


Coastal Dragons Rugby
Teaching student athletes to love rugby

The Coastal Dragons aim to introduce the great sport of rugby to all the student athletes that live and go to school in or around Encinitas, Cardiff-by-the-sea, Leucadia, and Olivenhain.
Our club was established in 2009 and is one of the largest youth rugby clubs in the United States with team from U8 coed all the way through U18 girls and U18 boys teams. Many of our players have gone on to play and coach rugby at high-schools around San Diego, including La Costa Canyon, San Marcos, Carlsbad, Santa Fe Christian and San Dieguito Academy.
Coastal Dragons is the proud host for the Encinitas 7s — a premier sevens tournament held during the month of June.
Coastal Dragons is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.


How it started
The Coastal Dragons was established in 2009 by a handful enterprising ruggers, who wanted a local team in Encinitas. Many of these fathers had played rugby and wanted to share their love for the game and the culture of rugby with their sons and their community. Rugby culture is one steeped in respect, hard work, humility and sportsmanship; all valuable lessons for student athletes, which will help them develop into production young men and woman
The first practice was held at Moonlight beach in November 2009, and was attended by 30 youngsters eager to try the new sport. The word spread quickly, and that year the Dragons registered over 50 players. Today the club has grown to over 300 players per year registering to play rugby from U8 to U18, both boys and girls.


Boys/Girls, 5-18 years old
Coastal Dragons is one of the biggest youth rugby club with over 300 players registering every year. We are proud to be one of the few clubs that are fielding a team in every youth divisions:
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Co-ed U8, U10, U12
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Boys BU14, BU16, BU18
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Girls GU14, GU16, GU18
Girls rugby is growing
In the summer of 2015 we started our first girls team with 5 girls playing in our 7s tournament. Now the girls program see over 60 registered players per year. With girls rugby being a recognized NCAA sport in college and debuting of rugby in the Olympics Games in Rio 2016, more girls are wanting to give rugby a try.
Coastal Dragon Girls offer specific training and programming to grow and develop each athlete to become a better leader, communicator, team player, and contributor as they enter society as an adult. However; our foremost mission is to “Teach Student Athletes to Love Rugby.” With a program that encourages a student-centered approach, the girls can lead to developing skills in their own education, development, and self-reflection.


Become a part of our club!
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Join our club
The mission of Coastal Dragons is to build character in youth through rugby. We do this by teaching kids to love rugby. We believe that by fostering an environment in which participation in the sport of rugby, the life experiences of the youth athletes and families are enhanced. Coastal Dragons invites all to come play rugby regardless of race, religion, gender and socioeconomic status.
Become a sponsor
The Coastal Dragon organization is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization run by volunteers, giving of their time with the goal of keeping children active and arming them with life skills through sport. Rugby, amongst other things, is a game of respect, reliability, commitment and sportsmanship, which all our privileged young boys and girls benefit from learning. In order to develop these brilliant young talents we rely on those who can give financially to do so. These gifts mean so much, including the ability for our club to offer a scholarship program for those facing financial hardship.
We accept all amounts regardless, as it all adds up. Some guidelines are listed below:
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Bronze Level ($500): Your name/logo on banner(s) displayed at games and the Encinitas 7's tournament held in June.
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Silver Level ($1000): Bronze Level plus your name/logo on practice jerseys passed out to each player and your name/logo displayed on our website.
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Gold Level ($1500 and more): Silver Level plus your name/logo prominently displayed. You will also get a sponsor acknowledgement with your logo.
We are so thankful for any and all assistance you can give!
Note: As a 501(c)(3) organization, donations to Coastal Dragons Rugby (EIN 27-1709699) are tax deductible.


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Dragon alumni playing rugby in college
2022

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2020

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Nolan
Opalski

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Kristin
Bitter

Dartmouth
HSAA, Griffins
2018

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Eva
Mejia

University of New Mexico
Aldo
Valdez

Mira Costa
Vivian
Bazan

Washinton State
William
Fox

Central Washington
Griffins
Patrick
McElroy

UC Santa Barbara
Tre
Stigall

Santa Barbara city college
Griffins
2016

Owen
Duvall

UC Berkeley
HSAA, EIRA nationals, Griffins
Steven
Lake

Colorado State
2015

Jake
Galloway

Miami university (OH)
Baden
Koch

Montana State University
Eli
Armendariz

University of Alabama
Audrey
Tyler

University of Oregon
Max
Conahey

San Diego State
Kennon
Aarnes

CSU Channel Islands
Aidan
Ryan

UCLA
Griffins
2017

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El
Burnett

Westpoint
Maddie
Gauthier

CSU Chico
Justin
Petersen

UC Santa Barbara
HSAA, EIRA nationals, Griffins
Ethan
Taotafa

Harvard
Riley
Burrell

BYU
Patrick
French

UCLA
Griffins
Jackie
Ramos

Mira Costa
Brent
August

Boston College
Alex
Hummel

University of Michigan
2021

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Dakota
Coady

Cardiff Met, Wales
Reese
Wazny

University of Utah
Lali
Lafitaga

Lindenwood
Griffins
Jacob
Jenkins

Cal Maritime Academy
Griffins
Luke
Sanders

Grand Canyon University
Camila
Antunes

UC Riverside
Curren
Castro

Santa Barbara city college
Nico
Gilli

San Diego State
Griffins
Reese
Prefontaine

Kutztown
Griffins
Ian
Tarr

San Diego State
Sean
Devins

Arizona State
Kat
Inverso

Mira Costa
Dean
St. Martin

Mira Costa
Kirk
Wildermuth

University of Oregon
Drew
Karson

UCLA
Malcolm
Durfee

University of Oregon
Chase
LeVeque

Boise State University
2019

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Emma
Richards-Smith

Westpoint
Niklas
Lundqvist

Penn State University
HSAA, EIRA national, Griffins
Tucker
Trickey

Santa Barbara city college
HSAA
Caleb
Armendariz

Cal Poly
Griffins
Gavin
Dill

Delaware
Griffins
Sean
Lumkong

Brown
USA U20, HSAA, EIRA nationals, Griffins
Blake
Richards-Smith

UC Berkeley
HSAA, EIRA nationals, Griffins
Robert
Zepeda

Mira Costa College
John
Dittoe

US Coast Guard Academy
Kyson
Jester

Arizona State
Nikita
Wollerman

Colorado State
2014


Fields
Our home field is the beautiful Encinitas Community Park (ECP). In the winter, we also practice at the Cardiff Sports Park (CSP)) under the lights.
Meet the board of directors

TOM
BOLES
Club President

ASHLEY
ATKINSON
Communications

TAVIN
TYLER
Vice President

WAYNE
DELPORT
Director of Coaching

HEIDI
BOLES
Registrar