Youth Rugby

In 2005 Mike Schubach and Charlie Parod started high school rugby teams on their respective sides of the river. Peoria Area Renegades (PAR) had such future Piggies as Evan Smith (son of Tommy) and Spenser Schubach, two future MVP's. The Morton Pound produced future Piggies as well. In 2006 the All Reds RFC was formed for Woodford County players, and Chillicothe formed the Barbarians RFC. 2008 saw the Twin City Tornadoes out of Bloomington under Rory O'Rourke and the Springfield Junior Celts under Jim Carlberg. Quad Cities and Muscatine also fielded teams. In 2012 TR Sparenberg embarked on a quest to introduce flag rugby to over 2000 middle school kids in Central Illinois.

Your donations to the Peoria Rugby Foundation will help these existing teams -- as well as future startups -- to spread the game of rugby throughout Central Illinois.

We play some pretty decent rugby down here. Here are the results from the Illinois Youth Rugby Association playoffs over the years:

2010

Chillicothe Barbarians Tier 3 State Champs

All Reds RFC Tier 3 2nd Place

2011

Chillicothe Barbarians Tier 3 State Champs

Twin City RFC Tier 3 2nd Place

2012

Springfield Jr Celts RFC Tier 3 2nd Place

All Reds RFC - Tier 3 4th Place

2013

All Reds RFC - Tier 3 State Champs

Chillicothe Barbarians RFC - Tier 2 3rd Place