NORTH SHORE RUGBY ACADEMY

NORTH SHORE RUGBY ACADEMY Non-Contact Youth Rugby Academy for Boys and Girls on the North Shore of Chicago. We play Touch rugby all year and tackle rugby in the Spring! Join us.

Fun Facts

Rugby is played in over 125 countries and is growing each year at all age levels. There is a Rugby World Cup every 4 years with qualification matches leading up to one of the largest viewed sporting events surpassed by scale only by the FIFA World Cup the Olympics and the Tour de France. The first World Cup, in 1987, had a cumulative world television audience of 300 million, it's succes

sor, the 1991 event in England, reached 1.75 billion. South Africa's 1995 tournament reached 2.67 billion and the Welsh-hosted event reached 3 billion. The 2003 tournament had a cumalative world television audience of 3.5 billion and broadcasted in 205 countries. The 2007 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 4 billion. Rugby is a former Olympic sport and team USA won the last gold medal back in 1924. It will be reintroduced to the Olympics in the 7s format in Rio de Janeiro 2016. There are many different variations of rugby, the main ones are: Rugby Union (15 a side) Rugby league (13 a side) Rugby 7s (7 a side, Olympic version) and Flag rugby, there is also a ten a side variation, touch rugby, wheelchair rugby and even beach rugby! Rugby balls are oval because when first made they we’re created using pigs bladders, which when inflated became oval. Basketball was created by a rugby coach, James Naismith, who wanted an indoor sport to keep his players conditioned during the winter in 1891. Rugby was first played in 1823, 60 years before American football.

09/10/2022
Getting ready for the season! U/13 and U/15Join us www.nsrugby.com
04/12/2022

Getting ready for the season!
U/13 and U/15
Join us www.nsrugby.com

04/12/2022

There’s still time to join us!
Practice on Mondays & Thursdays 6:00pm to 7:30 pm at Gillson Park in Wilmette.

Let me know if you want to go! 🤩
09/22/2020

Let me know if you want to go! 🤩

Join us this Sunday for the Rugby World Cup Final!Prizes for the best dressed super fan, raffles, BBQ, popcorn and bar. ...
10/29/2019

Join us this Sunday for the Rugby World Cup Final!
Prizes for the best dressed super fan, raffles, BBQ, popcorn and bar. Family and Friends are welcome!
http://ezregister.com/events/30818

Save the Date: Saturday, October 19thCome see the games on a Giant Big Screen!Raffles, Prizes for the Best Dressed Fan,...
10/04/2019

Save the Date: Saturday, October 19th
Come see the games on a Giant Big Screen!
Raffles, Prizes for the Best Dressed Fan, Drinks, BBQ, Snacks and Popcorn.

To purchase your $10 tickets visit http://ezregister.com/events/30564

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