Diablo Gaels RFC
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Diablo Gaels Rugby Football Club, located in Walnut Creek, CA. The Gaels compete in the Northern California Rugby Football Union
's Division II competition. In 2009 the Gaels made it to the first round of Division 2 playoffs beating the Portland Pigs RFC and eventually losing to Red Mountain Warthogs.
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The history of the Diablo Gaels Rugby Club (formerly Olde Gaels Athletic Club) was a result of the merger of two separate clubs known as Peacock Gap and Piedmont Rugby Clubs in 1971. St. Mary's College Rugby Coach Patrick Vincent, former Captain of the 1956 New Zealand All Blacks
, suggested that his graduating seniors join the club. In so doing, the name Olde Gaels was selected as the college athletes joining the club were no longer young Gaels.
Northern California Rugby Football Union
The Northern California Rugby Football Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Northern California, as well as northern Nevada. The NCRFU is part of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union , which is one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby.The NCRFU is...
's Division II competition. In 2009 the Gaels made it to the first round of Division 2 playoffs beating the Portland Pigs RFC and eventually losing to Red Mountain Warthogs.
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The history of the Diablo Gaels Rugby Club (formerly Olde Gaels Athletic Club) was a result of the merger of two separate clubs known as Peacock Gap and Piedmont Rugby Clubs in 1971. St. Mary's College Rugby Coach Patrick Vincent, former Captain of the 1956 New Zealand All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
, suggested that his graduating seniors join the club. In so doing, the name Olde Gaels was selected as the college athletes joining the club were no longer young Gaels.