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.

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...

Park answer last week’s heartbreak with statement win over Irish

Lincoln Park RFC D3 45 - SS Irish 10 A week on from the sting of a last-gasp defeat, Lincoln Park's D3 side delivered exactly the response their effort against Rockford had deserved, putting SS Irish to the sword in a performance that grew more emphatic the longer the...

Park taste life at the higher level as late Ravens try breaks hearts

LPRFC D3 20 - Rockford Ravens 26 Promotion always brings a reckoning, and for Lincoln Park's D3 side, freshly up after last year's Midwest Championship triumph at D4, this was the first real test of where they now stand. The answer, delivered in the cruellest possible...

Park cut loose again as tries flow in eighty-point romp

LPRFC D2 87 - Fox Valley 7 Two games into the season, and two performances that suggest this Lincoln Park side knows precisely what it wants to do with the ball. A week on from their opening statement, Park returned to open a Fox Valley defence that simply had no...

What we offer

Two competitive teams

Cerrtified coaches

Fun social events

A new family

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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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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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