2012 Dartmouth co-captain, Nate Brakeley, on the move against the University of Florida in the USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championships. Brakeley went on from this national championship win, after graduating Phi Beta Kappa, to earn a Masters in Engineering at Cambridge University and a Varsity Blue. Photo by Todd Bauders.

Dartmouth's Clark Judge '12 holding the Collegiate Rugby Championship trophy after helping the team to a second consecutive championship. Clark would graduate the following week Phi Beta Kappa and has since gone on to pursue an MD at the illustrious College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Photo by Todd Bauders.

1957 Dartmouth team accepting the championship trophy in Bermuda, having defeated the rest of the Ivy League and teams from the UK during the old annual spring break festival. 

Paul Jarvis on another rampaging run. The Dartmouth captain exemplifies all that the USCD aims to teach students: desperation to excel at the fundamentals; understanding of the organizational, tactical, and strategic methods of the game; a drive to lead by example; all built on a solid high work-rate foundation. Photo by Todd Bauders.

All-American, US Falcon, and Dartmouth captain Madison Hughes '15 breaks through another tackle while leading Dartmouth to another CRC crown. Madison, a dual US-UK citizen and a product of Wellington College, London, is one of many overseas players to have found success on the field and in the classroom in US universities with help form USCD coaches. Photo by Todd Bauders.

Ice-hockey and soccer crossover athlete, Nick Downer '11, leads the Big Green over a Serevi-coached Central Washington University team in the semi-finals of the Collegiate Rugby Championships. Pursuing on the inside for Central is the grafting All-American and US 7s Eagle Pat Blair. Nick would go on to share the co-MVP award with twin brother, Chris, as they led Dartmouth to a first-ever USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship title.  Photo courtesy of www.usasevenscrc.com

Derek Fish '12 on another evasive run at the Collegiate Rugby Championships. Derek, a top student at Dartmouth, came into college with little rugby experience, having been a champion Connecticut and New England high school wrestler. With the help of USCD coaches he transitioned those skills into becoming a top US collegiate player. Photo by Todd Bauders.

2011 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championships co-MVP, Chris Downer, evades West Point's big Ben Leatigaga on the way to a try. Ben is currently in the US Eagles residency program at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, via the Army's World Class Athlete Program. Photo courtesy of www.usasevenscrc.com

Dartmouth rugby student-athletes Gordon Silvera '08 and Anthony Arch  '09 rebuilding a community center wall in Cape Town, South Africa, while on tour. Most teams would have simply found enjoyment at the beach or on the field over a spring break trip, USCD coached players looked for ways to connect with their world. 

Dartmouth's Kevin Clark '14 evades an opponent on his way to another try. Always in support the savvy and hard-working Derek Fish '12. Photo by Todd Bauders.

The 1962 Dartmouth team established a rich playing tradition with Ireland's Trinity College during this historic tour to the Emerald Isle. Dartmouth has since played Trinity on many occasions, along with many other top European academic institutions. 

The USA men’s 7s team shut out Scotland 17-0 to win the Plate at the 2013 Tokyo 7s, the first time they have won the Plate in a World Series tournament in 12 years. Under the tutelage of USCD coach, Alex Magleby, the team would go on to win the Plate at the Glasgow 7s and another Plate Final in the London 7s, besting South Africa and Fiji along with way. It was the best 3-tournament performance by a US team in history. Photo courtesy of universalsports.com

2009 Dartmouth captain, Conlan O'Leary, leads his teammates on Dartmouth's famed Oak Hill Ropes Course. 

A US tackling session just finished on the sand! USCD coaches employ multiple non-traditional methods to expedite the player learning process. 

1962 curtain raiser match in Baltimore Memorial Stadium before the NFL's Baltimore Colts football game. Ivy alumni team up to play for the New York RFC in 1962. Dartmouth are top row Neil Barker '58 4th from left, Bob Phillips '60 3rd from Right.

Eagle 7s athletes getting the work done under the tutelage of USCD coaches. 

Dartmouth's Bill Lehmann '12 evades a University of Florida defender in the 2012 Collegiate Rugby Championships. Bill, a product of St Paul's School London, excelled in the classroom and on the field in the Ivy League. Photo by Todd Bauders.

"Dartmouth Night" in Hanover, NH, is an annual tradition that celebrates the many Dartmouth student-athletes who will go on the next day to represent the College at Homecoming against their Ivy foes. 1st year students run around the giant bonfire the number of times of their class year. The 2001 bonfire very clearly shows the work that the Dartmouth Rugby (DRFC) put into building the wood structure. Photo courtesy of thedartmouth.com

2007 Dartmouth co-captain, Aziz Sayigh, breaking through the Syracuse University defense. Like many of our USCD coached athletes, Aziz would go onto to represent the Graduate School of Business at Stanford in rugby before a burgeoning corporate career--in his case, with Apple. Photo courtesy of thedartmouth.com

Dartmouth scrumhalf and 2007 captain, Tom Manzo, watches on as his forwards do battle while on the way to victory over Northeastern University in the collegiate playoffs in a classic New England snow-storm. 

Senator Ted Kennedy at the "Manchester Cup" game between Dartmouth and Harvard in the spring of 1964. Ted Bracken, Dartmouth '65 and father of 2011 DRFC 1st XV flanker Lane Bracken, in the mix before the coin toss. Photo courtesy of Rauner Special Collections at Dartmouth College.

Dartmouth kicks off in a four-decade old tradition against the United States Military Academy. Photo taken during the 2005 dedication of Dartmouth's Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse. Photo by Joseph Mehling '69.