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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] […]

Life University and Life West won the Division I and Division II titles, respectively, at the USA Club Rugby 15s National Championships last weekend in Lemont, Ill. The Running Eagles bested NOVA in the semifinals before topping the Utah Vipers in the final, while the Gladiatrix eliminated Milwaukee Scylla in the DII semifinals and then […]
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