, and the University of Nevada (the Wolf-Pack) toured Australia and New Zealand. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill gets ready in the locker room before taking the field to play UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Cal rugby goes out of its way to fight against stereotype. "A ball could get caught up in that oak tree. of Defense Language Institute, Chief Marketing Officer, Elance; VP Marketing Posterous, Cal BS Business Administration 1989, MBA Haas 1998, Cal BA 1969, University of Chicago MBA 1986, Northwestern MS 2001, President and CEO, Central Garden & Pet Company, Chief Operating Officer, Lifestyle, Household and Global Operating Functions, Clorox; Chairman of the Board, Clorox and Procter & Gamble Glad Products Joint Venture; Advisory Board Member, Gryphon Investors, Board Member, East Oakland Youth Development Foundation. Four regional champions are in the national playoffs. The 12th Witter has just entered the program. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The Old Blues are too solid a team. Warhurst made his mark at the international level representing the USA Rugby Eagles in both 7s and 15s. When Stanfill comes along, he expresses himself another way, with a bear hug. Noise. of Product Management, Mirapoint; WW Product Marketing Manager, Hewett-Packard, Cal B, Political Economy 1990, Northwestern MBA 1996. Blues Sliders. We have territorial competitions for both men and women. Cal lost to the Phoenix club 7 - 4. The cathedral -- which includes an old men's room from the football stadium converted to a classy field house -- is named for its major benefactor, the Dean Witter brokerage family. O'Brien, a former star Cal rugby player, national team member and longtime coach of the Old Blues rugby club, has led the Gaels to numerous national championship tournaments since he began in 2001. Between 1920 and 1924, Rugby virtually disappeared once again as American-style football soared in popularity. 5:12-1 and its implementing regulations. It wasn't like this when Loren Hawley played in the 1960s or Head Coach Jack Clark played in the 1970s. In that sense, it is the purest of all intercollegiate sports. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. Old Blues Rugby has virtually a year-round schedule. At halftime, the scholar-athletes from all 27 varsity sports partook in a promenade across the field, each carrying a placard as if this were the Olympic Opening Ceremony. The Northern California RU has been one of the most successful of all the Local Area Unions in many respects. All Blues Rugby's Tweets. Berkeley, CA berkeleyallblues.com Joined October 2010. In another season or two they will run out of fence. "If you're not absolutely f -- miserable today, then we are not where we need to be as a team," Clark says, breaking his own silence. Founded in 1963. Come join us!! Nonetheless, seven players of the 1920 team dusted off their boots, raised $20,000, and found some massive football players who had never even seen a Rugby match, and headed for England-where they were trounced four times in practice sessions. "Show support" is all he has to say, and stiff muscles ease onto cold aluminum benches, including Hawley with a possible concussion. The Rugby heroes returned to the Bay Area without much fanfare. Cal's reserve squad may be the second-best team in college rugby. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Blues_RFC&oldid=1081902117, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox rugby team with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 April 2022, at 10:12. Theyll be back.. Very cool and great for a date!" more Outdoor seating 7. It also marked the first tour ever by a team that could legitimately call itself a Pacific Coast Representative team. Built in the 1920s, it has all the amenities of a 1920s locker room. Players take the field with no equipment besides cleats and a ball and fall into formations with names such as scrums and rucks . 4 talking about this. Affiliations. Maximum 5 items per day. Money for rugby programs was cut off and so were all the other things scholarship footballers received such as medical care, trainers, food tables, etc. Corporate sponsorships can support your marketing and community engagement needs. Twenty-two years later in Hong Kong, as I witnessed the closing moments of the British Empire, a Royal Guards band struck up the perfect hymn: "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended." On the whole, it was difficult for fans accustomed to American-style football to accept a game with no blocking; but as time went on, Rugby fanned an intensity and interest in the Bay Area. Our website uses cookies to give you a better website experience, by using this website you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The final score is 33-12. No further treatment necessary. But it doesn't mean there are scholarships. "They really love each other," Hawley Jr. says. "Headphones off," he says in passing. Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** James Sehr, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill makes a toss during a tough match against the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. As many as 26,000 flocked to Rugby's Big Games between Cal and Stanford. And with over 1,400 student groups and organizations currently registered at Cal, there's plenty of options to choose from. Go to cart; Home; Team Stores ; Open a Store; Exit to Ruggers.com; . League opponents include San Mateo, Olympic Club, Golden Gate, San Jose, Sacramento, San Francisco/Marin and Hayward. Bigger, better, and bluer since 1978! The money was raised in San Francisco. See how wework with current sponsors or contact us for more information! No Cal rugby player was ever penalized for excessive celebration. "The locker room we have here, it suits us just fine," Stanfill says. The US team entered the competition when the French had already defeated Scotland. Men DIII. Proof came at the Cal-Washington football game in October on an Indian Summer afternoon. If you were to take a look at the number of national championships won by Northern California