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For Waverly-Shell Rock, the goal every year is to win the Iowa Youth Rugby Association (IAYR) Girls’ High School 7s Championship, but this fall, the 2024 titleholder wanted to prove ..
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For the third-straight year, Idaho has organized and hosted the annual Girls’ High School Rugby 7s Championship. From Oct. 24-25, 16 single-school teams from five states overtook ..
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Army West Point was one of several National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) programs to enter the 2025-26 season with a new head coach. And while there certainly was a transition ..
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Idaho is such a fun state to follow for girls’ high school rugby. The fall is for school-sponsored 7s, and several different high schools have hoisted the trophy since the competition's ..
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American International College (AIC) Women’s Rugby sits atop the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) DII/III standings and does so as the reigning DII 15s champion. ..
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Division III is not in a place to host its own conference championship with National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), but there is a post-season pathway for DIII programs. ..
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It didn’t take long for Olga Wilson to realize that rugby was her forever sport. Playing in high school and then college, the Connecticut native knew she would continue to contribute ..
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Alycia Washington wears all the hats – whether it’s as a USA player, to XV Foundation co-lead, to National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) administrator, to just shining as an overall rugby ..
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The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) post-season doesn’t begin until mid-November, but there have already been a few Division I match-ups that have sparked title ..
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Part one of the girls’ high school overview covered those states that name 15s champions in the fall, and part two looks at states naming 7s champions in the fall. The caveat ..
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Girls’ high school rugby is underway and states are playing a mix of competitive and developmental 7s and 15s seasons. The following belongs to a three-part overview of competitions ..
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Army won the 6th Annual All-Armed Forces Women’s Rugby 7s Championship at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center (CVEATC) on Sept. 6-7, but it was a title hard earned. There ..
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The women’s college activity really opened up this past weekend, Sept. 13-14, and will only pick up pace through September. The following covers the NCAA varsity space — ..
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Founded in 1976, Beantown Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest, most reputable and successful women’s teams in the country -- winning national championships, producing USA players, ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) added women’s 15s to its high-performance programming this year, and the All-Americans inaugurated their existence with an epic Rugby World Cup-aligned ..
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A clash of champions occurred in Cambridge, Mass., when Lindenwood University Women's Rugby traveled to Harvard University last Saturday. The Lions are playing in their first National ..
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The Midwest Rugby Union officially kicked off its 2025-26 senior club season last Saturday, and it's a meatier competition this year for the Division I and Division II women's 15s leagues. ..
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The USA Rugby women’s rugby 7s program did Team USA proud, taking home the Silver medal at the Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay. The Americans went 5-1 during the Aug. 16-17 ..
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Three varsity women’s rugby programs are joining the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), but the addition of new members isn’t the only triumph marking this 2025 ..
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The Chicago Lions won their second-ever USA Club Rugby Women’s 7s National Championship, overcoming a wet and wild weekend in Cottage Grove, Wis., and stellar competition. Sereana ..
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