Profile
Men’s and women’s adult rugby
The Pittsburgh Forge Rugby Club is a federally recognized, charitable 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to foster, promote, and advance amateur participation in the growth and development of Rugby Union. The Club encourages good sportsmanship and fair play while educating players of all ages in basic through advance skills while encouraging them to participate in local, regional, national and international competition.
The Pittsburgh Forge currently fields 3 Men’s senior sides and 1 Women’s senior side with plans to further expansion. The men currently participate competitively in the Midwest Competition Region (MCR) at the Division 1, 2, and 3 levels. Our women’s side also plays competitively in the MCR at the Division 1 level.
In the Fall, all sides play league competition on Saturdays from late August through November in Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois . During the Spring, competition varies between friendly test matches, social tournaments or tours, and Select Side (Union All-Star) competition. In the Summer months of June and July, the Club runs Rugby 7’s programming for area senior, collegiate and high school players. Our senior men compete in National Championship qualifiers and open tournaments while the women currently participate only in open tournaments.
In addition to senior level rugby, the Forge is dedicated to fostering and promoting rugby at the youth, high school and collegiate levels. Currently, many players and alumni serve the area rugby community by coaching and administrating community programs at various levels, administrating Unions both locally and regionally, and by refereeing. The Forge is also actively seeking to expand youth and high school rugby programming within the City of Pittsburgh and its suburbs in addition to holding programming that benefits existing clubs as well.
BECOME PART OF THE FORGE
Membership shall be open to any person willing to contribute to the interests and goals of the Club and shall not be denied to any person due to age, race, religion, sex, disability, or national origin. All members agree to abide by the Club’s Bylaws.
Members need not be active players, however all active players are members of the Club.
If you are interested in joining the Forge as a General Member, please contact the Club.
Training sessions are held at various locations depending on the time of year. Facilities are currently being planned for summer and fall programming pending national, state or local shelter in place or social distancing ordinances. Please check our Club Calendar for the most up to date training and competition schedule. Post training drinks are had at our pub, Rugger’s Pub, located at 40 S 22nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
