University of Michigan Dearborn Rugby
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|+ style="font-size: larger;"|'''Michigan Dearborn Rugby'''
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|'''Full name'''||University of Michigan Dearborn Rugby Football Club
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{{!}}<span class="nickname">Wolves</span>
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!Short Name
{{!}}UMD RFC
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!Founded
|2007
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!Ground
{{!}}<span class="label">Bryant Middle School</span>
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!Capacity
{{!}}N/A
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!{{{mgrtitle|Head Coach}}}
{{!}}Kirk "Shooter" Borger
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!{{{mgrtitle|Manager}}}
{{!}}Stefanie Mullins
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!League
{{!}}Michigan Rugby Union
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!Division
{{!}} College Division II
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The '''University of Michigan - Dearborn Rugby''' Football Club (UMD RFC) is the official Rugby Club of the [[University of Michigan-Dearborn]]. It competes in the Second Collegiate Division of the Michigan Rugby Union [http://www.michiganrfu.org] (MRU)
== History ==
The UMD RFC is a newly founded College Rugby Club in the Michigan Rugby Union which has seen a recent growth of college rugby clubs. The UMD RFC joins Wayne State University and Hillsdale College as the newest members to the Michigan College Rugby ranks. Joining UMD RFC in the Second Collegiate Division is second year program Oakland University, Lake Superior State University and Western Michigan University. The UMD RFC was founded in 2007 by then FreshMen Marc Sanko and Brian Hehir who sought to create a sport which the University could rally around and truly enjoy as an entire campus. Noticing the lack of an American Football team on campus, they believed that a Rugby team at the University of Michigan - Dearborn would be in a unique position, having the possibility of being the most popular sport on campus and possibly catapulting the popularity of Rugby in the Metro-Detroit area with the hopeful success of the Club in Dearborn. The team started with an original 14 members in May before team membership dropped to a low of only 5 players, then after a successful recruiting off-season numbers have once again risen and now sit around 20 full time members. The Club was officially recognized by the University of Michigan - Dearborn Athletic Department in June of 2007, and then earned the official recognition of USA Rugby in early August.
== 2007 - 2008 schedule ==
{{CFB Schedule Start|rank=no|tv=yes|radio=yes}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 8/25/07
| time = 3:00 PM
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = Detroit Rugby Club (Exh.)
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Farwell Field
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| gamename =
| tv =
| radio =
| score = 35-5
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 9/8/07
| time = 11:00 AM
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Wayne State]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Tolan Park
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video
| radio =
| score = 32-0
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 9/15/07
| time = 1:00 PM
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Oakland University]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bryant Middle School
| site_cityst = Dearborn, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video
| radio =
| score = 31-7
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 9/22/07
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Hillsdale College]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Hillsdale, MI
| gamename =
| tv =
| radio =
| score = Forfeit
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 9/28/07
| time = 1:00 PM
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Western Michigan University]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bryant Middle School
| site_cityst = Dearborn, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video
| radio =
| score = 41-5
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 10/6/07
| time = 1:00 PM
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Oakland University]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Upper Fields
| site_cityst = Rochester, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video
| radio =
| score = 11-0
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 10/10/07
| time = 7:00 PM
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Grand Valley State University]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Dearborn Edsel Ford High School
| site_cityst = Dearborn, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video, Dearborn Public TV
| radio = WUMD
| score = 53-12
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = 10/20/07
| time = 1:00 PM
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Lake Superior State University]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bryant Middle School
| site_cityst = Dearborn, MI
| gamename =
| tv = Campus Video
| radio =
| score = Forfeit
| overtime =
}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=no|poll=|timezone=[[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]]}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Forwards
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| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|<center>'''<font color="DAA520">Player</center>'''</font>|| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|'''<font color="DAA520">Position'''</font>|| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|'''<font color="DAA520">Year'''</font>
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Marc Sanko
|{{Hooker|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Brian Hehir
|{{Prop|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Alex Hamilton
|{{Lock|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Lance Petrick
|{{Lock|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Travis Walker
|{{Flanker|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Ali Ali
|{{Prop|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
|-
|{{flagicon|Iraq }} Sarmad Jabra
|{{Hooker|capital=yes}}
|Junior
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Dan Bosh
|{{Lock|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Ali Badaoui
|{{Flanker|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
|-
|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Jose Villarreai
|{{Flanker|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Adnan Alkatali
|{{Number 8|capital=yes}}
|Junior
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Pat Khalaf
|{{Lock|capital=yes}}
|Junior
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Backs
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| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|<center>'''<font color="DAA520">Player</center>'''</font>|| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|'''<font color="DAA520">Position'''</font>|| bgcolor="00246b" style="width:150px"|'''<font color="DAA520">Year'''</font>
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Steven Pydyn
|{{Fullback|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Ken Paylor
|{{Fly-half|capital=yes}}
|Senior
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Matt Smokovitz
|[[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|Centre]]
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Nick Norton
|{{Wing|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Jim Lubeck
|[[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|Centre]]
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Brian Muscat
|{{Wing|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Steven Piazza
|{{Scrum-half|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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|{{flagicon|Lebanon }} George Hwari
|{{Scrum-half|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Eric Turnisky
|[[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|Centre]]
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Tom Kowalski
|{{Fly-half|capital=yes}}
|Junior
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Brad Engel
|{{Wing|capital=yes}}
|Freshman
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|{{flagicon|Michigan }} Rick Jauuszkowski
|{{Fullback|capital=yes}}
|Sophomore
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</table>
==Officers==
President: Marc "The Don" Sanko
Vice President: Brian Hehir
Webmaster: Steve "Stevie-P" Pydyn
Social Chair: Lance "Roids" Petrick
Match Secretary: Matt "Jason Bourne" Smokovitz
Team Manager: Stefanie Mullins
==Coaches==
Head Coach: Kirk "Shooter" Borger
Asst Coach: Jimmy "Smiley" Clausen
== External links ==
http://www.pwnprops.com/UMD_Rugby/index.html
http://www.umd.umich.edu
http://www.umd.umich.edu/athletics
[[Category:University of Michigan]]