Philosophy and Structure
The club emphasizes “Leadership Through Rugby,” blending Trujillo’s Navy SEAL background with concepts drawn from the New Zealand All Blacks (notably “Blue Head” vs. “Red Head” mental performance techniques developed with psychiatrist Ceri Evans). The focus is on building character, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and life skills alongside rugby ability. Players are selected partly on character; the goal is to develop good people first who can ecel in thier day job and transition to leadership roles on the team or wherever they go.
It is an all-volunteer organization fielding competitive teams across levels: men’s/senior side (developed more recently, with alumni vs. coaches matches starting around 2024 and a senior team following), high school boys (15s) and girls (often sevens), middle school (varsity and JV), and younger club sides down to flag rugby. Practices often include beach sessions for fitness and mental focus. Safety is stressed through structured tackle training (Level-1 tests, mobile tackle dummies), contributing to relatively low concussion rates.
The club’s ethos stresses aggressive, intelligent play with support, preparation, and never dishonoring family or team: “We play Coronado Rugby to be with our friends, to have fun and just like our predecessors, to be just a little bit different.”
New players. What it means when coach references that we are going to "Man Town"
Coronado Rugby Men's Team
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2026
Inaugural Home Match vs Armada
Our first match using all of our own players in our new jerseys. It was a great time and thank you to Armada for playing us.
January 24, 2026 CRC vs Old Aztecs
B-side match with a few players from OMBAC. We borrowed our high school teams jerseys as ours hadn't arrived yet. Thank you to the Old Aztecs for giving us a B-side match.
First match video coming soon.
It's not pretty but important to track our progress and honor the men that were in the first match.