Nickname(s) Diablo Gaels League(s) NCRFU Division I Union USA Rugby | President John Compaglia Founded 1971 | |
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Full name Diablo Gaels Rugby Football Club Ground(s) Wilder Athletic Fields (Orinda, CA) Coach(es) Michaelangelo Krango Steve Green Tim Lew | ||
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Diablo Gaels Rugby Football Club, located in the San Francisco East Bay (Orinda), CA. The Gaels compete in the Northern California Rugby Football Union's Division I competition. In 2009, the Gaels made it to the first round of Division 2 playoffs beating the Portland Pigs RFC and eventually losing to Red Mountain Warthogs.
The history of the Diablo Gaels Rugby Club (formerly Olde Gaels Athletic Club) was a result of the merger of two separate clubs known as Peacock Gap and Piedmont Rugby Clubs in 1971. St. Mary's College Rugby Coach Patrick Vincent, former Captain of the 1956 New Zealand All Blacks, suggested that his graduating seniors join the club. In so doing, the name Olde Gaels was selected as the college athletes joining the club were no longer young Gaels. The club has competed in Northern California Rugby Football Union since 1971, competing continuously for the past 41 seasons. Diablo Gaels Rugby is now privileged to have players from various Colleges and Universities throughout the United States as well as overseas.