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Rugby team
The Maryland Exiles were an American
rugby union team in
Bethesda, Maryland which competed as a member of Division I under the
USA Rugby governing body. The team fielded both a standard 15-man squad and
seven-a-side squad. The team competed abroad in
England ,
Sri Lanka , and the
Cayman Islands .
[1] The Maryland Exiles have been featured in
The Washington Post ,
[2]
The Virginian-Pilot ,
[3] International Rugby News ,
[4] and on the cover of Rugby Magazine .
[5]
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The Exiles were formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of three local area clubs: the Maryland Old Boys, Montgomery County Rugby Club, and the Old Red Rugby Club. The fifteens squad placed third in the Aspen Ruggerfest, the United States' premier fifteen-man tournament, in 1996. In 1996, 1997, and 2007, the Exiles advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round of the National Club Championship.
[1] In United States' National Club Sevens Championship, the Exiles have placed second (1994 and 2002) and third (2003, 2005, and 2006). The Maryland Old Boys, from which the Exiles were partially formed, won the National Club Sevens in 1989, placed third in 1991 and 1992, and placed third in 1988 and 1990.
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In the fall of 2014, the Maryland Exiles merged with the
Potomac Athletic Club , forming the
Potomac Exiles .
Notable players
John Krause,
Eagles
Inaki Basauri ,
Eagles 2007
Will Brewington,
Eagles Sevens 1987–1993
Joe Fradella, Eagles Sevens 2004
Brian Gallagher, Eagles Sevens 1997
Eddie Galpin, Eagles Sevens 2001
James Gillenwater, Eagles Sevens 2007,
All-American at
Vanderbilt
Kevin Gittings, Eagles Sevens 1998
Vince Granger, Eagles Sevens 1989
Bill Hayward , Eagles 1991
Steve Laake, All-American at
Loyola College
Owen Lentz , Eagles 2006–2007
Justin Lucas, All-American at
Cal Poly
Mark Miller, Eagles Sevens 1994
Chris Petrakes, Eagles Sevens 1988-1991
Dave Ries, Eagles Sevens 1998
Tom Sanders, Eagles Sevens 2004, All-American at
Virginia
Jeff Soeken, All-American at
Maryland
Don Younger, Eagles Sevens 1997–2002, All-American at
Indiana
Dylan Ritzer, All-American 2013, All State
Salisbury University
References
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a
b
History
Archived 2008-09-17 at the
Wayback Machine , Maryland Exiles Rugby Club, retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ Andrew C. Battaile,
Navy, Md. Exiles Win Rugby Festival [
permanent dead link ] (PDF), The Washington Post , April 1997, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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Md. team wins Beach rugby event [
permanent dead link ] (PDF), The Virginian-Pilot , 1993, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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Major league passion in Exiles [
permanent dead link ] (PDF), The Clubhouse, International Rugby News , 2002, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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Rites of Spring: Maryland Exiles [
permanent dead link ] (PDF), Rugby Magazine , 9 May 1993, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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MOB Wins National Sevens Championship Crown [
permanent dead link ] (PDF), Rugby Magazine , 1989, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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Exiles second in nation
Archived 2009-04-20 at the
Wayback Machine (PDF), Bethesda Gazette , 21 August 2002, retrieved 19 December 2008.
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Men's National Club 7s Champions
[usurped] , eRugbyNews.com, 2008, retrieved 19 December 2008.