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Photo courtesy Notre Dame Women’s Rugby Facebook The Irish 7s hosted eight-team men’s and women’s brackets last weekend in Bend, Ind., and after a weather-challenging ..
At present, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) does not hold a 7s season but the majority of league members do play spring 7s. Some are building toward USA Rugby’s ..
Chico State is heading to the quarterfinal round of the USA Rugby DI College Spring Championship and doing so as the Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference (PMRC) champion. The Wildcats ..
American Rugby Pro Training Center (ARPTC) will take its first international touring squad abroad to Ireland in April 2019. The elite, training program has launched an international ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Stanford University and Chico State won their respective semifinals at the Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference playoffs Saturday and thus advance to the regional ..
Purdue University was home to the first Midwest LAU U23 All-Star tournament in 1999, one year after Bryn Chivers and Tammy Cowan created the Midwest U23 Thunderbirds and took ..
Games and scores for girls’ high school, women’s college and women’s senior club games occuring, generally, between Saturday-Sunday, March 30-31 / send updates to editor@therugbybreakdown.com. ..
Harvard leads overall selections. / Graphic: Harvard University Athletics After naming its Tier 2 All-Americans last week, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has announced ..
Photos: Kirstyn Paynter (see full albums) The Queens Cup 7s named four champions over two days last weekend, and two of those victors have guaranteed spots in their respective national ..
Photo courtesy Lindenwood University Women’s Rugby Twitter In a rematch of the 2018 final, Lindenwood University and Life University are heading to the USA Rugby DI Elite National ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Scores for girls’ high school, women’s college and women’s club games occurring (mostly) Saturday-Sunday, March 23-24 / report updates to editor@therugbybreakdown.com ..
Fort Obetz photo USA RUGBY – The 2018-2019 Club 15s National Championships will be hosted at Fortress Obetz in Obetz, Ohio – a suburb of Columbus – on June 1-2. Two weeks ..
Photos courtesy United Girls Rugby Facebook Kahuku High School is back in Hawaii, having completed a three-game 15s tour of the Salt Lake City region late last week. The trip was full ..
USA Rugby graphic SAN DIEGO, CA – USA Rugby will host the Women’s Rugby Super Series from June 28 to July 14, bringing together the world’s top five teams for a round-robin ..
Nalbandian during ’18 DI Elite playoffs / Photo: KJ Feury Penn State has longest most successful history among current women’s college programs still playing today. To be a Nittany ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Last weekend was relatively light across those DI and DII colleges building toward USA Rugby’s spring championships, with one exception. The DII West Coast ..
UN Reno scrumhalf Mallory Waldeck / Photo: Jackie Finlan Week seven of the USA Rugby DII College Spring Rankings was all about the West Coast conference – and not just because ..
Photo courtesy Queens University of Charlotte Athletics It was a pretty quiet weekend with only two conference matches occurring among ranked teams, and thus there was no movement in round ..
The DI Elite has very much been a work in progress during its four years of existence. It was intended for USA Rugby’s top women’s colleges, but the competition was created ..
Photo: USA Rugby The USA Women’s 7s team hosted Canada and China at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center. There’s still a month to go until Kitakyushu (April 20-21), ..
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