UCLA WRFC HISTORY — 31 Years of Excellence

It all began in 1975 when several inspired, athletic UCLA students decided to found a women's rugby club. Following the lead of the national champion UCLA men's rugby club, the young team worked hard and soon earned a berth in the National USA Championships. The Bruins captured third place in their first appearance and earned the respect of the predominantly East Coast participants. Thus began the great tradition of women's rugby at UCLA. During the 1980's and 1990's, many teams in the area have come and gone, but one remains to dominate the Southern California Women's Rugby League: The UCLA Bruins.

Throughout the years, the Bruin Ruggers have enjoyed a strong relationship with the university. UCLA supports our team with the generous use of finely manicured fields for practice and games, medical coverage at home matches, and assistance with administrative details from the Club Sports Office. Our former coach, Tam Breckenridge was a member of the National Championship UCLA basketball team. Taking up rugby after graduation, she became a member of the USA Women's National Rugby team and was an integral member on the USA's 1991 World Championship team. During the past seasons, she has guided the Bruins to the National Championship Tournament five times.

Beginning in 2005, Meenon Gunanayagam, Erin Kane, Michelle Kwandam, Camilla Liou, Erin Murray, Shu Ong and Diana Tran formed the collegiate side of UCLA Women's Rugby and the club began competing in the collegiate division of the Southern California Women's Rugby Union.

In their first year as a collegiate team, the Bruins won the Division II Championships in the Southern California territory and travelled to Santa Cruz for Nationals. They now compete in Division I and hope to achieve similar success and build from past experiences.