Support Washington DC's new professional rugby team!
Old Glory is a professional rugby club based in Washington DC. The Club officially joined the Major League Rugby in November 2018 and will begin league play in MLR's 2020 season. The Club will play a series of exhibition games throughout the first half of 2019. As a recent addition to the fabric of the Nation's Capital and the entire Mid-Atlantic community, Old Glory DC's vision is to grow the sport of rugby in our region by 50% by 2023.
The Club is owned by Paul Sheehy and Chris Dunlavey. For more info please visit www.oldglorydc.com
WE THINK AHEAD, SO YOU STAY AHEAD
INDIGO IT is a certified women-owned small business (wosb) and a disadvantaged minority business enterprise (dmbe). In 2014, indigo it was named the small business administrations prime contractor of the year.Shane van Wyngaardt, co-founder of INDIGO IT, has been a generous supporter of our Club since the beginning, we appreciate you sticking with us all these years!
For more info please visit www.indigoit.com/
Cuisine Solutions sponsors Great Falls/McLean rugby!
We are very lucky to have Stan Vilgrain, CEO of Cuisine Solutions, an avid rugby player and enthusiast, as a major sponsor of our club. We appreciate your generosity!
Recognized by the worlds top chefs, Cuisine Solutions is the authority on sous videthe innovative slow-cooking technique that we pioneered, perfected and popularized.
For more info about Cuisine Solutions and sous-vide, please visit them here.
Club Coaches and Staff
President & Head Coach Gary Coetzee is a longtime first division player from South Africa and France, who finally hung up his boots after 45+ years of competitive rugby to concentrate on coaching and developing rugby in Northern Virginia. He has been involved with the Club from day 1 in 2011.
Rugby is a tough sell in this world of American Football, Lacrosse, Swimming, Wrestling etc., but with the Great Falls team they are determined to build a strong rugby culture and presence, player by player!
Coach Braden Giordano started playing rugby in 1999, playing 2nd Row, with the Virginia Rugby Football club and continued until he moved to Northern Virginia in the Fall of 2003. He played one more year with Western Suburbs before hanging up his cleats.
He started helping coach the preK/K team in 2015 when his children were old enough to start playing, assisting Dave and Kathy Lett and continues to coach today. During the “off-season”, he works with all the tag kids, focusing on maintaining their base skills, and improving the overall fitness level of the team.
