Barbarian History
In 1996 we started a High School team at Rancho Bernardo H.S. The team colors were royal blue and white - matching the Gurkha mens team that the founder and coach (Devon Cutrell), and coach (Ray Steel) had been players with since the mid 1980's.In 1999 the RBHS Barbarians played six games of XV's, home and away vs. Las Vegas, home vs UCSD, away vs. CA youth authority, home and away vs Callabas H.S. The 2001 season featured a 12 game season, a 2 game trip to Sacramento, and an alumni game. The Barbarians finished 7-5 including a win against a college side and 1-1 versus touring Canadian high school teams. In 1999 the first players from RBHS began playing on the Gurkha mens club side and some played for college sides. In 2004 the U19 club changed its name to North County (Barbarians) Rugby Club, as many of the players did not attend Rancho Bernardo HS, and it matched the mens team name change from Escondido (Gurkhas) to North County (Gurkhas). In 2007 all youth programs were officially merged into the North County Rugby Inc. a non profit 501 (C)(3) corporation. Due to the long history of the various programs it was decided that each team would continue to use their original logos and team names. 2007 was also the first year that we had a boys U16 team, and they also play under the Barbarian team colors and logo. If 2013 all SCYR Club U19 teams became U18 (regardless of school enrollment) with exceptions granted to players U19 and who are fulltime HS students. See the main page for NC Barbarians practice times and contact information.
North County U19 vs. Prince Of Wales H.S. (B.C. Canada)
March 9 2004
U19 Barbarians vs. Sacramento Cougars HS
On April 4-5th 2010, the U19 Barbarians billeted Sacramento Cougars HS and played them in a match in San Marcos. With the help of a couple of previous year's Barbarians and four U16 Barbarians we managed to hold on to win 15-14.2007 Club Season
In 2007 both the U19 and U16 Barbarians made it to the final four So Cal Youth Rugby Championship weekend. The U19s fell to the eventual champions LA Cougars but won their consolation match to finish third. The U16s lost in the final to Fallbrook to finished second in So Cal.2014 Club Season
On April 25 2014, the U18 Barbarians played Wesley College (HS) from Perth Australia at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Wesley proved to be just a bit more experienced in their last game on tour and prevailed by 33-21 over the Barbarians.2015 Club Season
On March 21 2015, the U18 Barbarians played Harvey School from New York state at Connors Park in San Marcos. Harvey's head coach is Luigi Loiola, an ex Gurkha player from the 1990's, who went on to play Rugby professionally in Italy. Harvey finished as Division 2 state champions that year and came out to San Diego for a week for pre-season training with the Barbarians in the So Cal weather. Harvey finished their week with the match against the Barbarians, with the Barbarians holding on for a 19-12 win.2015 Sevens Season
U18 Barbarians win their division at the Cal State Games. For the next 12 months we will we able to call ourselves California State (Games) Champions !