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Maui's U16s in action, winning a scum at 2009 State Championships

Helping young people grow in a safe, fun, & disciplined way by growing Rugby on Maui and statewide in Hawaii. That's what Maui Rugby Org (a Hawaii Non Profit Corporation) is all about. We are the Maui affiliate of USA Rugby, Hawaii Youth Rugby and the Hawaii State Rugby Union and have established free programs for pre-teens, teens and young adults by partnering with existing organizations serving the youth of Maui, including Kihei Youth Center, Maui Commuinty Y, and multiple church youth groups in Lahaina, Napili, Kihei, Wailuku , and Kahului and are seeking to spread to Hana, Upcountry, Molokai and Lanai. To join, donate, volunteer, or find out more, please send us an e-mail, click Contact Us. Click Rugby News for updates. Check out the video below to see our U17s in action. Also please check out and patronize the donors on our Donor Mahalos page. We are able to field quality sides of school aged, university aged, and open adult aged players for matches with touring sides. If your school, university, or club wants to play on Maui (Click contact us). To see more of the most recent photos of our U16s at the 2009 HYR State Championships click Rugby News.

Maui U16s running strong in their new National Guard uniforms at HYR U16 State Championships.

Video of our U17s in action v. Waimea Hawaii Teen All Stars at National Team Development Camp 2008 Maui

Our programs include cultural exchanges with rugby enthusiasts from other islands, states, and countries, in keeping

with the traditions of rugby that date back to 1823. Becasue Maui is a wold class vacation destination and rugby is played

in more than 100 countries, our yongsters are provided with unparralleled opportuinities to make new friends from all around the world.

Kalihi v. Parkside, the Championship Match for U19 Girls at the Aloha 7s 2009

We also support men and women's rugby programs for young adults in Lahiana and Kahului.

What is Rugby? It is one of the two most popular team sports in the word

and the world's most popular full contact team sport.

To see a simple Rugby 101 animated intro, click on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQyCcageGg

Players interested in joining Maui Rugby need no experience

Lack of financial ability to contribute to the costs of the season will not prevent playing.

Lack of ability will not keep those willing from playing, no cuts and no bench warming.
If you practice, you play. Recreational events as well as competitive ones scheduled.

2008-2009 Registration is underway. See Registration Forms to read the forms that will be available at practices.

Tag rugby happening Mondays and Wednesdays at the field next to the Kihei Youth Center from 5:00 pm to sunset.

Scrum between Maui and the Big Island HYR Tournament 2007 Line Out between Maui and the Big Island HYR Tournament 2007

Rugby draws young people, especially youngstgers in the most at risk age categories in our society, teens and young adults,

to the benefits of team sports. We believe that team sports can be a catalyst for positive growth, physically, mentally, emotionally,

culturally, and socially. Rugby's non stop action, requirement for good decisions to be made under pressure, and sporting traditiions

provide many unique opportunities for young people, and people young at heart, to grow in each of those ways.

Rugby has many unique traditions. Two of the best appear on the video clip linked below which shows the

national team of Tonga doing the sipitau in response to the haka of the national team of New Zealand just before their

2007 Rugby World Cup match. Notice the size of the crowd in the background after you click on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKyJltXqz8

Rugby is played in 118 countries and has long standing traditions of hosting, touring, and combining players from

opposing teams in one georgraphic area to form representative teams to play against similar combined teams from another

geographical area, from the smallest municipality to the national teams that compete every four years for the Rugby World

Cup. Visting teams are typically hosted by the families of the home clubs, usually in the home of their opposite

number or at a sponsoring church or club. Thus, Rugby can open up the whole world to its participants by offering travel

opportunites that can be funded for much less than those that involve hotel stays, which are typical when multiple teams

converge in one venue for a rugby tournament. Even participants who never get the chance to travel are exposed to numerous

cultures through interaction with one another. Rugby players and volutneers in Hawaii include, for example, people who have

lived all across North America, the continents of Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, and South America as well as many from island

nations as spread out on the globe as Tonga, Ireland, Samoa, Scotland, Fiji, England, Japan, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka.

High school players from Oahu and Pennsylvania met at 2005 Aloha U19 Rugby 7s Tournament

People of both genders play versions of rugby from the age of 5 to over the age of 80.

There is a version of our sport played at the Olympic level by people who use wheelchairs to locomote.

Rugby is truly an inclusive sport. We don't have bench warmers.

When a rugby club has more players than needed for one team in any division we form more teams.

University women squaring off in an NCAA Rubgy Match Rugby at the Maui Family YMCA camp, players age 5 and up

Educational institutions around the globe have also seen the benefits of Rugby in developing the whole person.

In the USA alone some 428 universities have rugby programs. Some of those programs provide admission

assistance to young people seeking a higher educaiton and some even offer rugby scholarships.

Maui Rugby helps our young players tap into those resources. Click Rugby Universities to learn more.

Mana O Maui Rugby, first day of competition at Aloha U19 Rugby 7s Tournament March 2007, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii

Maui Rugby grew from the 10 players and 3 coaches shown in the above photo from March of 2007 to more than

125 teens & preteens & more than 60 young adults playing by the end of 2007. The number of adult volunteers coaching and mentoring grew from 3 to more than 20 during the same period. This past year we have increased that number to over 200 youngsters playing rugby on Maui.

Click Meet the Teams to see our rosters & more photos of our players and coaches.

Full tackle rugby programs for U17, U19, U23, Open Men and Open Women

Recreational Flag Rugby programs for the age brackets U15, U12, U10, U8, 35+ & 50+

Click Schedule/Results to see schedule being arranged for 2008 and the 2007 match results.

Facts at a Glance regarding Rugby Union Football:
• The fastest growing team sport in the USA among high school aged student athletes
• Big Island and Oahu boys clubs formed 2004-2006, Mana O Maui formed 2007
• Played by high school students since 1823 and is the forerunner of gridiron football

118 Countries play rugby, the best team is crowned world cup champion every 4 years

As of 2006 there were:
• 386 US programs for high school boys, average more than 37 boys each
• 112 US programs for high school girls, average more than 29 girls each
• 428 universities and colleges in the USA play rugby, some offer rugby scholarships

Rugby is an inexpensive way to bring the many benefits of team sports to students.

Fundraising is done by club members and their families to make the season possible.
Contributions are tax deductible.

USA Rugby clubs are organized for a safe and fun experience for the players and fans,

and provide protection with liability insurance for sponsors, schools, field owners,

and the volunteers who coach, referee and administer.

Adult volunteers are screened with criminal background checks at the expense of USA

Rugby. USA Rugby training and certification programs are available for those willing to

referee and/or coach.

You or your business can be a sponsor. Any contribution, no matter what size, will help youngsters stay out of trouble and gain the benefits of team sport.

For more information about playing rugby this

year, becoming a volunteer, sponsor or

contributor, please contact Jack Breen at

coach-jack@maui-rugby.org, or at

jackbreen@hawaii.rr.com

Maui Rugby Hawaii! Rugby for Children, Teens, and Young Adults!

Safe, fun, caring chance to learn to play Rugby Union, Rugby 7s & Flag Rugby. No experience needed. Positions for all shapes and sizes. Teams for all levels of ability.