The OldUSRussianS are the Veterans of the
UTRECHT STUDENTS RUGBY SOCIETY (USRS).

Old USRussianS boasts over 200 members, mainly graduates of the Utrecht University and other institutions. It's members live all over the world. Not all of them are playing members, though.

About the The OldUSRS rugby team.

The OldUSRS is the playing part of the Old USRussianS. They are also referred to as the Veterans, the Fourth Team, or the fat boys network. At the moment the OldUSRS consists of 30 players.
The OldUSRS-team competes in the competition of the Dutch Rugby
Union (the NRB), one level above the entry level of the competition, although some of them, during their glory days, played at the highest possible level. As a tradition, they never practice exept on the pitch during the game on Sundays.

The grounds

The OldUSRS plays on the USS Mesa Cosa's 'Olympos Sports Grounds', The Uithof, in
the vicinity of the Utrechts Medical Centre (UMC). The USS Mesa Cosa is the
student's sports organisation of the Utrecht University.
This is also the pitch of the USRS-teams.

The pub
'vanouds De Vriendschap' ('Friendship as Always'), located on 'Wed 1'
in the centre of Utrecht, is the OldUSRS and USRS pub and as such a main part of 'the
grounds for the third half'. Visiting teams are welcomed here and it is a general
meeting-point.

ACTIVITIES

In Holland the rugby season covers the period from mid August till the end of
May. The competition of the Dutch Rugby Union opens early in September and
closes in April. But: the closing date varies with the number of cancellations.
From then on seven-a-side rugby is the main 'course'. With the first match of the
USRS-SEVENS Tournament the national 'Sevens Season' is a fact.

Matches.

Teams competing in the Dutch competition are divided into classes of about 10
teams each: the number of matches to be played per team amounts to about
eighteen.
Meanwhile there is a time for friendly matches and, of course, the annual event
OldUSRS against USRS-II.

Queensday (April 30th): Derby against Utrecht Rugby Club.

Every year on April 30th the USRS plays the derby against 'the civilians'.
On that special occasion all teams of both clubs, the Old USRussianS included, enter
the arena, culminating in The Match Between The First Teams.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

As usual in rugby-circles the OldUSRS too maintains various international relations.
Once a year, about Easter, the OldUSRS goes 'abroad'. In the last few years we
visited the former Soviet Union('90), Prague (former Czechoslovakia), Caen
(Normandy, France), Leuven and Gent (Belgium) and Copenhagen/Helsingborg (Denmark/Sweden), Malta, Hungary, Portugal and the United States (2000).

Reception of foreign teams

Every season the OldUSRS receives a few foreign teams, in most cases clubs
we visited earlier. Some relations are maintained over many years.

Addresses:

OldUSRS
Ron Meurs, secr.
Ariënslaan 5
3573 PT UTRECHT
Tel. (030) 2721183

USRS
P.O. Box 1398
3500 BJ Utrecht

Pub 'vanouds De Vriendschap'
Wed 1, Utrecht
Tel. (030) 2318813

'Olympos' Sports Grounds (de Uithof),
Uppsalalaan (near UMC),
Tel. (030) 2533636

General information:
USS Mesa Cosa
Harvardlaan 2
3584 CV UTRECHT
Tel. (030) 2534471

Dutch Rugby Union (NRB)
Bok de Korverweg 6
1067 HR AMSTERDAM
Tel. (020) 4808100
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