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Twelve rugby players and three staffers represented Team USA at the 2026 Youth Olympics Games, which are still underway in Dakar, Senegal. Captain Luisa Moala was a flagbearer during the Oct. 31 Opening Ceremonies, and then the rugby 7s tournament followed on Nov. 2-3. The USA finished sixth overall, but more importantly, the USA Rugby […]

National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) is almost one week out (Nov. 13-15) from its regional 15s playoffs, and Division I, DI-AA and Division II have nice shape to them. Division III has been harder to discern in terms of which teams have postseason viability, especially concerning a few conferences that have automatic berths (according to NCR’s […]

Salt Lake City, UT — Girls Rugby National XVs Championships Committee and Utah Youth Rugby (UYR) are proud to announce that the Girls Rugby National Championships will return to Salt Lake City, Utah June 4-5, 2027, with UYR once again serving as the host organization. Building on the outstanding success of the 2026 Girls Nationals, […]

National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has nearly wrapped on its 15s regular season, and the regional championships (aka, national Round of 16/8) are starting to populate with teams. The picture is not yet complete and readers should obviously wait for NCR to announce the brackets, but the following is some insight into how Division II is […]

Warsaw Area High School of Indiana won the Rugby Michigan Girls’ High School 15s Championship, and did so with a thrilling 14-12 win against Traverse City Alliance. At the middle of it all was Next Phase Rugby Player of the Month Luciana Viera, the senior co-captain who not only directed from scrumhalf but also scored […]
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