1970 also saw the first reports of women's rugby union in canada, and by 1972 four universities in the united states were playing the game: university of colorado, colorado state university, the university of illinois and the university of missouri. by 1975 university students at wageningen in the netherlands were playing, and in the same year clubs appeared in spain (arquitectura in madrid and osas in barcelona). the first non-university clubs formed in 1978 in canada and netherlands, and in italy (milan) a year later.