All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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As the Women’s Premier League (WPL) heads into playoffs, note that the fall season does not end with the Oct. 14 national championship. On Nov. 2, New Zealand’s Te Tai Tokerau Natives ..
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The following is a list of girls and women’s rugby games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, generally. Scores will be updated throughout the weekend but feel ..
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Big 10 rugby is always a fun 15s competition to follow, and the strengthening of Purdue University has only heightened that joy. After a winless season in fall 2022, the Boilermakers ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) released its first Women’s Small College Coaches Poll last week (below) and expect a reboot every Wednesday. It’s a good place to start in terms ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) released its first Division II Coaching Poll of the 15s season last week, and the fall is already producing interesting results. The following update ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) released its first round of Coaches Polls last week, and they serve as a great check-in for top-performing teams. Division I is NCR’s smallest ..
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The Women’s Premier League (WPL) has wrapped on its regular season, and thus the semifinals are solidified. Teams have two weeks to recover and ready for the Oct. 7 playoffs, ..
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Rugby Michigan is one of two states that holds its girls’ high school 15s season in the fall, and for the past few years, it’s been Sparta-Rock and Grandville contesting the championship. ..
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Division II accounts for the majority of senior women’s rugby clubs in the U.S., and thus the fall updates are more robust than the Division I and Division III round-ups. Last ..
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In the first of three USA Club Rugby weekend round-ups, Division I has seen two regions contest regular-season 15s matches so far: the Midwest and East Coast. The Midwest will name ..
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When the USA Hawks take to the pitch on Saturday, Sept. 23, the team will be making its first official appearance as a USA Rugby League (USARL) program. The first U.S.-based team, the “Redtails,” ..
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Rugby games and scores for girls’ high school, women’s college and women’s senior club games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Sept. 15-17, generally. International ..
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Competitions change each new rugby season, but one thing is assured among New England’s Division II senior clubs: No one team dominates year over year. League champions experience ..
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Princeton University Women’s Rugby faced a tough introduction to the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) last year, but the Division I program can face those challenges ..
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USA Club Rugby saw a slew of women’s 15s teams kick off their 2023-24 seasons last weekend, and there were plenty of interesting outcomes to digest. A handful of 2022-23 championship ..
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Scores for girls and women’s rugby games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Sept. 8-10, or overseas if they involve U.S.-based players or teams. Feel free to send omissions ..
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A series of firsts marked the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) season-opening weekend. Queens Univ. of Charlotte and the U.S. Naval Academy played their first games ..
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Sacred Heart University (SHU) opened up the 2023 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) season with a 31-7 win over Army West Point. It’s a first for the NCAA Division ..
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And we’re back! Yes, the Women’s Premier League has been playing since mid-August, and those games count toward the 2023-24 rugby season, but now the colleges and senior ..
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The South Atlantic Rugby Conference (SARC) will run out its U23 15s all-star team next Saturday, Sept. 9 against Queens University of Charlotte’s sub-varsity team. The program is technically ..
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