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Army has won six of the seven All-Armed Forces 7s Championships, but last weekend's tournament was far from routine for the gold medalists. Hosted at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, ..
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The Washington Athletic Club (WAC) is always a contender for the USA Club Rugby Women's 7s National Championship, and that trend continues into 2026. The Seattle team takes the top seed ..
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The Midwest U18 Thunderbirds held its annual summer rugby 15s camp but for the first year held two separate assemblies in Wisconsin then Ohio. Back-to-back camps had been a years-long ..
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Phoenix has made multiple appearances at the USA Club 7s National Championship, but despite the program's notoriety, the South-based team is always a bit of a wild card at the annual ..
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It has been a week since the USA Rugby Women's U20 team wrapped on its South Africa tour, but the excitement that the junior Eagles generated lingers on. The squad won both of its 15s matches ..
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The Chicago Lions will be doubly present at next weekend's USA Club Rugby Women's 7s National Championship in Madison, Wis. After a team's late withdrawal, David Fee, who is both the Lions ..
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Boston is in the midst of its 50th anniversary as a rugby club and part of this celebratory season is the team's 10th trip to the USA Club Rugby National 7s Championship. The team heads ..
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It has been a mixed summer experience for the Scion Sirens. The Washington, D.C.-based team welcomed its largest player pool to date and enjoyed mixing those layers of veterans, up-and-comers ..
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On July 24, the USA Rugby Women’s U20 15s team finished its time in South Africa with a 60-17 win against the host Junior Springboks. The win follows a 47-12 victory on July 17, making ..
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Teams have qualified for the USA Club Rugby 7s National Championship, which occurs Aug. 8-9 in Madison, Wis. The Red River region held its final qualifier last Saturday and will be represented ..
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The NCAA Directory lists 30 institutions that sponsor women’s rugby as an NCAA Emerging Sport. They play their championship 15s rugby in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association ..
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The USA Rugby Women’s U20 Team won its opening match against the South Africa U20s 47-12 (watch the replay). The teams will return to the Stellensbosch Academy of Sport on Friday, ..
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The Atlantis network wraps around the world, and it most recently nurtured a unique touring opportunity to Barranquilla, Colombia. There, the U.S.-based select side knit together a squad ..
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The Águilas Aztecas Rugby Club is technically headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., but the program is rooted in two closely linked countries. The teams aim to connect, promote and elevate ..
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Highland entered the 2025-26 season expecting a year of adapting to change (read more). The Rugby Ohio board of directors and the Buzzards’ coaching staff swapped out, but there ..
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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association (MIA) has only known one champion since girls' high school rugby became a varsity sport in 2017: Belmont High School. But that ..
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The Midwest Rugby Union has changed up how it will name its women's club 7s champion this summer, using a series-ending tournament to determine its victor this season. Previously, the standings ..
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The USA Rugby U23 All-Star 15s Tournament brings the country's best age grade talent together at one location – this year, Clearwater, Minn., a convenient location for the head of the USA Rugby ..
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The Midwest won the USA Rugby U23 All-Star 15s Tournament for the first time in this modern era of the event. The Thunderbirds beat the Mid-Atlantic and Pacific South during day one in Clearwater, ..
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Highland won its first Rugby Ohio Girls' High School 15s Championship in years, and did so after a season marked by change. There were adjustment periods as a new coaching staff introduced ..
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