The South Pittsburgh RFC is proud to be affiliated with a new high school rugby club known as the Pittsburgh Fatheads. The club is composed of high school students who have come together from various South Hills High Schools including Bethel Park, Keystone Oaks, Mt. Lebanon, Seton-LaSalle and Thomas Jefferson.

The Fatheads, sponsored by the famous South Side eatery of the same name (www.fatheads.com) was founded in 2007 and participates in a league of tri-state high school teams which includes Fox Chapel, Woodland Hills, Barbarians (a combined West Hills area team that plays their home games at Sto-Rox High), Carrick and Mon River (a combined Morgantown, W.V. club).

The Fatheads, who play their home games at the South Park Fairgrounds and practice at Keystone Oaks High School, finished their inaugural regular season with a record of 5-2, and showed improvement with every game. They took this momentum into the year end the Pittsburgh Harlequins sponsored "May Madness" tournament at Founders Field in Indianola, PA where they went a perfect 4-0, but were denied a chance at the championship due to point differentials and wound up with the 3rd place trophy.

The Fathead's hope to continue on with the momentum provided by their strong finish and carry it on for years to come. If you are between the ages of 15-18 and want to find out if you have what it takes to play rugby for the Fatheads please contact Joe Och at joch@wpahs.org, Dr. Mike La Piana at DR_MIKE1@msn.com or Brian Cox at bcox@fridaylaw.com for more information. We anticipate beginning practice for next season some time in March, 2008.