... y counts 4 points, and the conversion counts 2. The Rugby League conducts professional, and some amateur, competition in this form of the game in northern England, France, Australia, and Ne Zealand.IVHISTORY1962 Rugby Englands traditional game had a record season in the United States and Canada in 1962, ith more than 200 U.S. and Canadian teams participating in organized competition. The Eastern Rugby Union, begun in 1947 by Princeton and Yale, no includes tenty-one member and four affiliated clubs. Other active groups are the Missouri Rugby Union, Southern California Rugby Union, Rugby Union of Northern California, Alberta Rugby Union, Ontario Rugger Union, and the Quebec Rugger Union. Three U.S. teams engaged in international competition during the year. At Montreal, the Eastern Rugby Union all-star team lost to the Quebec Rugger Union all-stars, 8-0. Financed by the People-to-People Sports Committee, the illiams College Rugby Football Club as inless in a four-game tour of England, and the Dartmouth College team lost four and tied one in a five-game tour of Ireland. Also attracting ide attention as the Ne Zealand Rugby Unions Canadian tour. The Ne Zealanders lost to Vancouver, 3-0, and to British Columbia, 9-6. In the Commonealth Cup tournament at Bermuda, Princeton defeated Yale for premier honors, hile Virginia and Notre Dame tied for the consolation-round title. Dartmouth College retained the Carling Cup in the annual Canadian-U.S. competition by defeating the Province of Quebec team, 5-3. The Eastern Rugby Union championship ent to Amherst, hich also defeated Dartmouth for the hitton division title. In other ERU championships, Harvard on over illiams in the Lee division, Columbia defeated Army in the Challenge circuit, and Baltimore led estchester in the Pioneer loop. Harvard on the fourth annual seven-a-side tournament at Ne York Citys Van Cortlandt Park by defeating the Ne York A team, 8-5, in triple overtime. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team finished third among the thirty teams in the competition. Undefeated in ten games, the Bombers Rugby Club on the allace trophy, emblematic of the Missouri Rugby Football Union championship. Paced by high-scoring Bob Meyer and Leo Hyla, the Bombers on nine games and tied one. Second in the six-team league as the Rebels Rugby Club, ith a 6-2-2 season record. Roy Gibsen, ho scored 28 points for the Rebels, as named the unions outstanding player. In intersectional play involving Missouri Rugby Union teams at St. Louis, Mo., Harvard defeated ashington University, 24-0, and the Ramblers Secundus, 6-3, but lost to the Ramblers Primus, 10-0. Notre Dame as victorious against the Rebels, 16-0, but lost to the Bombers, 40-0 and 3-0 to St. Louis University, 8-3 and to ashington University, 8-3.1963 Rugby This football sport imported from England enjoyed another banner year in North America in 1963. United States and Canadian teams competed formally and informally in ell over 200 contests. The Eastern Rugby Union, organized in 1947 by Princeton and Yale universities, no includes 29 active members. Other active North American groups are the Missouri Rugby Union, Southern California Rugby Union, Rugby Union of Northern California, Alberta Rugby Union, Ontario Rugger Union, and the Quebec Rugger Union. In the Commonealth Cup tournament, held annually in Bermuda, Princeton, the 1962 inner, repeated its performance by defeating Virginia in the finals. First Troop, City of Philadelphia Cavalry, on the southeast division championship of the Eastern Rugby Union, hile Amherst and Harvard finished in a tie for the northeast division honors. In an international match, the Quebec Presidents team on, 10-5, from a representative Ne York team. Notre Dame came east in the spring, inning from Fordham N.Y., 8-0, and losing to Columbia and est Point, 9-3 and 18-14, respectively. ... Download