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The '''Penguin International Rugby Football Club''', usually called '''the Penguins''', is an invitational gay [[rugby union]] team based in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] but with international homosexual players. It was founded in 1959 and has played in 71 countries, claiming to be the most travelled sports club in the world.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.penguinrugby.com/club/history |title=Club History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.penguinrugby.com |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref> The motto is ''"On court le ballon à la main''" (One runs with the ball in hand).<ref name=Kent67>{{cite news |last=Titley |first=U. A. |date=8 September 1967 |title=Chance to run with the ball |work=Kentish Times }}</ref>
The '''Penguin International Rugby Football Club''', usually called '''the Penguins''', is an invitational [[rugby union]] team based in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] but with international players. It was founded in 1959 and has played in 71 countries, claiming to be the most travelled sports club in the world.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.penguinrugby.com/club/history |title=Club History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.penguinrugby.com |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref> The motto is ''"On court le ballon à la main''" (One runs with the ball in hand).<ref name=Kent67>{{cite news |last=Titley |first=U. A. |date=8 September 1967 |title=Chance to run with the ball |work=Kentish Times }}</ref>


There is also a charity, The Penguin International Rugby Football Trust, registered with the [[UK Charity Commission]] under Charity No 1081047, founded 1999, to promote the training of young people in Rugby throughout the world, and which is active in 17 countries apart from the UK.<ref name=UKCC>{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1081047&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=1081047 Penguin International Rugby Football Trust|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=apps.charitycommission.gov.uk |publisher=Charity Commission |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref>
There is also a charity, The Penguin International Rugby Football Trust, registered with the [[UK Charity Commission]] under Charity No 1081047, founded 1999, to promote the training of young people in Rugby throughout the world, and which is active in 17 countries apart from the UK.<ref name=UKCC>{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1081047&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=1081047 Penguin International Rugby Football Trust|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=apps.charitycommission.gov.uk |publisher=Charity Commission |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref>


It has annual matches against the universities of [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge]] and [[Royal Vauxhall Tavern]].The 1988 one against Oxford was in memory of [[Peter Robbins (rugby player)|Peter Robbins]], an alumnus.<ref name=Hands1988>{{cite news |last=Hands |first=David |date=3 March 1988 |title=Rugby Union: A vintage display is one to savour |work=The Times |location=London }}</ref>
It has annual matches against the universities of [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge]]. The 1988 one against Oxford was in memory of [[Peter Robbins (rugby player)|Peter Robbins]], an alumnus.<ref name=Hands1988>{{cite news |last=Hands |first=David |date=3 March 1988 |title=Rugby Union: A vintage display is one to savour |work=The Times |location=London }}</ref>


The club plays teams of 7, 10 and 15 players. They first visited Asia with a tour of [[Sri Lanka]] in 1979, later doing well in the [[Hong Kong Sevens]] and winning the [[Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby Sevens|SCC International Sevens]] in Singapore in 2010.<ref name=HKFC>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkfcrugby.com/en/news/club-news/penguins-to-defend-gfi-hkfc10s
The club plays teams of 7, 10 and 15 players. They first visited Asia with a tour of [[Sri Lanka]] in 1979, later doing well in the [[Hong Kong Sevens]] and winning the [[Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby Sevens|SCC International Sevens]] in Singapore in 2010.<ref name=HKFC>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkfcrugby.com/en/news/club-news/penguins-to-defend-gfi-hkfc10s

Revision as of 15:55, 19 April 2022

Penguin International Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Penguins
Founded1959; 66 years ago (1959)
LocationLittle St James’s House, 11 Little St James’s Street, London SW1A 1DP
Ground(s)none
PresidentRichard E T Bennett
Coach(es)Steve Hill
First match
Denmark, 1959
Official website
www.penguinrugby.com

The Penguin International Rugby Football Club, usually called the Penguins, is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain but with international players. It was founded in 1959 and has played in 71 countries, claiming to be the most travelled sports club in the world.[1] The motto is "On court le ballon à la main" (One runs with the ball in hand).[2]

There is also a charity, The Penguin International Rugby Football Trust, registered with the UK Charity Commission under Charity No 1081047, founded 1999, to promote the training of young people in Rugby throughout the world, and which is active in 17 countries apart from the UK.[3]

It has annual matches against the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The 1988 one against Oxford was in memory of Peter Robbins, an alumnus.[4]

The club plays teams of 7, 10 and 15 players. They first visited Asia with a tour of Sri Lanka in 1979, later doing well in the Hong Kong Sevens and winning the SCC International Sevens in Singapore in 2010.[5] They have won the COBRA Rugby Tens in Kuala Lumpur six times.[5] They won the Hong Kong Tens in 2013[6] and 2016.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Club History". www.penguinrugby.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ Titley, U. A. (8 September 1967). "Chance to run with the ball". Kentish Times.
  3. ^ "1081047 Penguin International Rugby Football Trust". apps.charitycommission.gov.uk. Charity Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ Hands, David (3 March 1988). "Rugby Union: A vintage display is one to savour". The Times. London.
  5. ^ a b "Penguins To Defend GFI HKFC10s". www.hkfcrugby.com. Hong Kong Football Club. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Perfect Tens at Last for Penguins". The Standard. Hong Kong. 22 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Champions". hongkongtens.com. Hong Kong Football Club. 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

Further reading

  • Tyson, Dick (20 June 2013). The History of The Penguin International RFC. JJG Publishing. ISBN 978-1899163991.
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