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| Full name | Belmont Shore Rugby Club | |
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| Union | USA Rugby | |
| Founded | 1974; 51 years ago (1974) | |
| Location | Long Beach,California, US | |
| Ground(s) | Long Beach State rugby field[1] | |
| President | Stuart Ledsam | |
| Coach(es) | Ray Egan | |
| League(s) | Pacific Rugby Premiership | |
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| Official website | ||
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Belmont Shore Rugby Club is an Americanrugby union team named after theBelmont Shore neighborhood ofLong Beach, California, which has a tradition of amateur rugby.
The Belmont Shore team was founded in 1974, and was one of the originalUS Rugby Super League teams in 1997. The team has been in the Super League Finals in seven of the past ten championships. They have been league champions four times, most recently in 2007. They were runners-up to theNew York Athletic Club team in 2005, and to theSan Diego–basedOld Mission Beach Athletic Club team in 2006.
Belmont Shore dropped out of the Rugby Super League in October, 2009.[2] In 2014 it joined the Pacific Rugby Premiership.
Belmont Shore features adult and youth divisions. The adult division competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership & Division I; the youth division features many teams - U-8 through U19.
TheSuperLeague's primary sponsor isMichelob Amber Bock, with each individual team receiving a portion of those revenues. In addition to Amber Bock, Belmont Shore has individual sponsorships. Notable primary sponsors includeCP Ships andDr Pepper/7Up. Also DCL Direct (Direct Container Line) and Kudu Rugby.[4]
Note: caps and participation are accurate as of 10 August 2006
Besides Belmont Shore RFC, there is the Belmont Shore Women's Rugby Football Club (nicknamed the "Landsharks", they have two national championships),[11] Coast Women's RFC,[12] and a men's club team atLong Beach State (which has made the National Final Four on four occasions),[13]
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