1992 Montana Maggotfest Picture

Please submit the names of players and some commentary about what was going on when this picture was taken. Click on the picture to get a larger version of the photo.

Gus Ventura came up with this one. Please submit other PAC photos.

2007 New Zealand Ambassadors Shield Game - Sunday November 18

Here in the 2007 New Zealand Embassy team along with the Hyde School team.

The 2007 Ambassador’s Shield Rugby Match will take place Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Trinity University in Washington, D.C. For the full schedule please click here to go to the Ambassadors Shield web page.

The Ambassador's Shield rugby match was the productive outcome of a meeting between a number of New Zealander's playing rugby in the Washington area and the New Zealand Ambassador to the USA, John Wood. The idea behind the match was to promote New Zealand's culture in the Washington area by pitting a team of expatriate Kiwis against a local select side. Following the game the players, officials and supporters congregate at the Embassy for post-game celebration and hospitality.

The inaugural, played in 1997, was watched by a small but enthusiastic rugby-loving crowd of Americans and New Zealanders. Since then, it has grown to well over a thousand spectators. In 2002, the Embassy partnered with the Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. to raise funds for the school rugby program.

Today, the annual Ambassador’s Shield rugby match has become a way to raise awareness of a little-played sport in the United States and also provides the athletes at Hyde an avenue to channel their energies as part of their development as students.

South Africa Itenerary

If this is Tuesday we this must be...wait a minute were are we? Click here for a day by day description of what we are doing.

PAC Teams Play Washington Irish October 20, 2007

PAC's DI side. Click picture for larger version.	PAC's DII side. Click on picture for larger version.

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on our home pitch a great afternoon of rugby took place on October 20, 2007. Various alumni showed up for the fun and food and our competitive sides looked vibrant. Click here for more pictures.

Exact Dates for Alumni South Africa Trip - Super 14s Schedule Finally Released

Looks like we will fly from Washington Dulles to Johannesburg on Tuesday February 18. The next day Wednesday February 19 will be a recovery day and Thursday and Friday February 20-21 will be tourism days around Johannesburg and Pretoria. Friday night will will attend our first Super 14s match in Pretoria where the Bulls will play the New Zealand Crusaders from Christchurch in Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld Stadium. Saturday February 23 we will head on to our safari for much of the week. We may sneak over to Sun City (the Las Vegas of South Africa) too. Around Thursday February 28 we will come back to Johannesburg to fly to Capetown. Friday night we will see another Super 14s game--this time the Capetown Stormers against the NZ Crusaders in Capetown's Newlands Stadium. In and around Capetown we will play some golf, visit wineries, perhaps play an old boys match, etc. We will fly back to DC on Wednesday March 5. This means we are gone for 15 days including 2 flying days. We are checking with the travel agent about how much we need to put down. We will need to purchase our airplane tickets and also put down a deposit on our safari. I'm guessing each person will need to put down about $2,000 to reserve a spot. Sorry, on this trip you can't show up at the last moment and say you want to go. Remember to get your passport in order if it is out of date or you don't have a passport. Posted October 17, 2007.

Old Boys Game Invitation From the Richmond Liions

The game would be on Saturday October 27 in Richmond, VA. We have accepted the invitation. Now the hard part of getting a team together is ahead. Please send the web master a message if you are interested in playing.

Boston Irish Lads Defeat PAC Team in Super Leage Game

The score was 17-7 on a humid Saturday afternoon. For more pictures click here.

Lane Dixon takes it in for the try.	Boston Irish scrum half and the packs prepare for the scrum.
The Irish lads were moving.	PAC players donated saliva before, at the half, and after the game to check testosterone levels. National Geographic was filming and testing for ways to characterize the ultimate male.

Ordering PAC Fashion and Couture

Brett Gaba, PAC equipment manager, has generously offered to include the orders of any non-active player in the competitive team's clothing order from well known sport manufacturer PUMA. The team will be ordering rugby warmups, training tops, polo shirts, etc. This will be high quality stuff. He says we will be upgrading our image to a more professional one. I am certain that some of the fashion houses in Paris or New York will be envious. Below is the jersey the team is ordering--this is the jersey worn at this year's World Cup. Contact Brett to order your jersey.

This is the World Cup jersey made by Puma and being ordered by PAC. Click on the above picture to enlarge it.

Details on the South Africa Trip

See the announcements page for all the details of the South Africa trip. We finally have specified an itenerary. We fly into and out of Johannesburg. The first part of the trip we would be in the Johannesburg/Pretoria area. We would be there over a weekend as we will be going to Super 14s rugby games Friday and Satruday nights and see the Johannesburg Lions (http://www.lionsrugby.co.za)--who play in the famous rugby venue Ellis Park--and the Pretoria Blue Bulls (http://www.thebulls.co.za) play teams from New Zealand and Australia. The second part of the trip will be at the Pilansberg National Park where we will go on safari. The last part of the trip is in Capetown on the Atlantic Ocean. Here we will catch a game of the Capetown Stormers rugby team (http://www.thestormers.com) on the second weekend. In all places we will be playing golf, touring wineries, diamond mines, and whatever else we can think up. Head to the announcements page for more details.

