Board of Directors

President (Term Length = 1 Year)

• Mike Villalobos

Secretary (Term Length = 1 Year)

• Sam Hartley

Treasurer (Term Length = 1 Year)

• Brian Strenk

Director of Fundraising (Term Length = 2 Years)(Elections occur on even numbered years for this role)

• Ben Bastian

Director of Club Affairs (Term Length = 2 Years)(Elections occur on even numbered years for this role)

• Matthew Green

Director of Operations (Term Length = 2 Years)(Elections occur on odd numbered years for this role)

• Kelvin Rodwell (Interim)

Director of Communications (Term Length = 2 Years)(Elections occur on odd numbered years for this role)

• Rob Walker

Director of Youth Rugby (Term Length = 2 Years)(Elections occur on odd numbered years for this role)

• Del Salinas

Board of Director Meeting Minutes

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Club Accolades

Texas Rugby Union Champions (National Appearances)

2022-2023 Men’s Division 2

2017-2018 Men’s Division 2

2008-2009 Men’s Division 2

1986-1987 Men’s Division 2

1975-1976 Men’s Division 2

Texas Rugby Union Division Champions

2023-2024 Men’s Division 2

2023-2024 Men’s Division 3

2022-2023 Men’s Division 2

2021-2022 Men’s Division 2

2017-2018 Men’s Division 2

2015-2016 Men’s Division 3

2014-2015 Men’s Division 3

2013-2014 Men’s Division 3

(More to come…)

San Antonio Rugby began in 1972 and has been a pillar of rugby in Texas, and the premier rugby experience in South Texas since. Not only do we pride ourselves in accolades earned over five decades but it is our goal to promote a family friendly experience and to educate the community on the game of rugby.

Some fond memories from our Old Boys, a.k.a Los Viejos:
“In 1999, we went to Western Championships (which used to be the round of 64 teams left in the nation per division and would finish with 16 teams that moved on). It was also 3 days in a row, full 80 minutes match on Friday. Winners played on Saturday and Sunday. We beat Ft worth on Friday, and they were defending national champions that year. We lost to Springfield Missouri on Saturday in nail biting knock on in try zone finish at full time. On Sunday we beat Colorado Springs (just for seeding). So that year we finished Top 20 in nation for division - just missing the round of 16.”

 “In 1999 we went to Boulder CO in 7s. This was a playoff round that we earned by placing in 3 other summer tournaments including Bloodfest in Austin. (They used to host it at Zilker park) We beat the Austin Blacks in the championship game and had to be in Boulder the next weekend. We hadn’t planned for a trip like that because we had to win Bloodfest to move on- so we got all kinds of last-minute flights, flight miles etc. donated. There were 16 teams in pools of 4. We went 1-2 in pool/3rd rank and didn’t make the Top 8. But we played the KC Blues 7- who were strong back then in 7s with like 3-4 Eagles and we were the only team beating them at halftime. They came back and smoked us 2nd half. Our win was a 21-19 comeback win. We were down 19-0 at half and Coach Geoff Wurts had us drink Night Train for 1 minute halftime. I scored the winning/last second Try to tie and Mike Wiener kicked the conversion for the win. The team- Joe Davis, Geoff Wurts, Mike Poole, Avery Ford, Tim Cone, Will Gunter, Mike Weiner and me. 8 players for a 12-man roster.”

“In 2001-02, we made the round of 16 in Rhode Island. We beat media Pennsylvania in day 1/Saturday in a double OT match. 10 minutes of OT. First OT was played to draw. 2nd OT was sudden death and we scored with maybe 2 minutes left on the clock. We played New Haven CT next day and we got beat like 32-15, we just didn’t have the legs/gas in the tank to keep up. They went on to win D2 national championship that year. We finished Top 8 but no seeding to know 5-8 ranks.”

Player Awards

2023-2024 Season (TRU Division 2, TRU Division 3 Central)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Brian Strenk,Ryan Rackley

• D2 Forward of the Year: David Phillips

• D2 Back of the Year: Alex McCarty

• D3 Forward of the Year: Bryant Moore

• D3 Back of the Year: Jackson Elliot

• Rookie of The Year: Hank Hornsby, Clyde Newton

2022-2023 Season (TRU Division 2, TRU Division 3 Central)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Brian Strenk

• D2 Forward of the Year: Ryan Rackley

• D2 Back of the Year: Lungile Tshuma

• D3 Forward of the Year: Matthew Green

• D3 Back of the Year: Anthony Candrilli

2021-2022 Season (TRU Division 2)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Nathanial Taylor

• D2 Forward of the Year: Martin Keuchkerian

• D2 Back of the Year: Brian Strenk

2018-2019 Season (TRU Division 1)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Trevor Brunet

• D1 Forward of the Year: Jason Dayton

• D1 Back of the Year: Delfino Salinas

2017-2018 Season (TRU Division 2, TRU Division 3 Central)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Shane Morales

• D2 Forward of the Year: Ryan Rackley

• D2 Back of the Year: Calvin Johnson

• D3 Forward of the Year: Juan Cornett

• D3 Back of the Year: Ian Klaes