Key West Rugby Club

Rucking in Paradise every Tuesday and Thursday 7pm 101 Petronia St followed by Sally O’Brien’s Pub 9pm 1900 Flagler Ave. Come join us for training every Thursday at the Truman Annex in Key West, 7 pm 101 Petronia St. The Club is always seeking new players who want to learn about the fastest growing sport in the USA, Rugby. No experience is necessary. For more information please contact Cub Preside

nt Neil Gordon 505-818-9255. Matches are held at Bernstein Park on Stock Island, (just north of Key West) and are announced on the clubs page and in the Key West Citizen. Our next scheduled Men's Matches are May 7 vs Miami and June 4 vs Honeybadgers. The team is happy to announce its title Sponsor for the 2022 season continues to be longtime supporter Shanna Key Pub. One of our original and most faithful sponsors, Shanna Key Pub is located at 1900 Flagler Avenue. It is your home for great food, Drink and live Rugby, Soccer, Football action. During the 2022 season, Barry and his crew will host our our post match "Stink and Drink" and awards presentation. The Club hasn't scared off their regular patrons during the last 17 years and the staff treats us like family. You can often catch the team and visiting clubs grabbing a traditional Irish breakfast and watching the latest international matches on Saturday mornings before games. Our sport is as much about comraderie as competition, sharing an adult beverage and swapping old rugby war stories is fundamental to the tradition of the game. When you visit Key West, please stop by our sponsors and let them know you appreciate their support! For 2022, the Club welcomes several associate sponsors. Perfect Pedicabs will happily transport weary travelers all over the island with funny local insight and helpful suggestions. Fury Water Adventures is the premier watersports company in the Keys. They provide snorkel, parasail, jetski and sunset tours. The Club hosts discounted Sunset welcome parties aboard Fury's Commotion on the Ocean. Key West RFC is planning a 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Beerfoot Rugby Tournament in Ft Myers Beach, FL in 2023. Save the date and make your plans to be there for the Alumni Party. The idea of the Key West Rugby Club, like most brillant ideas, started over a few shared beers by Ricardo Quiles-Rosa, Christian Kahle, and Joel Dos Santos in Feb of 2003. Those beers lead to a fateful phone call to a snow bound Chicagoite rugby supply peddlar by the name of Mike Spontak. Rugby balls were soon in transit to the Southernmost City. Soon after a rugby starved Bill McDonough heard a rumor that a couple guys were throwing a rugby ball around duval street. The rest is now history....

Since that time, more than 300 players have suited up for Key West. The Club has developed select side players who have gone on to play for the Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Combined Services teams. The Club has even played internationally. In May of 2005, the Conch Republic National Rugby Team met the the Bahamaian National Rugby team in Nassau, Bahamas.

12/21/2023

Another Great Memory, this time from December 2013, 10 years ago!! The Key West Rugby Club has had some amazing teams over its 20 year history. Please share some of your favorite photos on this Key West Rugby page or attach them here to this thread and I'll add them to our album.