Since 1881, Queen’s Rugby Football has sported the venerable tricolour of Queen's University — blue, gold, and red. The second, third, fourth and fifth teams are named the QRFC Old Boys as much of the funding to operate these teams comes from Queen’s Alumni. Our home field is Kingston Field, which is located in the center of campus. Kingston Field is a rugby only pitch and is home to both the Men's and Women’s teams.
In the modern era of Ontario rugby with the formation of the OUA, Queen’s has enjoyed considerable success. Since 1986 Queen’s has reached the OUA Championship game 15 times and has won 11 Championship titles. Queen's has won a total of 17 OUA Championship banners since 1964.
In addition to intercollegiate rugby, Queen's RFC has a solid history of success away from home. In previous years Queen’s has undertaken successful tours to the South Seas, Bermuda, Scotland, Ireland, America, Argentina (2001, 2008), South Africa (2002, 2006) and Chile (2004).
The men's rugby program at Queen's has been quite prolific in developing players who've gone on to further success at the provincial, national and international level. (This list will include those representative players since mid-80’s only).
Provincial Representatives
Ontario - Richard Attisha, Kevin O'Shea, Steve Jamieson, Brad Greenwood, Mike Brown, Drew MacNaughton, Frank Attaie, Paul Hemmings, Mark Thompson, Bill Young, Bryn Davies, Steve Pettigrew, Gareth Pettigrew, Andrew Armstrong, Ian Middleton, Andrew Thompson , Roger Tumminieri, Erik Cuzzoilino Chad Spence, Steve Orchard, Steve Elliot, Geoff Phelan, James Vickery, Sebastian Orsi, David McCully, Emmet Connolly, Michal Cegielski, Kiel Perchinig, Graham Watt, John O'Leary, David Poettcker, Haddon Murray, Kai Sorensen, Colin Alexander, Zach Pancer, Will Sorensen, Alistair Clark, Matt Kelly, Liam Underwood
British Columbia – Richard Attisha, Brady Carthy, Ed Johnston, Jon Carthy, John Kline, Pat Burke
Quebec — Ian Parker, Donagh Tierney.
Alberta – Bryn Davies, Derek Mendham, William Carnahan
Manitoba – Jonathan Enright
Saskatchewan – Don Alexander, Dan Duke
New Brunswick – Adam McCluskey
Nova Scotia – Paul Hamson
National/International Representatives
Canada - Richard Attisha, Ian Middleton, Andrew Armstrong, Gareth Pettigrew, Steve Pettigrew, Ian Parker, Donagh Tierney, Steve Orchard, Don Alexander, Ed Johnston, Bryn Davies, Erik Cuzzolino, Jason Pither, Sean Fauth, Kiel Perchinig, Haddon Murray, James Potter, Alistair Clark, Sean Duke and Chris Barrett
Canada XV and the Barbarians World XV — David Lougheed
Bermuda — Patrick Cooper
Denmark — Eric Girard
Queen's University is one of Canada ’s oldest universities and is also one of it’s best known. Considered a medium sized university in Canada, with a student population of 14,500 undergraduate and graduate students and 2736 part-time students, Queen's University differs from other universities because its student body radiates so much spirit. Renowned nationwide for its traditions and student camaraderie, Queen's University is continually recognized as one of Canada’s top academic universities. An excellent working relationship between Queen’s and the city of Kingston, the home of Queen’s University, has been established. The resources and talents of both the City and Queen's have been thoughtfully combined as the student body plays an integral role in maintaining an excellent relationship with the residents of Kingston .
Located in the heart of beautiful historic Kingston, Queen's University is within a three-hour drive from Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto. The City of Kingston, and its amalgamated municipalities, has a population of 116,000. Situated on the shores of Lake Ontario, Kingston is considered to be the gateway to the Thousand Islands, and offers a variety of tourist attractions such as historic Fort Henry, recreational activities, shopping and various entertainment packages.
