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Rugby team
The
Pittsburgh Harlequins
is an American
rugby union
that was founded in 1973. The team is a member of the
USA Rugby Football Union
, the
Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union
, and the
Potomac Rugby Union
.
History
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As of 2014
[update]
, the team had forty active players, and has had over 300 alumni members since its founding by
University of Pittsburgh
law students. It advanced to the Final 16 of the National Championships in 1999 and 2004.
The Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Football Association was created in 1995 to support the club, its facilities, and rugby youth outreach programs targeting underprivileged youth. In 1997, the RFA bought 12 acres (49,000 m
2
) of land in
Indiana Township
,
Pennsylvania
and constructed two full-sized lighted rugby or soccer pitches with an adjacent parking lot and clubhouse.
The team helps to develop rugby in the Pittsburgh area through youth outreach programs and supports high school rugby teams, university teams such as the
Carnegie Mellon Rugby Football Club
, and other age-grade all-star teams.
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