The 1990 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament, sponsored by Steinlager, took place concurrently with the 32nd Pebble Beach Rugby Classic on Collins Polo Field at Pebble Beach, California from May 5–6."Rugby Anyone?". (May 3, 1990). San Francisco Examiner, p.B–2 col.5 Air Force won the all academy final with a victory over Army."Local". (May 7, 1990). Gazette Telegraph, p.C2 col.1 Kimo Gallahue of Army was named Most Valuable Forward while Tim Bohman of Air Force was Most Valuable Back.
Venue CaliforniaCollins Polo Field Pebble Beach, California Capacity:
Participants Army Black Nights
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 2–3 at Orlando, FL.Fuoco, Roy (December 4, 1989). "Boca Raton Bulls Past Orlando". Orlando Sentinel, p.D–2 col.4–5 Army 12–3 Harvard Army 64-8 Clemson Army 9-6 James Madison
Roster: Coaches- Ross, O'Gorman, Mahan Captain- Brian Burlingame (Hooker) Record- Neal Amodio (Wing), Mike Battles (Scrumhalf), Damion Cordova (Flanker), Tony Detoto (Center), Kimo Gallahue (#8), Martin Guillen (Prop), Mike Kilbane (Fullback), Lance Kohler (Hooker), Marshall Malinowski (#8), Bill Marshall (Wing), Dennis McKernan (#8), Scott Painter (Fullback), Larry Perino (Scrumhalf), Gravelle Pierre (Wing), Mike Roberts (Prop), Jim Saccone (Flyhalf), John Slater (Lock), Scott Sutherland (Flanker), Vinny Torza (Center), Matt Vertin (Lock), Garth Yarnell (Center).
Ohio State
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on April 21–22 in Bowling Green, OH."Gutkoski Headed West". (April 25, 1990). News Herald, p.A–6 col.3–4 Ohio State 10–7 Mankato State Ohio State 12–0 Penn State Ohio State 10-8 Bowling Green
Roster: Coaches- Barry Ferguson, Steve Finkel, Charlie Schubert, Tom Rooney (Trainer) Captain- Mike Vogel Record- 15–1 Curt Anderson (Flanker), Dan Berner (Flanker), Ron Bowers (Center), Joe Bradley (Fullback), Dave Canning (#8), Mike Dresser (Flyhalf), Shawn Fox (Lock), Kent Garbee (Flyhalf), Steve Gutkoski (Hooker), Russ Howland (Wing), Mike Hudak (Hooker), Takahiro Matsubara (Wing), Jim Merritt (Prop), Dave Millett (Scrumhalf), Tim O'Leary (Center), Eric Pool (Prop), Corey Perry (Lock), Jeff Sharritts (Wing), Jim Skowran (Flanker), Phil Vogel (Flanker), Dan Walsh (Center).
Air Force
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 14–15 in College Station, TX. Air Force 28-0 Missouri–Columbia Air Force 16-4 Oklahoma Air Force 47-10 Kansas
Roster: Coach- Vern Francis, Walt Daniels Captains- Mike Junk (Hooker), Bill Jacobus (Fullback) Record- 15–2–1 Dan Abraham (Flanker), Dave Almand (Flanker), Tony Baade (Flanker), Harry Blue (Prop), Tim Bentley (Flanker), Tim Bohman (Flyhalf), Albert Fitts (Lock), Andy Haman (Center), Bill Hickman (Wing), Brad Hoagland (Scrumhalf), Eric Kelm (Hooker), Jon Krause (Lock), Mike Kosco (Prop), Rob MacKenzie (Fullback), Andy McArtor (#8), Mike Miller (Flanker), Steve Novak (Prop), Jay Owen (Lock), Bryan Rau (Scrumhalf), Mitch Richardson (Wing), Skip Rogers (Wing), Mark Wiser (Center), Don Wood (Center).
Long Beach 49ers
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 21–22 in Richland, WA."Long Beach State Stops Cal". (April 23, 1990). Tri–City Herald, p.B2 col.1 Long Beach 14-0 Oregon Long Beach 23-12 Stanford Long Beach 16-14 California
Roster: Coach- Anderson, Stackhouse Captain-Brett Bowden(Flyhalf) Record- 33-0 Steve Agor (Wing), Timothy Aitken (Center), Quinn Clark (#8), Tom Edginton (Lock), Jerry Fanning (Hooker), Nick Green (Flanker), Jimmy Guadagno (Scrumhalf), David Guerra (Prop), Craig Hutchinson (Lock), Mark Joffe (Wing), John Kenney (Scrumhalf), John Kenney (Center), Mike Lewis (Center), Jeffrey Martin (Prop), Dan O'Brien (Fullback), Kevin Robinson (Center), Eric Skaar (Flanker), Otto Smith (Flanker), Chris Stratton (Wing), Kyle Swain (Scrumhalf), Dean P. Toohey (Flanker).
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place
Final
College All–Stars The 1990 Collegiate All–Star Championship took place in San Diego, CA from June 15–17.O'Brien, Mary Kay (June 25, 1990). "OSU Rugby Player Named All–American". The Lantern, p.7 col.1–2 Similar to the Inter Territorial Tournaments for club teams, the college competition is divided into geographic unions and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams."Rugby Team Draws Raves". (June 16, 1990). Times–Standard, p.11 col.5–6 In the final, the Eastern RU defeated the Pacific RFU. The final standings were 1st East, 2nd Pacific, 3rd Midwest and 4th West.
Champions: Eastern College All–Stars Staff: Ken Daly (Manager), Martin Kingston (Coach), Flanagan (Coach) Roster: Chris Andres-Wing (James Madison), Dave Childress-Flanker (Florida), Dan Cockerell-Center (Boston U), Dardon Couch-Lock/Flanker (George Mason), Robert Cullum-Prop (Trinity Connecticut), Tim Dippel-Lock (Loyola Maryland), Jamie Goodman-Fullback (Dartmouth), Jon Greenberg-Prop (Harvard), Chris Heinrich-Prop (Dartmouth), Orlando Hidalgo-Center (Florida), Eric Johnson-Flanker (Columbia), Karl King-Prop (Loyola Maryland), Steve Laake-Fullback (Loyola Maryland), Mike Lambert-#8 (Holy Cross), Walter Lester-Wing (Boston U), Anthony Leva-Flank/#8 (Siena), Francis Mayer-Scrumhalf (LSU), James Mullen-Scrumhalf (Siena), Hikaru Ogata-Flyhalf (Brown), Denis Peyreux-Wing (LSU), Gabe Puello-Lock (Florida International), Steve Saraisky-Flanker (Dartmouth), John Schaefer-Wing (Dartmouth), Greg Schor-Center (Hofstra), Jeff Soeken-Lock (Maryland), Pat Thomas-#8 (Maryland), Glen Wolland-Hooker (Boston U), Rob Young–Hooker (Georgia).
See also 1990 National Rugby Championships
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