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Pathway to Rugby is a multi-week crash course consisting of guided practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s perfect for learning the basic and fundamental skills of rugby, and it’s designed to be accessible to everyone — no experience required!

Each week, through a variety of fun games and drills, Pathway to Rugby will cover the following areas:

  • Passing the ball

  • Catching the ball

  • Running with the ball (offense and defense)

  • Tackling and Contact

  • Rucking

This course is designed so that you build upon the skills from the previous week, and start to learn how to use them in the context of a game environment. We run this course yearly in September, ahead of our pre-season training and matches.

What to bring

  • Workout clothes — sneakers, gym shorts, an old t-shirt — that you won't mind getting roughed up/torn.

  • Water bottle

  • A mouthguard (required for participating in tackling/contact drills).

  • A sweatshirt (the Fog practices in the Fog, and it can get chilly).

You do not need rugby-specific clothing or cleats. (shorts, jerseys, rugby pads) or rugby boots (cleats). Sneakers with good traction and gym clothes are perfect.

  • If you have cleats from a similar sport (soccer, football, lacrosse), you're welcome to wear those and they will work well.

  • You may not wear baseball-style cleats (flat metal blades).

  • If you're looking to buy some cheap cleats for practice or matches, check out Ross/Marshalls/TJ Maxx or similar — they regularly have football or soccer cleats for $20 or so.

Do not buy baseball cleats (metal-blade-style cleats); here's a guide to acceptable footwear.

Dates & Times

  • Sessions take place every Tuesday and Thursday, from 7:45-10pm starting in September. Date TBA.

    • Note: the first practice will start earlier at 7:30pm for player registration.

  • After practice on Thursday, we head to our home bar The Pilsner Inn for a beverage.

  • See location information below, including maps of the fields.

  • Our pre-season practices will begin the week following the Pathways sessions — everyone is invited to join (even if you couldn’t attend Pathways).

Want more information?

  • Email our VP of Recruiting expressing your interest here - recruiting@fogrugby.com

  • Use the Sign Up form on this page to email us directly.

  • Follow us on social media to be kept up to date with the latest information.

  • See our Frequently Asked Questions at the bottom of this page.

Field locations

TUESDAYS

All Tuesday Pathways will be at a local field in San Francisco, the field will be announced closer to September.

Tuesday practices will start at 7:45pm and take place on dates in September.

Field address: TBA

 

THURSDAYS

All Thursday Pathways will be at a local field in San Francisco, the field will be announced closer to September.

Thursday practices will start at 7:45pm and take place on dates in September.

Field address: TBA

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes you absolutely can! Whether you can attend some or all of Pathways, we will gladly invite you with open arms to join us in later sessions of Pathways or when we start regular practice.

  • It's absolutely fine! We do recommend trying to come to all Pathways as they build on each other, but we know that life happens. We will do catch-up sessions for those that can't make Pathways.

  • Pathways is designed and built to give you the opportunity to learn a new sport and challenge yourself. We don't cut anybody and encourage people of all skills and abilities to participate.

  • The Pathways leaders will be wearing Fog Rugby clothing and we will have a big banner attached to the fence next to the field.

    See our maps above for more information and or feel free to reach out to us with questions.