Allegheny All-Star 7s team
The Allegheny Rugby Union (ARU) has an existing relationship with the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) and announced that starting with the fall 2020 season, its Division I and II teams will now align with theNSCRO-created National College Rugby Organization (NCRO).
The ARU operates a hybrid conference for its women’s colleges in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. Its nine small colleges have been active members of NSCRO and the organization’s all-star opportunities. Its five DI and DII colleges had competed in the USA Rugby structure, but with the national organizing body’s bankruptcy, the ARU has consolidated under NSCRO. The small college organization created NCRO for larger schools, which will compete in an Open Division:
Kent State
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
West Virginia University
Youngstown State
The existing NSCRO teams:
Allegheny College
California University of Pennsylvania
Clarion University
Fairmont State University
Gannon University
Grove City College
Robert Morris University
St. Vincent College
Thiel College
Allegheny marks the fifth conference to move its DI/II teams under the NCRO umbrella, joining Great Waters, Illinois, Northern Lights and Upstate New York. Click here for a combined map of NSCRO and NCRO teams, which is updated as conferences announce their adjusted alignments.