chicago, lions, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2024, learn, when, remove, this, message, fou. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Chicago Lions news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message Founded in 1964 the Chicago Lions Rugby Football Club is a USA Rugby club based in Chicago Illinois United States Chicago LionsFull nameChicago Lions Rugby Football ClubUnionUSA RugbyNickname s LionsFounded1964 60 years ago 1964 Ground s Hope FieldPresidentJeff SimonLeague s Midwest Rugby PremiershipTeam kitOfficial websitewww wbr chicagolions wbr com The Chicago Lions namesake is taken from the two large lion statues that guard the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago Building 1 Contents 1 Sponsorship 2 Notable players 2 1 Niue 2 2 Ireland 2 3 England 2 4 South Africa 2 5 United States 3 References 4 External linksSponsorship editNotable sponsors include Athletico Physical Therapy Oakmark International Funds and CPH and Associates 2 Notable players editThe following is a list of former and current Lions players and coaches that have earned caps for international tests 3 Niue edit Stephen Tapuosi one international cap Ireland edit Paul McNaughton fifteen international caps England edit Gary Wilson two international caps South Africa edit Kitch Christie coached the 1995 Rugby World Cup winning Springboks Willie Kahts Harry Viljoen coached the 2001 Springboks United States edit 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 edit History Chicago Lions Rugby Retrieved 13 May 2021 Official Lions Sponsors List of Lions players with international caps Archived August 25 2006 at the Wayback Machine a b c d e f g h i j k Player Profiles on usarugby org Archived March 11 2007 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article about a sports team in Illinois is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This American rugby union team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chicago Lions amp oldid 1218130629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
