St. Bonaventure University

Club Sports


Club sports allow you to keep those competitive juices flowing, playing as a representative of St. Bonaventure University against club sports teams from other colleges and universities.

But it's more than that. As a club sports participant you'll grow as a person, learn the value of teamwork and fair play, and have the opportunity to mature as a leader through four years of practice and competition with new friends and teammates as devoted to your favorite sport as you.


You might even have the opportunity to compete again in front of your hometown friends and neighbors — this time as a Bonnie.

Club Sports @ SBU


College doesn't mean you stop playing the games you love. Playing a club sport keeps you fit, focused, and satisfies that yearning you'll always have for competition and camaraderie.

Club Sports for Men



  • Club Sports for Women


  • Mixed Club Sports


  • Recreational Club Sports


    These are internal clubs at the university that do not currently compete against teams from other universities. As these clubs grow, the option to compete externally will be explored!


  • Full-time athletic training staff available to club sport athletes

     
    Students who play club sports at SBU have access to full-time certified athletic training staff for their care and treatment.

    The athletic training staff attend many games on campus and staff a club sports training room, located in Room 127 of Doyle Hall, adjacent to the Center for Student Wellbeing.

    The training room is equipped with ultrasound and electrical muscle stimulation equipment, a hydrocollator for heat treatments, as well as other equipment for the prevention and treatment of injuries.

    Trainers Thomas Gallagher & Brendan Carter

    Pictured (from left): Club sports athletic trainers Thomas Gallagher, MS, LAT, ATC and Brendan Carter, MS, LAT, ATC.

    Required club sports clearance form

    All students who want to play a club sport at St. Bonaventure must complete and submit our Club Sports Clearance Form before participating in practices or games.


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    No. 1 Bonnies thump Kutztown ruggers on SBU’s Family Weekend ​

    Sep 27, 2025

    The No. 1 team in the nation sure looked like it Saturday.

    St. Bonaventure (3-0), ranked first in the latest National Collegiate Rugby Division I poll, throttled No. 8 Kutztown, 46-13, before a large crowd on SBU’s Family Weekend.

    “This was a huge statement win for us. It was too close last week and we knew we were capable of a lot better,” said Coach Danny Neighbour, whose club edged Queens University on the final play of the match last Saturday. “We talked all week about patience and trust in our system. Today we really showed a much more controlled and complete performance.”

    The Bonnies were in command from the start, leading 17-0 at the half on tries from Reynard Boshoff and Troy Heroldt, both from South Africa, and a penalty kick and a pair of try conversions from Chile’s Noah Edwards. The Heroldt score came off a brilliant pass on the right flank from Koen Webb, a freshman from Charlotte, North Carolina.

    Daniel Lowther, another South African, scored early in the second half after a long run into scoring territory by Scotland’s Dara Falope to make it 22-0.

    Kutztown threatened to make it a game when it cut the lead to 22-8 after a try and PK with 28 minutes still to play, but the Bonnies blew it open with tries from Heroldt, Sean Kull (Glendale, New York) and France’s Mehdi Merah, who carried a Kutztown player on his back all the way into the try zone from 22 yards out.

    Edwards added another PK and three conversions in the second half.

    “We dominated in the scrum and our lineout was on point. That gave us the platform to build our attack,” Neighbour said. “We made some position changes in the back line and I think it worked well. Everyone just looked more comfortable.”

    Rhys Cunningham (South Africa) and Niku Otineru (El Cajun, California) were the Men of the Match.

    In the morning, the Bonnies’ JV dominated Kutztown, 55-5. Davitt Barrett (Yonkers, New York) was the Man of the Match.

    Neighbour credited assistant coaches John Powers and Cory Ratka for their “constant contribution to us getting better week in and week out.”

    “It was so great to watch both teams score some lovely tries and play really good, unselfish rugby,” Neighbour said.

    The Bonnies play at No. 3 Walsh next Saturday.

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    About the University: The nation’s first Franciscan university, St. Bonaventure is a community committed to transforming the lives of its students inside and outside the classroom, inspiring in them a commitment to academic excellence and lifelong civic engagement. Out of 167 regional universities in the North, St. Bonaventure was ranked #8 for value and #19 overall by U.S. News and World Report (2025).