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Record: 10-2
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● 2021 Ivy League Champions
● Beat Dartmouth for the first time since 1996
● NCR Playoffs Quarter Finalists

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Head Coach: David Laflamme
 

● Fall 2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
●Spring 2021: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Record: 9-2
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2019: 2nd place finish in Ivy League
● Spring 2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Record: 9-2
Head Coach: David Laflamme
 

● Fall 2018: 2nd place finish in Ivy League
●Spring 2019: Spring Break tour to Turks and Caicos

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Record: 8-3-1
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2017: Finished 3rd in Ivy League
● Spring 2018: Ivy 7's Tournament Champions

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Record: 11-4-1
Head Coach: David Laflamme
 

● Fall 2016: 2nd place finish in Ivy League play 
●Spring 2017: Plays in D-1AA Nationals, field of 8

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Record: 6-8-1
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2015: Played in the USA Nationals D-1AA field of 16. 
● Fall 2015: David Laflamme is hired as full time Head Coach. 

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Record: 5-11
Head Coach: David Laflamme
 

●January 2014: Finishes 3rd in the Ivies with a 4-3 record and qualfiied for the National playoff qualifier. 
●Spring 2015: Qualifies for D1-AA National field of 16

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Record: 9-7-1
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Spring 2014: Spring Tour to Nassau, Bahamas 

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Record: 11-4-2
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2012: Finishes 2nd in the Ivy North Division with 6-1-1 record.
● Spring 2013: Finishes 3rd in Ivy 7's Tournament

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Record: 12-6
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2011: Finished 2nd in Ivy League
● Spring 2012: Won two matches on tour to Ireland

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Record:10-11
Head Coach: David Laflamme
 

● Fall 2010: Brown Men's Rugby celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a gala held at the RI Convention Center in Providence. 
●Spring 2011: The Spring Ivy Tournament (15's) has been replaced with an Ivy 7's Tournament. Brown wins the inaugural Ivy 7's Tournament hosted by Columbia

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Record: 10-10
Head Coach: David Laflamme

● Fall 2009: Ivy League converts to league play with the top 4 teams playing off and the top team qualifying for National Championships. Ivy Fall Champion receives an automatic bid to the National Final 16. 
●Spring 2010: 50th Anniversary Spring Break trip to Bermuda. Brown first toured Bermuda in Spring of 1965

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Record: 14-8-1
Head Coach: David Laflamme
President: Samuel Rabb '10

● Fall 2008: New England Second Division: First XV: Undefeated (5-0) Fall League. Second Season XV: 8-1 record overall
● Fall 2008: Eddie O'Sullivan oversaw Brown's pre-season
● Spring 2009:: Spring Break trip to Nassau, Bahamas

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Record: 13-9-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Nikolas Logan '09

● Fall 2007: New England Second Division Playoff: 2nd place
● Spring 2008: Ivy League Tournament: 3rd place
● Spring 2008: Spring Break trip to Grand Cayman Island

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Record: 6-10
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Simon Salgado '07

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Record: 5-14
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65

● Spring 2006: Spring Break trip to Ireland

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Record: 12-15
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65

● Qualified for Northeast Regional Final Four

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Record: 12-15
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65

● Hong Kong Tour
● First season at Marvel Field

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Record: 3-8-2
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

●January 2003: Brown Rugby Club Founder and President Dave Zucconi '55 passes away. 
●Spring 2003: Season hampered by bad weather conditions

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Record: 7-7-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 2002: Spring Tour to Bermuda 

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Record: 10-11
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 2000: Finished 3rd in New England, qualified for Northeast playoffs, finishing 3rd
● Spring 2000: Ivy League Tournament-4th place

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Record: 6-10
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 2000: Ivy League Tournament-4th place
● Spring 2000: Spring Break Tour to England

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Record: 7-11
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck III
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1998: BIll Mullin '68 elected to Brown Athletic Hall Of Fame for Rugby
● Spring 1999: Beats Of The East Tournament-4th place
● Spring 1999: Spring Break Tour to Germany 

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Record: 7-10
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1998: Ivy League Tournament-4th place
●Spring 1998: Ireland Tour

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Record: 13-8
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1996: Northeast Territorial Playoffs-2nd round
● Spring 1997: Ivy League Tournament-2nd place
● Spring 1997: Cherry Blossom Tournament (Washington, DC)- Semifinalist 

