Videos

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, participate in rugby drills and scrimmages during a rugby clinic with the San Diego Legion rugby team at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 23, 2024. SD Legion was brought in to teach MRF-D 24.3 Marines about rugby, a sport that builds comradery and teamwork. Founded in 2017, the SD Legion is a San Diego base rugby union team with players from all over the world. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Earik Barton) This video contains music from USMC enterprise licensed assets from De Wolfe: The Objective and Facing Danger both composed by Paul Lawler/dewolfemusic.com.

On Sept. 11, 2017 U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin played a rugby match against the Darwin Stray Cats Rugby Club to honor and remember the lives lost during the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The match has become an annual event to commemorate the friendships made during a rugby match that took place between U.S. Marine and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Stray Cats on September 11, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin played a friendly basketball exhibition against a Northern Territory team last Saturday. While in Darwin, the Marines are committed to serving and engaging in the local community and will continue to make an impact when available.

The USA Hell Hounds fell to the Australian Defence Force's 1st Brigade Rugby Club 32-7 during a friendly exhibition July 29th, 2017. The game is held annually to commemorate America's Independence Day. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos)

Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and the Stray Cats, a local Darwin rugby team, participate in a friendly rugby game at the in Marrara, Northern Territory, Australia, Sept 11, 2016. The game was played in commemoration of the incidents that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.

“I would say I’m truly passionate about Rugby,” says 1st Lt. Jane Paar, an adjutant with 1st Law Enforcment Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group. Paar has participated in multiple sports and theatre arts as a teenager and did not learn of Rugby until a friend introduced her to the sport later during high school. Since then, she has excelled at the sport and is now an Olympic hopeful for the Women’s Rugby Team. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)

Marines play Rugby against Japan Self Defense Force in first inter-service competition.