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The 2026 USA Rugby U23 15s All-Star Tournament will occur Friday, June 19 and Sunday, June 21 in Clearwater, Minn. Eight regionally based teams will come together for two days of competition, next-level rugby and potential identification for the USA Pathways and senior national team programs. [lead photo: Mike Conners @mikeconnersphoto23] Each region uses different […]

Father Ryan High School has for the second-straight year won both the fall 7s and spring 15s titles in Tennessee. The girls’ rugby team is a varsity program at the school, and a supportive administration allows the Irish to travel and test itself out of state. Those opportunities were particularly key this spring, as Father […]

The Portland Grackles won their fourth-straight Rugby Oregon Girls’ High School 15s championship last weekend, defeating Summit High School 38-22 in the title match. The U18 club is now undefeated two years running, an achievement that head coach Traci Flitcraft attributes to the players’ hunger to learn, grow and share in the sport. [lead photo: […]

Job complete. Faced with the prospect of no competition for the 2025-26 season, Life University Women’s Rugby built a creative rugby calendar that got its student-athletes onto the pitch for meaningful game time. The reward is three national championships in the collegiate and senior club realms, and proof that the Running Eagles are committed to […]

Like its high school club counterpart, Eagle High School won its third-straight Girls Single-School 15s National Championship last weekend in Salt Lake City. 2026 marked the first year that the single-school division competed in pools versus the traditional bracket, and the shift actually intensified the Lady Mustangs’ path to the final. [lead photo: Jackie Finlan] […]
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