the saint joseph's college rugby football club(rfc)was founded in 1962 by sophomore hugh o'neill, a transferee from saint lois university. mr. o'neill recruited dr. francis caughlin from villanova university as the teams first head coach. because of the dearth of college rugby teams in the '60s, the hawks played mostly ivy league schools such as princeton,penn,yale and harvard. saint joseph's university rugby team now plays college rugby in the keystone conference. st. joseph’s, as a university without a football team, their rugby team has received great exposure on campus over the last number of years. the hawks receives support from the university, and the hawks have been laying the groundwork for rugby to gain varsity status. the hawks play their home matches at sweeney field. the hawks are led by head coach dan yarusso.