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Record: 16-3
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1995: Northeast Territorial Champions. Qualified for National 16
● Spring 1996: Ivy League Tournament Champions
● Spring 1996: National Round of 16. Finished 3rd and ranked Top 8 of US 

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Record: 12-6
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1994: New England League Runner Up & Northeast Territory Chamionship Runner Up
●Spring 1995: Ireland Tour
● Spring 1995: Ivy League Tournament Champions
● Spring 1995: Cherry Blossom Tournament (Washington, DC)- Runner Up
​​​​​●Spring 1995: Creation of the Martin Henry (Tinry) Dawson Memorial Trophy

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Record: 10-8
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1993: New league structure has replaced New England Divisions. Brown is now one of 8.

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Record: 12-6-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1992: First Brown Men's Rugby Alumni Board of Directors created. 

● Fall 1992: Qualified out of the Southern Division for the New England Playoffs. 

-Spring 1993: New England College Tournament: 2nd place

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Record: 15-7
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1991: 9 straight wins to kick off Fall season

-Fall 1991: Runner Up in Northeast Regional Championships 

-Spring 1992: Runner Up in New England Invitational with a victory over Army. 

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Record: 12-7
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1990: 3rd in New England Tournament

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Record: 17-5
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1990: New England Collegiate Tournament Champion. 
● May 1990: Ranked 2nd in New England and 5th in the East

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Record: 10-8
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1989: Ivy League Tournament-2nd place

-Spring Break Tour to Southwest US, CA and AZ

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Record: 12-8-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

Spring 1988:
● Tour to Trinidad and Tobago
● Ivy League Tournament Champions (4 successive years)
● Brown ranked 2nd in New England colleges and 10th in Eastern colleges by Rugby Magazine. 

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Record: 15-5-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1986: Southern New England Conference Champions
● Spring 1987: Spring Break Tour to Scotland
● Spring 1987: Ivy League Tournament Champions 

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Record: 24-8
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1985: New England Collegiate Rugby Tournament
● Spring 1986: Brown is Ivy League Tournament Champion 

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Record: 12-7
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1984: New York 7-A-Side Tournament Champions
● Spring 1985: Ivy League Tournament Champions ● Spring Break Tour to Wales
● Commencement 1985 is Brown Rugby 25th Anniversary 

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Record: 10-7
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1984: Spring Break Tour to the Dominican Republic
● Spring 1984: Ivy League Tournament: 2nd place 

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Record: 14-10-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1982: New England College Tournament – 4 th Place out of 23 teams
● Spring 1983: Spring Break Tour to Ireland
● Spring 1983: Ivy League Tournament Champions 

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Record: 7-6-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Third Place in the New England Tournament
● Undefeated Spring Tour of the South Championships 

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Record: 11-7-1
Head Coach: Linton A. "Jay" Fluck '65
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1980: Brown hosts Mbabalas (South Africa Touring Side)
● Spring 1981 Tour to North Carolina, Florida and Wake Forest Invitational 

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Record: 16-9-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

Fall 1979:
● Wild Turkey Tournament First XV- Second Place ● Wild Turkey Tournament Second XV- First Place

Spring 1980:
● Brown are Champions of the Ivy League Tournament 

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Record: 9-12-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1979 Ivy League Tournament: 2nd Place. ● Spring Break Tour to Virginia, American University, and Freeport, Bahamas 

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Record: 16-8-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Third Place in the New England Tournament
● Undefeated Spring Tour of the South (Georgia, Florida, and N. Carolina)
● Upset victory against a heavily favored Providence R.F.C. side in the New England Championships
● More than 10 new players, mostly freshmen and sophomores, saw ‘A ‘side action. 

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Record: 15-7
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring Tour to Florida and the Dominican Republic. Record 5-1.
● Spring 1977 Ivy League Rugby Tournament, 3rd place. 

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Record: 19-3-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1976: Ivy League Tournament Champions (3rd successive year) 

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Record: 20-2
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1975: Ivy League Tournament Champions 

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Record: 21-4-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Undefeated Fall Season
● First Ivy League Championship
● Harvard Business School 7s Champions 

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Record: 9-3
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Mardi Gras Tournament – 2nd Place
● Ivy League Tournament – 2nd Place 

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Record: 6-4
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1972 Ivy League Tournament: 3rd place.
● The IRB (international Rugby Board) that oversees rugby worldwide changed the value of a try from 3 points to 4 points beginning in the fall of 1971. 

