San Diego Barracudas RL

Be part of the Cuda family - Vegas is calling 🇺🇸

For $200, sponsor a Barracudas player and stand with us at the NRL Vegas 9s.

Limited sponsorships available!
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The San Diego Barracudas Rugby League Club is proud to announce a historic partnership with Indigenous Mana ahead of the 2026 NRL Las Vegas 9s, one that is focused on cultural connection, community, and creating meaningful opportunities through sport.

The partnership reflects a shared commitment to respect, cultural understanding, and using rugby league as a platform for positive impact. With San Diego County home to the highest number of federally recognised Indigenous tribes in the United States, the collaboration holds strong local significance.

The partnership will include cultural engagement, shared training environments, and the development of pathways for Indigenous athletes and leaders, including a formal cultural ceremony in San Diego and joint practices during the Las Vegas 9s period.

It promises to be an exciting first of its kind partnership!

🚨 A New Era begins 🚨

For immediate release
San Diego
Wednesday December 17 2025

We are delighted to announce that the board of trustees of the San Diego Barracudas have voted unanimously to elect Valeria Desyatnikova as the new club President of the board, effective immediately. Valeria replaces club founder and former president Ben C Calverley, who said “I couldn’t be leaving the Cudas in better hands. Valeria is a force to be reckoned with both on and off the field, and brings the fierce determination that is needed to drive rugby league in America’s Finest City to the next level”.

This appointment signals the start of an exciting new era for the club, with other announcements to follow ahead of the Las Vegas 9s in late February.

The San Diego Barracudas send our condolences to the Jewish community of Sydney and worldwide after the horrific antisemitic attack this weekend.

We know that members of the California rugby league community have been directly affected by the attack, and our hearts are with you.

It's time to celebrate the holidays - come one and all!

Who: All our lovely Cudas and Cuda loved ones
What: Cudas Holiday Party!
When: Friday, December 19th 6pm-🤪
Where: New English pub room, of course
Why: We miss your faces 🫶🏻 and we want to update everyone on training sessions and Vegas plans!
How: bring a lil snack to share and wear your best festive outfit

We love you Eli. You will always be at the heart of the Cuda family, as will Amber and Mason.

Yesterday we said goodbye to Eli Welsh. He will stay with us and the club always.

Eli Welsh was everything the Barracudas stands for. He was a captain, friend, husband, father, and many other things; and in each and every single one he excelled and raised everyone else up around him. His joy and love was infectious.

We will miss him.

I love you Eli.

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🚨 NEW SPONSOR ALERT 🚨

We are absolutely delighted to announce our first brew sponsor heading towards 2026 - the fantastic ! They are providing us with amazing merchandise - here you can see the top quality custom Cuda tent on its first outing at our beach day this weekend, you'll be seeing plenty of that next year!

Thank you to Uri and the Wallatees team, can't wait to work alongside you and build something special!

🚨 END OF SEASON WEEKEND 🚨

We’re closing out the season with TWO days of fun, rugby, and looking ahead to the future!

📅 Saturday, August 23
🏖 Beach Touch Rugby
🕑 2–4 pm • Del Mar Beach

📅 Sunday, August 24
🍻 Social & 2026 Planning
🕕 6–8 pm • New English Brewing

Come celebrate the season, bring your friends and family, and help us plan for the road ahead. 💪🐟

Help one of our Barrakiddos to be Youth Athlete of the Year!

Odin has played both Rugby Union & League since age 4—one of the few to do both—and is a standout in SoCal youth rugby.

Head to the link below to vote and help Odin to win!

https://athleteoftheyear.org/2025/odin-f6d7

🚨 WE ARE RECRUITING 🚨

Do you have the skills to lead the Barracudas in 2026? We are searching for outstanding candidates to take on leadership roles within the club: Club President and Head Coach.

Please reach out via DM, phone, or email with your interest!

Be a part of the continued growth of the Cudas in 2026!

HAPPY JUNETEENTH! Today is a day of recognition, restoration, and celebration, the day when in 1865 the Union Army made its way into Galveston, TX and announced to the people of Texas that all enslaved African Americans were free. A year later, freed men in Texas organized and celebrated "Jubilee Day" on June 19 to celebrate their freedom. We now know that day as Juneteenth.