Rugby

Fierce. Focused. First.

MARYWOOD RUGBY

Meet Coach Gulden

He Knows How To Win

John Gulden is passionate about rugby, about his players, and about his charge to build a new varsity rugby program from the ground up at Marywood University.

Coach Gulden is a USA Rugby Level 200 and World Rugby Level 1 certified coach. He comes to Marywood University from West Chester University, where he was the Assistant/Forwards Coach with the Women’s Varsity Rugby program.

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Photo Caption: Coach Gulden’s team won the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union Regional Championship.

Rugby @ Marywood

Fierce. Focused. First.

Be all three at Marywood University as part of the first men’s and women’s varsity rugby teams. Both programs will begin competitive play in the fall as members of USA Rugby (the national governing body) and the Small College Division of the Mid Atlantic Rugby Conference (MARC).

Extreme.

Intense.

Yeah. That's All You.

I'M TOUGH

I'M A STARTER

I'M UNSTOPPABLE

I'M READY

Let's Get Ready To Scrum!

Here are a few teams we’ll meet in competition:

Men's Team

Susquehanna
Bucknell
Albright
Penn State Berks
Neumann

Women's Team

York
Scranton
Millersville
LaSalle

Get Fit For Rugby

Marywood's Center for Athletics and Wellness offers extensive modern facilities for fitness, recreation, and athletic opportunities, including a premier fitness center, a climbing wall, Aquatic Center, an elevated running track, a dance/aerobic studio, an arena to showcase Pacer Sports, and high tech athletic training areas.

Outdoor athletic facilities include six tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, and basketball courts. The baseball and softball fields are some of the finest in the region, and Marywood offers a multipurpose natural grass field, as well as a synthetic turf field with lighting for evening events.

#Pacersneverstop

You're ready. You want to start now. You want to set records.

At Marywood, you can rule on the field and in the classroom. Our student athletes succeed, athletically and academically, and we have the record to prove it. The Pacers never stop, on or off the field.

+1,200

2,535

Conference Championships

All-Conference Honors

National Team Academic Award Winners

Student-Athletes on the Conference Academic Honor Roll

It's Time To Play

Men's Rugby

@marywoodmrugby

Women's Rugby

@marywoodwrugby

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