The 1983 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 1983 National Club Rugby Championship was sponsored by Michelob and took place in Chicago, Illinois at Winnemac Park Stadium from May 14–15. The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. Boston RFC represented the Eastern Union after winning their regional final 34–9 over the Norfolk Blues. The Chicago Lions represented the Midwest Union by winning the Mid America Cup with a 19–6 win over Milwaukee. The Dallas Harlequins earned the right to represent the Western RFU by defeating the St. Louis Falcons 35–4. The Old Blues defeated Old Puget Sound 20–6 to win the Pacific Coast Championship. The Berkeley Old Blues won the National title defeating Dallas Harlequins in the final 23–0.
Champions: Old Blues RFC of Berkeley, CA
Coach: Jeff Hollings, Steve Ponder, Leo Fracess(Pres.) Roster: Bill Armstrong, Rick Bailey, Mark Bass, David Bateman, Drew Brooks, Randy Coste, Duker Dapper, Mark Deaton, John Everett, Whit Everett, Roy Helu, Chuck Hextrum, Mark Hoffman, Dean Landry, Jeff Lucas, Tim Mascaroni, Bo Meyersieck, David Morrison, Tim O'Brien, Mark Richter, Mike Smith, Matt Taylor, Art Ward, Blane Warhurst, Jeff Westcott.
Women's Club
The 1983 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 an 11–10 win over Florida State. Beantown advanced to the championship with wins over Chicago and Denver. Belmont Shores of California took third place with a 36–9 win over Madison, WI.
Final
College
The 1983 College championship was won by University of California at Berkeley. Air Force was runner-up.
Military
The 1983 Combined Services Rugby Championship took place at Honor Field in Fort Polk, LA from May 6–8 and was won by Uniformed Services University Hospital Services with a 6–0 win over Fort Stewart. The Health Sciences School of Medicine team from Bethesda, MD made it to the championship with shutout wins against Fort Hood, Camp Pendleton, and Wright Patterson.
Final
Sevens
The 1983 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was a ten team tournament hosted by the Hartford Wanderers and took place on June 19, 1983, at Sterling Field in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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 1983 the Pacific Coast RFU repeated as tournament champions. Results: Eastern 7-13 Midwest Eastern - Western Eastern - Pacific Midwest 6-23 Pacific Midwest 12-10 Western Pacific - Western
High School
The 1983 National High School Rugby Championship took place at Lincoln Field in Washington, D.C. May 29-30. Langley High of Virginia were the champions.