Not only did players gain recognition but the Stags coaching staff during those early years, Colin Lumby and Peter Reichenbach both university professors and later Lou Dryden provided great leadership and guidance. Peter Reichenbach also coached the Calgary and Alberta representative teams taking Alberta to its first national championship losing 7-3 to Ontario. The coaching was part of the strength of the Stags but also became part of the downfall when lack of support from the university led to a team without coaching and staff liaison forcing the club to fold in the mid ‘70s.
The presence of rugby on campus was sporadic for over 2 decades until finally in 1999, rugby returned to the university with the formation of a women’s rugby club and a men’s team in 2000. Since then, the club grew and on November 22nd, 2001, the University of Calgary Rugby Football Club (UCFRC) was officially formed with the election of an executive committee and a ratified constitution. The mandate of the club is to promote the game of rugby within the university community, providing students the opportunity to take part in competition at the local, provincial, intercollegiate and international levels. The UCRFC competes using the Dinos moniker. While competing as student athletes players are Dinos but once a player graduates or leaves the club he becomes a Stag thus maintaining a strong link to the past.
As stated above the Little Brown Jug competition against the Golden Bears began in 1962 and even though there are gaps when the teams did not play it is safe to say the Jug is the oldest contested trophy on campus and the Stags have a decided edge in wins! |
