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The Midwest U18 Thunderbirds held its annual summer rugby 15s camp but for the first year held two separate assemblies in Wisconsin then Ohio. Back-to-back camps had been a years-long goal for Baby Birds head coach Garrett Fisher, and the effort has produced a deeper look into the region’s high school talent. The all-star program […]

Phoenix has made multiple appearances at the USA Club 7s National Championship, but despite the program’s notoriety, the South-based team is always a bit of a wild card at the annual tournament. 2026 brings that same energy, with just four players from the 2025 squad returning and no training sessions together until this Wednesday in […]

July is a big month for representative rugby and the Next Phase Rugby Player of Month is an active pursuer of those opportunities. Rising high school senior Lucy Brandt out of Arizona recently returned from the Eagle Impact Rugby Association (EIRA) tour to Ireland, one of many trips around the country and internationally for the […]

It has been a week since the USA Rugby Women’s U20 team wrapped on its South Africa tour, but the excitement that the junior Eagles generated lingers on. The squad won both of its 15s matches in Stellenbosch, defeating the Junior Springboks 47-12 on July 17 and 60-17 on July 24. Rising Dartmouth College sophomore […]

USA Club Rugby has released the participating teams and pools for the Women’s 7s National Championship that, in conjunction with the men’s tournament, takes place Aug. 8-9 in Madison, Wis. It’s a 16-team field with pool play and the first round of knockouts occurring on Saturday, and Sunday playing out to place. Next Level Rugby […]
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