Signed up to travel on this expedition so far (as of 9-26-7) are:Joe Bender, Chris Bjornestad, Chris Coburn, Patrick Dynes, Bruce McCarthy, Jim Richards (Commando), John Rudd & wife, Chris Trapman, John Trauth, Steve Verna & wife, and Ken Ward.

PAC Alumni Comittee members Tillotson and Bender at the meeting to discuss details of the South Africa trip.

Autumn Alumni Day October 20, 2007

This fall the important day for former PAC players to show up is Saturday October 20 at the home pitch at 15th and Indenpendance Avenue in Washington, DC. The game will be a super league event of PAC versus NY Old Blue. Come on down and remember when you were the ultimate male lording over and swaggering over Washington, DC! Remember how awesome it was being you? We already know that you view your years on earth as a heroic narrative. See the link to the main PAC web site on the upper left side of this page.

Come down to watch the game and reconnect with your former team mates. Better yet contact your former mates and suggest that they participate in the event. There will be a hospitality tent (food) at the field and more food and refreshments at the Bottom Line after the game. No alumni game is scheduled that day. We will be working with the PAC Developmental II side to identify a game that alumni can participate in.

PAC Takes Second Place in Our Own Sevens Tournament

Top row from left: Al Martinez, Roberto Infante, J'son Townes, Greg Sullentrop, and Justin Prud'homme. Bottom row from left: Ryan Claros, Steven Sablan, Ben Purcell, Ivan Hardnett, Bradyn Hardnett, Paul Claros. Click on this picture to see a larger image.

PAC's competitive side played some smash mouth rugby to get to the final game and then lost to the Kenyan Exiles. Most importantly we beat NOVA in the semi-final game. If you were not there you missed some good rugby, some great weather, and lots of laughs. Mark Crick was just back from playing with the Eagles in England and Scotland.

Pictures from PAC Games on March 31

Here is the DII side that defeated George Mason University. Click on this pictures to enlarge it.	Here is the front row from PAC's supeleague team to took on NYAC. Click on this pictures to enlarge it.

See the announcements page for more pictures.

PAC Alumni Are Headed to South Africa For A Tour

South Africa is a rugby country but also an exotic country to visit. We are going there in the first two weeks of March 2008 (March 5 through March 19, 2008). This is during their Super 14s rugby season so we will attend some matches over the course of 2 weekends, play a few old boys games ourselves, and do lots of other things. The first two weeks of March are when the Capetown Stormers have their home stand against teams from South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. The is rugby at the highest level and we will attend as many games as makes sense. We may be able to catch games in both Pretoria and Joburg over the first weekend. We would go to Capetown Stormer games the second weekend. The rest of the trip would be spent exploring South Africa. We could visit game preserves and observe animals in the wild. We could swim in the southern Atlantic ocean at Capetown. We will visit wineries. Play golf. We are only limited by our imagination.

The beach near Cape Town. Click on this picture to enlarge it.	Johannesburg Lion player moving the ball. Click on this picture to enlarge it.

South Africa Airways flies from Dulles to Johannesburg for about $1,400 and 16 hours of your life. Our rugby oriented trip would last for about 14 days and those who wanted to stay longer and see more could do so. PAC player Danzel Van Zyl is already working on helping us develop an itenerary--both a possible visit to Kruger National Park and the rugby aspect of the trip. PAC player Zane West will be back in Capetown soon. Former PAC player Chris Bjornestad is advising us from Mozambique.

The trip is open to all PAC alumni including family and friends. We are going to try to field an old boys team but you don't have to play to go. If you are knowledgable about South Africa or know someone who is please e-mail the organizing committee so that we can get advice about how we should spend our time there. Alumni trips to South America and Europe are to take place in the following years. Please see the announcements page on this site for more detailed information on the trip and a report on Zane West's latest advice.

2005 Rugby Reunion Took Place October 7 and 8 in the Washington, DC area!

PAC Under 33 Versus PAC Old Boys Click on the photo to enlarge it. Bottom Row L to R Nathan Stokes, Lane Dixson, Danzel Van Zyl, Josh Stallings, John Rudd, Mike Fabling, ???, Ed Smith, Mike Smith, Brett Gaba, ??, Stefan Hankin, Mark Crick, Richard Butcher, Tom, Peter Forman, Gilles Sado, Kevin Canary, Jonah Pozen, Dan Raucher, Pete Walton. Top Row L to R Irakly, Brandyn Hardnett, Patrick Malloy, Justin Prud'Homme, Greg Cohen, Nick Hildebiddle, Mike Gooley, Olgalvie, Ivan Hardnett, Tom McHale, Tom Kenney, Paul Devaux, Pete McCall, ??, ??, Joe Purcell, Brian O'Sullivan, McNutt, ??, Cameron Dunlop, Dan Baikie, Jim Richards, ??, Diggy, ??,??, ??, Bill Barnett, Gerry MacDonald, Dair DiRimeggio, Hank Gorecki. Please send names of players.

