Lincoln Park RFC

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No Pain, No Gain

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Lincoln Park RFC is a rugby club based on the north side of Chicago, dedicated to competitive rugby in a strong social environment.

Always on the lookout for new players, we provide two competive sides currently playing in Div 2 and Div 4of the Midwest Region.

We have a history of success on the playing field at both levels with regular playoff appearances and both teams competing in Midwest Finals.

Our team of coaches will help develop you into the best player you can be whether you are an experienced player looking for a new club or a complete novice exploring rugby for the first time. 

We welcome you.

Bench inspires last-gasp Park victory in a game won from the heart

Chicago Lions 17 - Lincoln Park RFC D2 21 There will have been plenty of head-scratching on the Park touchline in the days before this one over the makeup of the bench, and by the final whistle those decisions had been thoroughly vindicated. It was the substitutes who...

Back-row inspires bounce-back romp, though Park sense there was more still to give

CRC Condors 14 Lincoln Park RFC D2 52 A week after tasting defeat, Park responded in the manner any coach would demand, putting more than fifty points on Condors in a performance built on the back of a rampant back row. And yet the most telling detail of the afternoon...

Park’s character cannot quite bridge the fine margins against Silverbacks

CRC Silverbacks 32 Lincoln Park RFC D3 20 An early ten o'clock kickoff and a wet morning that made every catch and pass that little bit harder set the scene for another instalment in what is fast becoming a familiar story for this Park side at their new level — a...

Fatigue and fine margins undo Park in shootout defeat at Peoria

Peoria 60 Lincoln Park RFC D3 45 Heat and humidity have a way of exposing a team, and on an afternoon when both sides visibly wilted as the clock wore on, it was Park's earlier defensive frailties, rather than any lack of effort in the closing stages, that ultimately...

Park power through in second-half surge as late Irish rally flatters the scoreline

Lincoln Park RFC D2 47 SS Irish 31 Sixteen points, in the end, is a margin that suggests a fairly comfortable afternoon for Lincoln Park. The truth of this one was rather different, and rather better for the neutral — a genuine arm-wrestle for long periods before Park...

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What we offer

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Two competitive teams

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Cerrtified coaches

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Fun social events

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A new family

Our Coaches & Players

Lincoln Park is a club that welcomes all to the north side of Chicago. We provide an opportunity to play rugby for all levels of players.

We run teams in two competitive divisions in the Midwest and provide a team of certified coaches to help you improve your game.

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what They're Saying

Testimonials

LPRFC has a unique flavor due to
each of your contributions and all of your stories make up the soul of the club. I can only say is that in the twenty plus years that I served as president of the LPRFC I have had the amazing privilege of knowing you all. I am humbled and honored to have been a part of this amazing tradition that is now approaching the half-century mark.

Jerry Fohrman

Many years ago, as a teen, my wanderlust took me to central Illinois, A railroad hobo in Peoria once told me, "You come into this world bare-assed, and if you are lucky , when you leave you just might be wearing a suit. "It is my belief that I was among the group of us who were fortunate enough to wear a green and gold jersey at some time in between.

Charlie Steele

I have always given my heart and soul to the ONE and ONLY club I love. To reach the National Championship game in 1994 with all my weird and wacky friends was bittersweet. We lost in the final, but we made it that far with the same guys who were there when times weren’t always so good. Let me clarify that. The
times were always good but the teams weren’t. We never lost sight of what Lincoln Park Rugby was all about.

George Nottoli

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