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			 - For Waverly-Shell Rock, the goal every year is to win the Iowa Youth Rugby Association (IAYR) Girls’ High School 7s Championship, but this fall, the 2024 titleholder wanted to prove that last year’s title run was no accident. The team more than demonstrated its right to be deemed a “powerhouse,” and then took its game […] 
 - National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has officially ended its 2025 regular season, and now the Division I and Division II/III semifinals can be confirmed. Higher seeds will host their respective playoff matches on Saturday, Nov. 15, and then the finals will be contested at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday, Nov. 22. Top-ranked and […] 
 - For the third-straight year, Idaho has organized and hosted the annual Girls’ High School Rugby 7s Championship. From Oct. 24-25, 16 single-school teams from five states overtook the pitches in Meridian, Idaho, and organizers are already looking at how to expand and enrich the 2026 event – which has already attracted USA attention. [lead photo: […] 
 - Regular seasons are nearing their ends and several collegiate conferences and USA Club Rugby leagues are moving into playoffs. States have already started naming high school champions, and Wisconsin joins the lineup this weekend. This post lists the girls and women’s rugby games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26, 2025, and will update […] 
 - Army West Point was one of several National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) programs to enter the 2025-26 season with a new head coach. And while there certainly was a transition period for the staff and players, the Black Knights have been performing both on and off the pitch, and are eager to lock down a […] 
 
	 
  
        
            
                                                            
        
    
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