The Beast of the East is the largest college rugby tournament in the world. Beast of the East is held in April of each year. In 2022, the tournament added sevens competitions to the schedule in response to the increase of teams playing rugby sevens in the spring season. In 2010, the 27th annual tournament, 84 college rugby teams participated in five divisions. The tournament is hosted by Providence Rugby Football Club on six rugby fields at The Glen in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Past Champions 2018 Women's Division 1: Vassar College def. UConn 15-12 Women's Division 2: UAlbany def. Marist College 17-5 Women's Division 3: University of New Haven def UMass Dartmouth 34-0 Men's Division 1: Bishop's University def. UMass Amherst 13-10 Men's Division 2: Plymouth State University def. Sacred Heart University 17-7 Men's Division 3: UMaine Farmington def. UMass Dartmouth 28-5 2017 Women's Division 1: Vassar College Women's Division 2: Roger Williams University Women's Division 3: University of Maine Orono def. University of Connecticut 17-12 (OT) Men's Division 1: University of Connecticut Men's Division 2: Salve Regina Men's Division 3: University of Maine Orono def. University of New Haven 24-0 2016 Women's Division 1: University of Connecticut Men's Division 1: University of Massachusetts- Amherst Women's Division 2: Vassar College Men's Division 2: Roger Williams University Women's Division 3: Roger Williams University 2015 Men's Division 3: University of Maine Orono def. Colby College 21-3 Women's Division 3: Roger Williams University 2014 Men's Division 1: University of Massachusetts Amherst def. Providence College 16-3 Men's Division 2: University of Massachusetts Amherst B side def. Salve Regina University 12-5 Women's Division 3: Middlebury College def. Plymouth State 2013 Men's Division 1: University of Massachusetts Amherst def. United States Merchant Marine Academy 11-10 2012 Men's Division 1: Iona College def. Men's Division 2: Sacred Heart University def. Massachusetts Maritime Academy 20-0 Women's Division 1: Northeastern University def. Boston College 2011 Men's Division 1: Salve Regina University def. Syracuse University 12-5 Men's Division 2: Iona College def. Providence College Women's Division 1: Women's Division 2: Women's Division 3: Smith College def. College of the Holy Cross 20-0
2010 Men's Division 1: Northeastern University def. Brown University 17-0 Men's Division 2: Southern Connecticut State University def. Salve Regina University 21-0 Women's Division 1: Dartmouth College def. Princeton University 10-0 Women's Division 2: Radcliffe College def. Marist Women's Division 3: MIT def. College of the Holy Cross
2009 Men's Division 1: University of Connecticut Men's Division 2: Providence College Women's Division 1: Vassar College def. Syracuse University 31-0 Women's Division 2: Bryant University Women's Division 3: College of the Holy Cross
2008 - 25th Annual Tournament Division 1 Men: Bentley University def. URI 14-5 Division 2 Men: Salisbury State University def. Bryant University Division 2 Women: Providence College def. Rutgers University Division 3 Women: Bryant University def. Roger Williams University
2007 Men's Division 1: United States Merchant Marine Academy King's Point def. Northeastern University 3-0 Men's Division 2: Vassar College def. University of Maine at Farmington 22-10 Women's Division 2: Vassar College def. University of New Hampshire 19-0 Women's Division 3: University of Rhode Island def. College of the Holy Cross
External links Official website Providence Rugby Football Club