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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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The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) will name three women’s 15s champions on Saturday, April 19 at Stanford University, and one of those title matches is already set. ..
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There was a ton of anticipation for the Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) Week 2 match between the Denver Onyx and Bay Breakers. For one, both teams had byes in Week 1, so last Saturday marked ..
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The Round of 8/4 matches have been determined for the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) women’s Division I playoffs. Quarterfinals will be held this Friday, April 4 and semifinals ..
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Boston is the first team to two wins in the inaugural Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) season, and both victories were memorable ones. After a league-opening win against the New York Exiles, ..
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The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) 7s is a magnet that attracts teams from all corners of the country, and that is the case for the University of Arkansas Women’s Rugby team. ..
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USA Rugby Women’s National Team Head Coach Sione Fukofuka has named 38 players to the 2025 spring tour group. The Eagles will first play Japan in Los Angeles (April 26) and then kick ..
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The Boston Banshees and TC Gemini recorded the first wins of the inaugural Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) season, but all four teams in motion last weekend earned at least one standings ..
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