men's and women's teams, you would find that no other local area union in USA Rugby can match the accomplishments of NorCal. Getting to Albany is just one step of many, Mike Saunders, OMBACs captain, said. (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! You can hear the crack, like one of Stanfill's tackles. This ended Rugby as an Olympic event. Welcome to the website of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club. Asked if he was worried when his son cracked heads he jots down, "My son played better after that happened." Sevens Rugby 1883-1976 The first seven-a-side rugby tournament was held in Melrose, Scotland on April 28, 1883. Inc., a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Welcome to the Bedford Blues Official Club Shop Search. STL Blues: Team Total Goals - 1st Period. NRL. A Cal football recruit would never set foot in here. This weekend, the OMBAC rugby team is in Albany, N.Y., looking for its first national championship. The Northern California Representative Side, the Pelicans was also formed in 1974 during the administration of President Pat Vincent, St. Mary's Coach and former New Zealand All-Black. One day, Stanfill got a call from Hawley's father, asking him to help turn his kid into a Cal rugby player. The Old Blues provided the model for success. Stanford, under the legendary Pete Kmetovic, won eight of the first thirteen Monterey Tournaments. The first match was played in November 1873 against the Christ's Hospital 1st XV, on a field in Palmer's Green. Joining the club this season were Sam Vaca, a national team player who previously played with the San Francisco Rugby Club, and Rick Crivellone, an Eagle who came from Portland, Ore. We have become a rugby oasis in the middle of a wasteland, Watkins said. The All-Blacks won again but by a score of 53 - 6. On a rainy 5 May l924, 50,000 fans jammed Colombes Stadium to see France take its revenge. View all the teams at Gloucester All Blues Rugby. Serves on the board of the YPO Coastal San Diego chapter and has served on the Board of Trustees for Francis Parker School and The Friends of Del Mar Parks. 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"* Encyclopedia .com makes reference to Alcatraz, pronounced as "alktraz," as originating from the Spanish word "Alcatraces=pelican.". We welcome new players looking to join one of the premier rugby clubs in the United States. Arthur Road Compete at the highest levels in US and maintain great social environment. Old Breed Rugby; Old Gold; Old Okaloosa Pirates; Panthers; Plattsburgh State; Portland Men; Portland Women; . As a defender, he'll tackle by grabbing a jersey and pulling. The start to the 2018/19 season saw the 1st XV and 2nd XV running out at Fortress Motspur; the weather being a familiar damp affair which at least softened the ground a little. The success of the Old Blues is based on 50 years of rugby tradition at Cal and Stanford. Serving the East Bay, the Berkeley RFC is a nonprofit Rugby Club that brings together rugby lovers from across Bay Area. Men DIII. Final score OB 29-15 OW. He passes the test, which is to recite the score of the game. The Old Blues, an outgrowth of the University of California's highly successful program, has won the national club championship seven times in the nine years it has been held. . Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill spins out of a scrum during a tough match against the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. Super League. As of the 20/21 season the 1st XV competes in RFU Surrey 2 and the 2nd XV competes in Surrey Combination 1 North. A good example of this would be the l974 Northern California RU All-Stars. It's kooky, diverse and artsy. Cart 0. *Played on SoCal Rep. Side but played Collegiate Rugby in Northern California.easy. Listed below are members of the NCRFU All-Star team who defeated the Southern California All-Stars in 1974 in San Francisco at the Polo Fields. Managing Director, Lombard Investments, Inc. Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Team | Berkeley CA When you meet players they will wear out your hand shaking it before, during and after a conversation. And, Rugby is the only high school sport in the nation to have a national high school champion. Tony Delacruz, who works in the UC Student Store, was returning from his break sometime after 4pm when he witnessed the man engulfed in flames and rushed to the scene. "It's a big deal, that's for sure," Stanfill says of the 125th season. THE LONG, BLUE LINE / One hundred and twenty-five years of the purest of all college sports, rugby at Cal, RUGBYMAG_461_MBK.JPG Colin Hawley, a sophemore at UC Berkeley from Trowbridge, CA, makes a toss during a match against St. Mary's at Witter Rugby Field on campus in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 13, 2007. photo taken: 1/13/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGxx_4335_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill racks a clean from the hang position at the athletic facility in Berkeley, CA, on Tuesday, January, 23, 2007. photo taken: 1/23/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3692_MBK.JPG Lou Stanfill, right, shows some post-game affection to James Keady, in yellow, a senior from Santa Clara, at a fraternity on campus after Cal Rugby shut out UC Davis in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3808_MBK.JPG Loren Hawley, rugby legend and Cal Alumni, congratulates his son Colin, a sophomore from Trowbridge, CA, immediately following Cal's shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3419_MBK.JPG Lucas Watson, freshman, Walnut Creek, CA, is taken down by UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, during Saturday's match January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Lucas Watson MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3787_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill stretches for control during a line-in as Cal makes its way to a shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, The Cal rugby squad stands for the national anthem before playing UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07