Vagabonds RUFC
Vagabonds Rugby Union Football Club, usually called Vagabonds or Vagas, is a rugby club based in Douglas on the Isle of Man. It was founded in 1965 as Douglas High School Old Boys and later adopted the name Vagabonds. The team plays its home games at Ballafletcher Sports Ground. The club is affiliated with the English Rugby Football Union.
The Men’s team currently competes in South Lancs/Cheshire 3, while the Women’s team plays in North West 1. The club’s second XV, known as the Hornets since 2019, wears a black and gold striped kit.
Club colours are white jerseys with a gold chest band, black shorts, and black and gold socks. The Hornets kit is black and gold stripes. Current sponsors include Sure, Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and Tower Insurance Company Ltd, with the Hornets sponsored by Colebourn.
Key people
- Chairman: John Cannan
- President: Jerry Carter
- Men’s coach: Franzy Germishuys
- Women’s coach: Jack Caine
- Men’s captain: Matthew Rockwell
- Women’s captain: Lauren Ellison
- Hornets captain: Ian Marks
Ground history and milestones
- 1980: Moved to Glencrutchery Road beside the TT Grandstand
- 2011: Moved to the current Ballafletcher site with a modern clubhouse and two pitches
- 2015/16: 50th anniversary season
The club began without its own ground and shared pitches with Douglas Rugby Club, a situation that helped form a notable rivalry between the two sides. For more information, visit vagabondsrufc.rfu.club.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 06:48 (CET).