Ancient PAC Old Boys--GW Versus SUD Match Click on the photo to enlarge it. Please send names of players. Back row from the left: x, Steve LaBell, Kevin Canary, x, Gilles Sado, x, Cameron Dunlop, Bruce McCarthy, Mike Sorrell, Peter Henley, Steve Snyder, Ian Green, Mac Norton, Mike Green, John Shepherd, Steve Rukavina, & Chris Coburn. Front row from the left: Stefan Hankin, Dave Van Fossen, x, Patrick Dynes, Tom Hartner, Kirk McConnell, Kent Hughes, Jorge Diaz, Diego Hernandez, Ed Staunton, Brian O'Sullivan, BJ Jones, & Ken Worm.

Potomac Athletic Club 1995 National Championship Team

Click on the above image to enlarge it. The national championship game was between Old Mission Bay Athletic Club (OMBAC) and PAC in Austin, Texas. Flanker Reza scored the first try. Fabling added the conversion to put PAC up 7-6. Mike Fabling followed up with a penalty kick to give PAC a 10-6 lead. At the half it was 10-9. In the second half Mike scored on a penalty kick to make it 13-12. The remainder of the second half was a PAC offensive onslaught. Fabling booted another through on a penalty for the last points of the day. PAC won 16-12. Players on this team included (back row from left to right) Brian O'Sullivan, Fusi Feaunati, Steve Amitay, Scott Keith, Brendan Malloy, Bill Ogilvie, Manus Cooney, John Malloy, Chris Schricte, Joe Belotte, Jim Trump, Dave Farling, Tom Lyons, and Lance French. Kneeling from left to right are Butch Bernier, Bob Obrist, Tom Williams, Tom Kenny, Commando, Mike Fabling, Leo Fitzsimon, Phil Vivaldi, John Trauth, Reza, Fritz Schricte, and Graeme Thompson. Please submit incorrect names of names out of order. Picture from Rugby magazine.

Geroge Washington Rugby - Team Photo Vs. Orleans in 1977 and Potomac Rugby Union Chapmions in 1982

Here is a GW side that played Orleans in 1977. On the top row from left to right are Tom Cullen, Chris Russell, Kent Hughes, Eric Ackerman, Drew Conway, Steve Verna, Mick Scully, Paul Wolfe, Steve Mann, Joel Goodman, Keith Baggett. On the bottom row are John Marcus, Daryl Powell, Jim McPhearson, Tom Fromme, Ed Staunton, Ken Ward, and Phil Mosser. Click on the above image to enlarge it.	Click on this image to enlarge it. Players on this team included (standing) Steve Verna, Mike Hincewicz, Al Long, Jim Trump, Joe Bender, Oliver Walsh, Drew Conway, Ken Worm, John Malloy, Kent Hughes, Phil Turner, Rich Switzer, Steve Rukavina, Dave Lyle, John Marcus, (on knees), John Shepherd, Ed Staunton, Liam O'Grady, Tom Fromme, Kevin Connolly, Ken Ward, Kirk McConnell, and Tim Ronin.

Club Sudamericano de Rugby - 1972 Team Photo & 1988 Old Boys Side

Here is a SUD team from 1972. Click on the above image to enlarge it.

Click on this image to enlarge it. Players standing are from left to right Terry Collins, Sam Napolitano, Mick Scully, Quentin Lawson, Bruce McCarthy, Ian Knox, Peter Tillotson, Don't Know (DK), DK, Pete Thomas, Tom Walsh, Lee Barrett, DK, Dickie Heidenberger, Tom Cooney, and Al Feldt. Players on knees from left to right are John Griggs, Bob Andretta, Jorge Diaz, Peter Heley, Bob Macaughey & Diego Hernandez.

Here is a SUD versus (we think) GW match in about 1974. For SUD from left to right are Ken Schultz, Terry Larimer (7),  David McCarthy (10), Art Weber, Jerry Coleman, Bob Dern (15)  and Tom Wilson. Alan Crabbe and Noel were in the original but may have been cropped out of the photo. Submitted by David McCarthy. There is some dispute about whether the team in stripes in GW. If you have any more information about this photo please submit it. Neil Conway says that there is no question in his mind that the teams in the photo are Sud and GW. Terry Collins (SUD 1971) says that yes the other team was GW - the photo was taken by Matt Godak - and we used it as a cover for on rugby gear catalog at Leather Balls. ltd back in the 70's. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

Click on the Rugby Photos button on the left hand side for more team pictures!