Welcome to The Scrum Club - the most inclusive, exclusive club around. – Monilex 1988

For those of us who love rugby, we know the culture and community around the sport is just as important as what happens on the pitch—maybe even more. Rugby has this rare gift: it doesn’t just build teams, it builds gatherings. The kind you look forward to all week.

Nothing beats the stories that come out at the pub after a match. The laughs, the replays, the “you won’t believe what happened in the second half” retellings that grow a little more legendary every time. And it isn’t just a Sevens thing—costumes have a way of appearing at rugby socials no matter the format. Sometimes it’s post-match pints. Sometimes it’s post-lift lattes. Either way, it’s the bond that keeps bringing us back. The game is fun, but the camaraderie takes it to a whole other level.

I grew up hearing legendary stories from my Dad of his adventures and misadventures through rugby. The friends that truly became his family, and the connections all over the world that he had because as he said "some always knew someone who played at the club in whatever town or city you were in. You could go to Timbuktu and there would be a rugby club."

The rhythm I grew up with

For me, the Scrum Club is personal. I grew up hearing the stories of my Dad’s epic adventures through rugby. The misadventures, too. The friends who became family. The way rugby stitched his life together with places and people he never would have met otherwise. And even toward the very end of his life, Saturdays still meant the same thing: he’d head off to the clubhouse with a smile on his face. It was part of the rhythm of his life—and by extension, the rhythm of our whole family.That’s what rugby can do. It becomes a pattern. A home base. A place you belong, week after week, year after year.

The clubhouse isn’t guaranteed anymore

As a proud rugby mom and an active member of my local rugby community, I’ve also noticed something as rugby grows around the world: not every club has a physical clubhouse connected to their pitch. If you play in the UK, Ireland, France, South Africa, Australia, or New Zealand—there’s a good chance you’ve experienced that clubhouse life. A proper home after the match. A bar upstairs. A familiar corner where you can always find your people. But in most other places? That kind of space is rare. Clubs are thriving, teams are growing, communities are forming—but the “where do we all go after?” isn’t always built in.

And that’s exactly why we created The Scrum Club.

The Scrum Club: a clubhouse that travels

The Scrum Club is a clubhouse that exists anywhere rugby friends meet.

It might be a pub night.
A watch party for your favourite Six Nations team.
A charity match that brings your community together.
A post-training coffee run that turns into a full hour of stories.

The Scrum Club is club-agnostic—everyone, from everywhere, is welcome. Players, coaches, refs, supporters, builders. “Lifers” and “soon-to-be lifers.” The people who know what rugby gives you, and the people who are just beginning to understand it.

Because part of our job—those of us who’ve been around—is to show the newcomers why this sport doesn’t just hook you for a season. It turns you into someone who stays.

“I didn’t realize how much I missed this part of rugby until I joined.”

That feeling is the heartbeat of what we’re building: a modern rugby social club rooted in the best traditions of the game.

“You could go to Timbuktu…”

My Dad used to say something that made me laugh as a kid—and makes me smile even more now: “Somebody always knows somebody who played at the club in whatever town or city you were in. You could go to Timbuktu and there would be a rugby club.” It’s funny because it’s true. Rugby has a global thread to it—an instant familiarity. You walk into a room and you can tell, within minutes, that you’ve found your people. The Scrum Club is about honouring that thread. Making it tangible. Keeping it alive—especially in places where a physical clubhouse isn’t part of the setup anymore.

Inspired by a legendary Canadian clubhouse

Part of this idea was sparked by a story shared with me by John Reich of the Aurora Barbarians—about the clubhouse pub at Fletcher’s Fields in Canada in the 1960s. Fletcher’s was something special: a home base for six clubs, each taking turns hosting on Saturdays. Over the years, it welcomed players and supporters from around the world. Test matches were played there. And upstairs, people would pull up stools to the bar like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"The Scrum Club" was almost a brilliant idea — if your club was “host” that weekend, you would find yourself & your teammates serving pints at the bar. Which in theory was a great idea. In reality it become a gratis pub night for the host team. Great for the vibe… not so great for keeping the club afloat. As the story goes, it became fiscally challenging for that model to survive.

And still—what a perfect example of rugby culture at its best. A place that made strangers into friends. Friends into family. Saturdays into tradition. The Scrum Club is our attempt to carry that spirit forward—without needing a physical building, without being tied to one pitch, one bar, one club.

"I didn’t realize how much I missed this part of rugby until I joined.”

A place to belong—wherever you are

Rugby is evolving. It’s growing. It’s reaching more people than ever. And that’s something to celebrate. But as it grows, we want to make sure we don’t lose the thing that makes it different: the culture. The welcome. The community. The “come sit with us” energy that turns a sport into a lifelong home.

That’s what The Scrum Club is for.

A clubhouse you can carry with you.
A signal to your people.
A reason to gather.
A reminder that the best part of rugby often starts when the final whistle blows.

We have so many exciting plans for The Scrum Club starting with some epic pub parties in Dublin and Toronto this year, as well as some killer Scrum Club merch and special drops just for our community.

Welcome - we are so glad you are here.