Philadelphia Whitemarsh Rugby Football Club

Shoutout a bunch Philly-Whitemarsh guys helping out with some local rugby. This past spring season, PW coach, and , lent their time to as they got their fledging program restarted again. Big shoutout to Ryan McLean and Marcus Maffei, who donated their time and expertise to ref Haverford’s home tournament. Cheers to these guys who are dedicated to growing rugby locally.

Congratulations to for winning this year’s president’s award. John Knab, who recently retired, has served this club in many capacities for nearly two decades including previously serving as president and captain. John has been the heart of what it represents to be a member of Philly-Whitemarsh and we can’t thank him enough for his contributions to the club. In fact, the day after he “retired”, he was back at practice giving our first side a body to run against. John’s ethos in rugby: “Don’t think, just play rugby”.

The current members of the Blue Blazers club, given to PWRFC’s Hall of Famers. We will give out the remaining Blue Blazers at next year’s banquet. Special photo with Joe Kelly (2021), who couldn’t make the banquet. Congratulations gentlemen!

Among the hall of fame speeches, Philly-Whitemarsh celebrated the 40th anniversary of before 7s became as popular as it is now, spearheaded by . Interestingly, the team that is now known as Atlantis almost became the Crows, but quickly shot down by Emil 😂. Pictured here are some of the ORIGINAL Atlantis rugby members holding the photo with an awesome history from Marcus Maffei and Biddy Boyle along with Jack Foley. Here’s to another 40 years!

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On Friday, we finally celebrated George Betzler’s legacy at our annual banquet. Speeches were given from hall of famers like and Clark DeLeon, but also various members sharing stories throughout the night. We even presented George’s Blue Blazer to Helen. It was a fitting tribute for a man that gave so much to not only PWRFC, but also the sport of rugby. RIP George