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Record: 14-6-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1970: Penn State Invitational Rugby Tournament – First Place
● Spring 1971: Florida Invitational Rugby Tournament – Second Place 

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Record: 17-8-2
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Spring 1970: Brown takes a Spring Break Tour to England. First-ever Brown tour to Europe.
● Spring 1970: Brown wins The Virginia Commonwealth Cup Tournament Championship at the University of Virginia.
● Spring 1970: Second annual Ivy League Tournament played at and hosted by Brown University. Brown finishes 2nd. 

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Record: 20-5-2
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Brown won the New York 7’s Tournament at Randall’s Island, winning 5 preliminary matches and defeating Boston RFC in the final 13-0.
● Brown hosted the first Ivy League Rugby Tournament in April, 1969. 

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Record: 16-8-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Fall 1967: The publication USA Rugby ranked Brown Rugby 10th best of 300 in USA.
● Spring 1968: Univ. of Virginia Commonwealth Cup: 3rd place (8 teams)
● Summer 1968: Brown University, ranked #3 in the East, placed 3 team members on the East squad in the 45 man All America college rugby selections that appeared in this week in Scrumdown, the quarterly rugby magazine. This announcement appeared in the August 4, 1968 issue of the New York Times newspaper. Michael Diffily’67, John Adamiak’68, and William Mullin’68 were the Brown players named to the East squad. In addition, David Olson’67, former Brown Rugby captain who is now in his first year of law school at UCLA and was named to the West squad. 

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Record: 19-7-1
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● 13 Shutouts in 27 matches
● Fall 1966: Penn State Tournament Champions
● Fall 1966: Eastern Rugby Union Champions: 9-0 season
● Spring 1967: Catalina Island, CA Tournament: 4th place (16 teams)
● Spring 1967: Univ. of Virginia Commonwealth Cup: 2nd place (8 teams)

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Record: 13-4
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● Undefeated fall 1965 season
● Captain Pete Smith appeared in the Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd” in the May 2, 1966 issue.

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Record: 22-3
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● 10 shutouts in 18 matches
● Points for: 272
● Points against: 63
● Bermuda Spring Break Tour   
       ○ Brown’s first ever Tour.
        ○ First College Team to go undefeated in Bermuda

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Record: 7-4
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

--Terry Walsh (Junior) led the team in scoring this spring with 34 points on 2 tries, 2 penalty kicks, and 11 conversions. 

--Walsh also was the top scorer last spring with 28 points. Second leading scorer in the spring 1964 season was freshman Mike Diffily with 27 points on 9 tries.

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Record: 6-3
President: Dave Zucconi ‘55

● New York 7-A-Side (indoor) Champions with a 7-0-1 record, defeating Yale in the final 10-5.
● Sophomore Terry Walsh establishes the single season scoring record with 28 points
● First Commencement Match played as part of Brown Field Day

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Record: 5-4
Head Coach: Terry Base ’GS

● Defeated Dartmouth 9-5 at Briarcliffe (Women’s) College, Long Island, NY. Briarcliffe closed in 2018.
● Jon Phipps ‘62 and Hap Pekelis ‘63 were selected and played for The Eastern Rugby Union All-Stars against a Canadian Quebec Provence All-Star Team.

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Record: 6-0-1
Head Coach: Denys Boshier

● ​​The Brown 7’s team made its debut over Thanksgiving weekend in November 1960
at the New York Sevens (oldest 7’s event in the USA).
● Co-Champions of the Eastern Rugby Union (Carling Cup), Spring 1961.
● Champion of the Knickerbocker Invitational 7’s Tournament, June 1961.

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Record: 1-3
Head Coach: Iain Coutts

● Brown’s First Rugby Season
● Founders were four players with previous rugby experience: David Zucconi ‘55 (Brown Admissions officer), William Tingue ‘62, Jon Tower ‘62 and Iain
Tulloch ‘63. David Zucconi became the team organizer and maintained leadership as the club President for 43 years unl his death in 2003. Dave is considered the founder and father of Brown Men’s Rugby.
● Brown’s very first points were on a penalty kick (3 points) in Brown’s first match against MIT by freshman Iain Tulloch ’63. Tries in 1960 were 3 points each.
● Coach and star player of the team was Iain Coutts, an exchange teacher at nearby Moses Brown School, who had played rugby for both Oxford University and for his home Country of Scotland (first International to play for Brown).

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