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Friday, July 30 2010

Team Info

The Irish are a Division 3 men's rugby club located in the heart of the Midwest. Located in the Quad City area the Irish boast players from both Iowa and Illinois. The Irish were formed on August 6, 1975. The Quad Cities is a thriving metropolis nestled along the Mississippi river made up of 5 major communities; Rock Island , Moline , East Moline on the Illinois side and Davenport and Bettendorf on the Iowa side.

The Irish carry an A side, can muster a B side, run a Summer 7's side, a highschool Men's and Women's side and can (with the help of Pearl City) put together an old boy's side. Irish teams have brought home numerous tournament championships among them the 7's National Championship, overcoming the Denver Barbarians 40-20 in 1986. The Irish have also grown top level athelete's within the rugby community, sending 3 players to the USA Eagles, among them Dan Kilen, Dr. Fred Schofield and Tom Billups the Eagles head coach. Irish recent accomplishments are a birth in the Division III Midwest sweet sixteen.

Practices are held on Tuesday and Thursdays at 5:30 at our pitch behind the airport in Moline. Anybody that wants to get a run in or learn more about rugby is more than welcome to join us. Our games are at 1pm on Saturdays in the Spring and Fall. We have parties immediately following all of our home games at Bent River Brewery. Everybody that comes to the game is invited. It's a tradition in rugby that the home teams thows a party for the visiting team.

Latest News

2010 Summer/Fall Schedule

Summer
7/10/10- Des Moines 7's Tournament

8/14/10- Quad City Irish's 35th Anniversary...
5's Tournament 12n at our pitch! Big party to follow!...Old Irish, Barbies and Barbarians invited!

8/21/10 Bradford Beach 5's, Milwaukee, WI

Fall
9/11/10- QC Irish v. Gopher College

9/18/10- QC Irish v. Pearl City Black Bears

9/25/10- QC Irish @ Gentlemen of Dubuque

10/2/10- QC Irish @ Iowa City Ducks

10/9/10- QC Irish v. Grinnell

10/16/10- QC Irish @Cedar Rapids HeadHunters

10/23/10- QC Irish @ Iowa Falls

USA RUGBY CIPP ENROLLMENT!