Three clubs, three overlapping seasons, and something on a field in Santa Barbara most weeks of the year. Fixture-by-fixture results live on each club's own site; this page is the calendar across all three.
A batch of 431 photographs from a former player went into the Grunion's MERchives archive, covering the Division II Sweet 16 seasons of 2004 and 2005 in Newport, Rhode Island, and the 2006 run through Columbia, South Carolina to the Final Four in San Diego. They are live at grunionrugby.com/MERchives.
SBRFC hosted the 2026 SB Sevens tournament at Elings Park, closing out a summer of touch rugby at Chase Palm Park before the fifteens season opened in October.
The women's club held its annual silent auction at Validation Ale in the Funk Zone, one of the fundraisers that keeps season dues at $150 rather than something higher.
The women's season runs October through March in the Southern California Senior Women's Division II, with training Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7 to 9PM, on Soccer Field 2 at Elings Park.
From 4 to 7PM at Elings Park. Players, families, friends and newcomers are welcome for rugby games, a candy scavenger hunt, food for sale, drinks and a club fundraiser raffle. Costumes encouraged. This is the open event for any family thinking about youth rugby.
Pre-season conditioning and skills for the men's club, training Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9PM on the upper fields at Elings Park. After the holiday break, training is back on Tuesday 5 January. This is the easiest point in the year for a new player to start, before the first competitive fixture.
Youth pre-season training runs Tuesday and Thursday, 4 to 5:15PM, for all age grades at Chase Palm Park.
Training moves to Soccer Field 1 at Elings Park, Tuesday and Thursday. U8 to U10 train 4 to 5PM and U12 to U14 train 4:30 to 6PM. U16 participation is still to be confirmed by the club.
Estimated season dates for the youth club. Both are provisional and the season may start later in January. Match fixtures, opponents and kickoff times are confirmed by the club as the schedule is set.
The men's Division 2 season, with Saturdays as match day and a fixture list of 13 or more matches against clubs across Southern California. Training continues Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout.
Non-contact touch rugby on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30PM, plus a Wednesday evening session at 6PM. Open to anyone curious about the sport who is not ready to commit to a contact season.
Each club keeps its own fixture list and results, updated through the season.
