All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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La Costa Canyon High School came close to winning the Southern California Interscholastic Rugby Federation (SCIRF) Open Division last year, and was eager to close that margin in 2024. ..
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The Cascade Women’s Collegiate Rugby Conference joined National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) after the pandemic, but the Pacific Northwest (PNW) league has not featured in the organization's ..
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The Belmont Shore Rugby Club Girls’ U18 team is busy this 2023-24 season. The Southern California program has already traveled internationally, played 7s and 15s, and has two more ..
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The Capital Rugby Union is taking its men’s and women’s representative teams to Colombia for a joint 15s tour in February. The international outing is a first for the women’s ..
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For eight years now, the Midwest High School Thunderbirds have traveled to Florida for a winter 15s tour. The competition lineup has evolved over the years, but 2024 is finally meeting ..
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“Third time’s a charm,” New Haven Women's Rugby backs captain Brandice Neal looked optimistically toward the spring post-season. Neal was commenting on the likelihood of seeing ..
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The USA Falcons had a relatively active 2023 with two international rugby 7s events and several Chula Vista camps knitting those outings together. The USA developmental program brought ..
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Union County Women's Rugby repeated as the Empire Geographic Union (GU) Division III champion and became the first women's team across the entire country to secure a berth to a Super ..
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2023 has been a year of firsts for Northeastern University Women’s Rugby. In the spring, the Boston team won the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Division I 7s National ..
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Sparta-Rock won its fourth Rugby Michigan Girls' High School 15s Championship and got past a hungry Grand Haven 26-5 in the final. The game took place inside Rockford High School's ..
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St. Bonaventure University won the 2023 Women’s Small College 15s National Championship, defeating Univ. Wisconsin Platteville 22-17 during the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) finale ..
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The annual New York 7s rugby tournament is held on Randall’s Island on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, and the 2023 event welcomed 23 girls’ high school sides competing in two divisions. ..
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Vassar College won the previous, and final, Collegiate Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Women’s Division II Fall 15s Championship.* The Brewers joined the majority of fall-based ..
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Upstate New York has sent two teams to the Small College 15s National Championship semifinals, and for SUNY Cortland, it’s a welcome return to the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) ..
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The Division II Carolinas has seen its membership fluctuate, especially since covid, and in step with other senior women's club competitions around the country. Teams with struggling ..
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Divine Savior Holy Angels (DSHA) repeated as the Wisconsin Girls Rugby (WGR) 15s champion, but this year’s team and title run were special. For one, there are 20 seniors driving the Milwaukee ..
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Women's Rugby team is heading to the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) 15s championship weekend on Dec. 2-3 in Houston, Texas. It’s the deepest ..
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The 1972 Miami Dolphins stand as the only NFL team to complete an undefeated season with a Super Bowl championship. As the Saints (Sacramento, Calif.) built momentum through the Rugby ..
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Since the inception of the women’s rugby program in fall 2013, Davenport University has amassed its share of trophies. The Panthers have won national and seasonal, 7s and 15s, Division ..
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Bowdoin College Women’s Rugby won its fourth-straight National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) Division III title, defeating championship first-timer Adrian College 51-17 ..
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