Heart of America


The Heart of America Rugby Football Union was founded in 1967.  Our member clubs are located in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We have about 20 clubs that play at every level within the USA Rugby structure, including men’s and women’s club, college, and high school rugby.

The purposes and objectives of the Union are:

The promotion and administration of and the provision of education and instruction in the amateur game of Rugby Union Football in all its aspects, throughout the Union area.

Membership Categories

“Full Membership”-Full Membership shall comprise clubs (and individuals therein) situated within the Union area who opted to remain members after the formation of the Mid America Geographic Union.

Club Men
Arkansas Gryphons
Northland Rugby Football Club
Springfield Rugby Football Club (Missouri)
Wichita Barbarians Rugby Football Club
Club Women
Kansas City Jazz Rugby Football Club
Kansas Women (Bison)
Columbia Women (Mid-MO) Women’s Rugby Club
College Men
Oklahoma State University Men
Truman State University Rugby Club
College Women
Benedictine Saints Women’s RC
Mizzou Women’s Rugby Football Club
Truman State University Women’s Rugby Club
Kansas State University Women’s Rugby Club
Oklahoma State University Women
U19
Liberty United Girls Rugby Football Club
Liberty United Rugby Football Club
Park Hill South Rugby Football Club

About Rugby

Many believe that rugby was born in 1823 when William Webb Ellis “with fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time at Rugby school, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game”.

Learn more about the history of the greatest game on earth by visiting http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/originsofrugby.htm.

alt

On bronze plaque: ‘THE LOCAL BOY WHO INSPIRED / THE GAME OF RUGBY FOOTBALL / ON THE CLOSE AT RUGBY SCHOOL IN / 1823. / SCULPTOR: GRAHAM IBBSEON / 1997’