Chicago Lions

Chicago Lions

Full name	Chicago Lions Rugby Football Club
Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	Lions
Founded	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
Ground(s)	Hope Field
President	Jeff Simon
League(s)	Midwest Rugby Premiership
Team kit
Official website
www.chicagolions.com

Founded in 1964, the Chicago Lions Rugby Football Club is a USA Rugby club based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The Chicago Lions namesake is taken from the two large lion statues that guard the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago Building.^[1]

Sponsorship

Notable sponsors include Athletico Physical Therapy, Oakmark International Funds, and CPH and Associates.^[2]

Notable players

The following is a list of former and current Lions players and coaches that have earned caps for international tests:^[3]

Niue

• Stephen Tapuosi, one international cap

Ireland

• Paul McNaughton, fifteen international caps

England

• Gary Wilson, two international caps

South Africa

• Kitch Christie, coached the 1995 Rugby World Cup winning Springboks
• Willie Kahts
• Harry Viljoen, coached the 2001 Springboks

United States

• Andre Blom, fullback/wing, thirteen international caps^[4]
• John Burke, flanker, two international caps^[4]
• Phillipus "Thabu" Eloff, centre, forty-four international caps^[4]
• Paul Emerick, centre, thirty-five international caps^[4]
• Scott "Beaver" Jones, centre, one international cap^[4]
• Christian Long, lock, one international cap^[4]
• Jeremy Nash, fullback, two international caps^[4]
• Eric Helbig, Wing, three international caps^[4]
• Andrew McGarry, prop, two international caps^[4]
• Eric Reed, lock/flanker, seven international caps^[4]
• Dave Williams, halfback, seven international caps^[4]

References

1. "History". Chicago Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. Official Lions Sponsors
3. List of Lions players with international caps Archived August 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
4. Player Profiles on usarugby.org Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website