All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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Northern California runs two competitions for its girls’ high school teams in the spring: 15s and 10s. The Sacramento Amazons won the Tier 1 15s title, and Tier 2 went to East Palo ..
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The Northern Virginia (NOVA) Women’s Rugby Club has featured in the previous four USA Club Rugby 15s National Championships, winning the titles in three of those finals. The Piranhas ..
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High school student-athletes are announcing their collegiate rugby plans for the 2025-26 school year, and TRB will track those alignments as individuals and rugby programs post public ..
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In the U.S., so many rugby players find the sport in college, which means club teams have to have a good on-campus recruitment game. But even the best funded and supported programs ..
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The Houston Athletic Rugby Club women’s team (sHARC) is heading to the USA Club Rugby Division I National Championship finale, which takes place at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis. ..
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Grand Rapids was one of the first women’s teams to know that it was advancing to the USA Club Rugby Super Regional Championships (SRCs). The Growlers won the Midwest Division II trophy ..
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Phoenixville made its first appearance in a USA Club Rugby 15s National Championship last year, and the Pennsylvania team finished second overall. A year the wiser, White Horse is back ..
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Often, it takes years to win a national championship. Teams make local and then regional gains before getting to championship weekend, and when that trophy is finally claimed, it’s ..
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Stanford University Women's Rugby pulled off a College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) championship double. The Cardinal won the Division I 15s title in mid-April and then last ..
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The USA Rugby Women’s National Team (WNT) runs out onto the pitch inside CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., tonight at 7:30 p.m. CDT, and faces Canada in the first of three Pacific ..
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The Utah Vipers are heading to the USA Club Rugby Division I national 15s semifinals and doing so with the Pacific Super Regional Championship (SRC) behind them. The 2024 national runner-up ..
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The 2025 Collegiate Rugby 7s Championship (CRC 7s) marked the 15th anniversary of the tournament and celebrated with 128 teams at Maryland Soccer Complex in Boyds, Md. The men played ..
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) graduated 17 players and 13 starters from its 2024 championship team, so a repeat College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) title was not a given. Young ..
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Pennsylvania is an interesting space for girls’ high school rugby. During the spring, there are many playing options, from the in-state 15s and 7s circuits; to regional add-ons with ..
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The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) celebrated the end of its women’s 15s season with a full day of finals on April 19. Stanford’s Steuber Rugby Stadium hosted the DIA, ..
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There was just one Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) game last weekend, and it made good use of the spotlight. The New York Exiles (2-3) traveled to the Boston Banshees (3-1), and a tasty, ..
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The University of California, Berkeley (“Cal”) will play in its first-ever 15s national championship, but the Bears aren’t feeling like underdogs. A trying season, successfully ..
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It’s a big playoff weekend. In the college sphere, the DIA holds its semifinals and the victors will advance to the three-tiered CRAA 15s championship event on April 19 at Stanford. ..
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Stanford Women's Rugby returns to the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Division I 15s Championship and will pursue the defense of its 2024 title at home on Saturday, April ..
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The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is heading back to the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) postseason and does so as the repeat Pacific Desert Rugby Conference Division ..
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