Arizona Rugby Union

The Arizona Rugby Union (ARU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams in Arizona. ARU is part of the Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU), which is one of the seven Territorial Area Unions (TAUs) that comprise USA Rugby.

Men's Clubs

Division 1 (National Division 2):

• Old Pueblo Lions
• Phoenix RFC
• Red Mountain Warthogs
• Scottsdale Blues
• Tempe Old Devils

Division 2 (National Division 3):

• Arizona Hurricanes
• Camelback
• Northern Arizona Landsharks
• Tucson Magpies

Associate Members:

• Arizona State University
• Phoenix Storm
• Prescott Blacksheep
• Thunderbird
• University of Arizona Wildcats
• Yuma Sidewinders

Under 19 Clubs

High School:

• Scottsdale Wolves High School
• Tempe U19
• OP Lyons
• West Vally Misfits
• Red Mountain U-19

Under 15:

• Scottsdale Wolves U15

Under 13:

• Scottsdale Wolves U13
• BASIS Scottsdale
• Phoenix U13 Firebirds
• Desert Mountain Elementary School

Tournaments

• The Wild West Rugby Fest is held the fist weekend of December in Scottsdale, Arizona and is a fifteen a side tournament among 36 teams: twenty men's social teams, eight men's competitive teams and eight women's teams. This year's tournament is on December 6. It is played on eight incredible pitches and a large Saturday post match social occurs in Old Town Scottsdale that evening.

For this years tournament 2010, over 30 teams showed up ready to play. However, Utah represented on both the Men's and Woean's side. Provo Steelers swept the tournament taking down every opponent put in front of both teams and also taking home the Boot trophy. The following is the link to an official article from rugby magazine.

http://www.rugbymag.com/news/clubs/tournaments/provo-steelers-sweep-wild-west.aspx

External links

• Official Site
• Wild West Rugby Tournament
• Scottsdale Blues RFC
• Phoenix Rugby Club, since 1980
• Tempe Old Devils RFC
• Arizona State University Men's Rugby

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