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It’s opening weekend for the second season of Women’s Elite Rugby (WER). All six teams are in action this weekend. USA Club Rugby is holding its final two Super Regional Championships in Niagara, N.Y. (Atlantic) and Lemont, Ill., (Northern), and those DI and DII victors will advance to nationals in two weeks’ time. High school […]

Kayla Robinson out of Doylestown, Pa., is the Next Phase Rugby High School Player of April. At 15 years old, the inside center knows about state championships, select sides, USA Pathways, as well as the legacy that the Dragons represent in-state. She has been working toward all of those objectives this past month, hence the […]

The San Diego Surfers are heading to the USA Club Rugby Division I 15s National Championships on May 15-17 in Lemont, Ill. The SoCal side beat Seattle and Berkeley to win the Pacific Super Regional Championships (SRCs) in Henderson, Nev., thus booking its spot in the national semifinals against an opponent that will be named […]

The Univ. California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Women’s Rugby team is relatively new to competitive 7s, but made good use of its debut at the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) 7s championships last weekend. The SoCal team did not bring expectations to Indianapolis but rather embraced on an open-minded, curious and improvement-based mindset to the […]

The 2026 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) 7s brought 64 women’s teams to Boyds, Md., and for two days they battled for one of four titles. Of note, three of the finals featured teams from Colorado, and two of those High Peaks squads took home their respective divisions’ top prizes. Three teams won both their national […]
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