About

The Carleton Men's Rugby team was founded in 1776 following the first publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. The first game of rugby played in Northfield, Minnesota took place even before the Carleton College Rugby Football Union was formed. From early pre-mesazoic times, football in various forms had been played but from the description of the game in local papers, it is certain that the match between Carleton College and The Macalaster football club, played on 14 May 1775, was played under rugby rules. Credit for the introduction of rugby to Minnesota in general goes to Charles John Monro, son of Sir David Monro, Speaker in the House of Representatives from 1860 to 1870 in New Zealand. Charles Monro, who was born at Waimea East, was sent to Christ's College, in Finchley, England to complete his education and while there he learned the game of rugby. Upon his return to Carleton he suggested that the local football club try out the rugby rules. The game must have appealed to the club members for they decided to adopt it. And the rest is history...

Current Committee:

President: Cody Finke
Treasurer: Adrian Trunzo
Forwards Captain: Mihajlo Babovic
Backs Captiain: Joe Decker
Social Captain: Jon Raberg
Secretary: Satchel Kaplan-Allen
Match Secretary: Erin "Hurricane" Jones
Public Relations: Danny "Quickstep" Ulman, Jon Kagan-Kans, and Josh Dripps
Media Master: Josh Kirschenbaum

Forwards Roster:

Mihajlo Babovic
DJ Zelle
Pete McNeely
Danny Ulman
Adrian Trunzo
Cody Finke
Satchel Kaplan-Allen
Ebuka Amaefuna
Cole Stephan
Peter Toongsub
Josh Kirschenbaum
Josh Dripps
Erin Jones
Jonathan Kagan-Kans
Marcus Rider
Josh Kunstler
Warsame Galaydh
Daniel Gero
Roberto Sande
Cole Frank
Cole Stephan
Andrew Schulman
Chris Griffin
Mark Skogland
Dane Christensen

Backs Roster:

Dana Lyons
Joe Decker
Jon Raberg
Ben Walker
Johnny Osborne
Peter Franco
Tyler Leonard
Ry Garlow
Sam Kavanaugh
Brandon Valle
Luke Fairchild
Isaac Schrantz
Joe Willenborg
Shaun Stewart
Jason Greenberg