The 1982 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.
Men's Club
The 1982 National Club Rugby Championship took place in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University's Harry Maloney Field from May 15–16. The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. The Berkeley Old Blues won the title defeating Denver Barbarians in the final 36–7.
Women's Club
The 1982 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place on May 29–30 in Oak Brook, IL. Beantown of Boston, MA won the championship with a 25–0 win over Chicago. Beantown advanced to the championship with a 44-0 quarterfinal win over San Jose and a 20-4 semifinal triumph against Houston.
College
The 1982 College championship was won by University of California at Berkeley. Life Chiropractic was runner-up.
Military
The 1982 Combined Services Rugby Championship took place in Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from May 22–23 and was won by Camp Pendleton with a 12–0 win over Fort Benning.
Sevens
The 1982 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was hosted by the Hartford Wanderers and took place on June 20, 1982, at Sterling Field in West Hartford, Connecticut. The tournament was won by the Bethlehem Hooligans for the first time. On their way to the championship the Hooligans defeated the Hartford Banshees 24–6, Washington D.C. Exiles 26–12, Albany Knickerbockers 20–6, and Beacon Hill. 12–0. Bethlehem Hooligans 26-22 Duck Brothers (Final)
ITT
The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1982 the Pacific Coast RFU repeated as tournament champions. Results: Eastern 10-16 Midwest Eastern 16-3 Western Eastern 16-16 Pacific Midwest 3-16 Pacific Midwest 21-0 Western Pacific 28-0 Western
High School
The 1982 National High School Rugby Championship took place in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University's Harry Maloney Field from May 14–15. Redwood High of Larkspur, CA repeated as champions after defeating Highland of Utah in the final.
Champions: Redwood High
Coach: David Kirschoff
Roster: D. Shubin, Evan Frank, Ralf Venne, Jeff Davis, Don Morshead, Bob McHugh, Gordon Wright, B. Risch, Doug Giles, Tim Peterson, John Morken, Robert Salaber, Jeff Terry, Mark Barry, Frank Minenna, Scott Carter, Walter Friend, Peter Gordon, Bud Reilly, A. diSuvero, Ken Arciga, Pat Farley, Chris Matthews, J. Donovan, Sean Tighe, Ralph Salaber, Dan Morrison, Jeff Maier, Rich Coyle, C. Andrade, Jim Land, Rhim Fleischman, J. deTomasi, James Choulous, Matt Rubenstein, Pat Doyle, Mark MacQuarrie, Matt Eschoo.