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The 2025 Great Northwest Challenge (GNC) occurred in Bozeman, Mont., in late June, and the girls’ U19 division included teams from eight states. The California Grizzlies, which is based ..
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The USA Women’s National Team (WNT) is currently in Emmitsburg, Md., for the final run-up to the Rugby World Cup 2025, and Tahlia Brody is one of 40 athletes vying for selection to the touring ..
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Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) fielded its first-ever girls’ U20 team and took 25 players from all over the country to Italy and the Netherlands. The squad went 2-1 on the 15s tour ..
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The Rocky Mountain Peaks won the 2025 USA Rugby U23 All-Star 15s Championship, beating New England in the Tier 1 semifinals and the Midwest Thunderbirds in the championship final. The Peaks ..
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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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The Midwest Thunderbirds have by far the most transparent and comprehensive feeder system of any of the teams that featured at the U23 national all-star 15s tournament. That structure ..
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Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) has crowned its first national champion, etching “Denver Onyx” onto the 2025 Legacy Cup trophy. This afternoon, inside TCO Stadium (Eagan, Minn.), Denver ..
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The USA Falcons were busy during the month of June, sending both its 7s and 15s teams on tour. While the developmental 15s program traveled to Brazil for two games against the host ..
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Corning Rugby Club won its second-ever Rugby New York Girls’ High School 15s Championship last month. The season was especially poignant for a group of seniors who had helped drive ..
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Doylestown last won the Rugby Pennsylvania Girls’ High School 15s Championship in 2021, and rising senior Nolah Flynn has been there for every step of the rebuild. The scrumhalf was only ..
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The Brunswick Valkyries have won the Rugby Ohio girls’ high school 15s championship in the past, but the 2025 title run was certainly one to remember. With only four seniors on the squad, ..
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Montana has garnered attention in the last couple of years, as the girls’ high school competition has grown from 7s to 15s, and its state all-star team most recently finished second ..
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After a fruitful tour in 2024, the USA Falcons returned to South America for a two-game series against the Brazil women’s national 15s team. The teams split the two contests on June ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) sent its first-ever women’s select side on tour last week, competing in the Algarve 7s in Portugal. Led by head coach Deven O’Crump (née Owsiany) ..
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Haley Harris is on a mission. She’s back in San Diego, where she played her high school rugby, and looking to stoke the girls’ game in SoCal. She’s getting that opportunity with ..
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The Liberty Rugby Club won the Rugby Washington (Rugby WA) girls’ high school championship for the first time ever, but that title run wasn’t the prime topic for Shannon Nielsen. ..
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Rocky Mountain is Rugby Idaho’s complete champion. The Meridian-based program swept the 7s titles in the fall and looked to replicated those successes in the spring. Rocky Mountain ..
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When Mary Lastowski and Mike Streicker joined the Raleigh Cobras coaching staff this past fall, they inherited a group of very talented players. But there was a rigidity to the team’s ..
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Father Ryan graduated a core group of seniors from its girls’ high school rugby team last year, and so the program expected to rebuild during the 2024-25. But by the time the Tennessee ..
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The Utah Vipers formed in 2014, and out of necessity. David Shelledy and Olive Ahotaeiloa had been coaching the U19 Lowland Lions, and for those graduates who remained in the South ..
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