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                        The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) played its first 15s season in fall 2015, and for the next five years, as the membership built out, like-strength teams competed ..
 
                        Ten teams are heading to Houston to compete for three National Collegiate Rugby 15s championship titles. Vassar College is a top contender in the Division II quartet and plays a game ..
 
                        Last fall, the Univ. Wisconsin Platteville Women's Rugby made its deepest push into the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) post-season, advancing to the Division III 15s final against ..
 
                        One round into the Great Waters Rugby Conference playoffs, and it looked like a new National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Women's Division II champion would be named. The Univ. Wisconsin ..
 
                        National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) will name a new Division I 15s national champion on Dec. 7, and Southern Nazarene University (SNU) is one of two women's rugby teams still in the running ..
 
                        Premier Rugby 7s (PR7s) hit all the right notes with its all-star tournament last Sunday. With record speed, the organization found a city, stadium and support base that allowed rugby ..
 
                        Last year was a pivotal one for the Grand Rapids Growlers. The DII women’s club took a deep step into the post-season, advancing to the 2024 Northern Super Regional Championship (SRC) ..
 
                        It’s almost wild to think that a team has already booked its spot in the 2025 USA Club Rugby 15s National Championships before the event location has eve been named. But that is the case ..
 
                        Downingtown is a solid rugby program, and the girls’ high school team has a storied history. There are Rugby Pennsylvania state titles, international tours, and alumnae who have represented ..
 
                        Saturday’s Rugby NorCal (RNC) High School 7s Championship saw 15 girls’ sides report to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Teams were divided into Cup, Plate and Bowl ..
 
                        Summit High School won its 17th-straight state title, topping the Colorado Interscholastic Rugby Association (CIRA) with an undefeated record. But fall 2024 was far from a standard ..
 
                        Divine Savior Holy Angels (DSHA) won its 21st state title, defeating classic rival Catholic Memorial 21-5 for the Wisconsin Girls Rugby (WGR) 15s championship. It was an affirming win for a program ..
 
                        Two years in existence, two Missouri Youth Rugby titles. Saints Rugby (Overland, Kansas) dded a girls’ high school team in 2023 and celebrated by winning the 7s championship on debut. ..
 
                        North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (NCYRU) holds a short, but competitive fall 7s season for its high schoolers. The series includes three legs, all of which take place in October, culminating ..
 
                        After a thrilling weekend of women’s rugby games, the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) regional 15s championship brackets are nearly set. Division I knows seven of its eight post-season ..
 
                        West Pitt completed a perfect season in Rugby Ohio last weekend, topping the girls’ high school 7s field with an 18-0 record en route to the title. But the fall is not over for the Foxes, ..
 
                        For a third-straight year, Cedar Falls and Waverly-Shell Rock met in the Iowa Youth Rugby Association (IAYRA) girls’ high school 7s championship. The Tigers, which hosted the eight-team ..
 
                        Frostburg State University Women’s Rugby is in its second year with the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), and logged a program first when it beat DII New Haven last ..
 
                        Westside Revenge won its second-straight Rugby Indiana Fall 7s Championship, building on the momentum that began with last fall’s title and surged during the 2024 spring 15s season. ..
 
                        Rocky Mountain High School Girls’ Rugby is celebrating the 7s trifecta, winning district, state and regional titles during three consecutive weekends this October. The Meridian, Idaho, ..
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