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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) ran its first officially sanctioned tournament of 2021 with the Great Plains 7s Regional Championship in Wayne, Neb., last Saturday. Eight teams comprised ..
It’s been a strange spring for the Prairie State Women’s Rugby Conference. While individual teams across the country have been able to play games in 2021, only the DI Elite and the Ohio ..
@LUWrugby photo (link) Lindenwood University has the opportunity to defend its DI Elite National Championship title, now that the Lions have won its semifinal: 74-7 against BYU. Life ..
@LifeUWRugby graphic (link to original) Life University advances to the 2021 DI Elite National Championship after defeating Central Washington University 29-20 in today’s semifinal. ..
Photo: Star Stevens The DI Elite is at the semifinal stage of the season, and by Saturday night, the field will know its finalists. Top-seed Lindenwood University will host #4 BYU in St. Charles, ..
Pitt State and Kansas State played a 15s friendly last weekend / Photo: Jennifer Cummings Gray (link to original) National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) announced yesterday that the Mid-America ..
This time last year, Baldwin Wallace University was building momentum for its debut in the now-named National Collegiate Rugby (NCR). The Yellow Jackets intended to compete in the Ohio ..
Beginning in May, USA Rugby High Performance Pathways will host seven Talent Identification Camps to find emerging men’s and women’s players for its junior and senior national teams, ..
Tiffin University head coach Marc Ferguson is also the Ohio Valley conference commissioner, and when unfettered competition resumes, he’ll have to manage more than 20 teams from five ..
Penn State played its first 15s game of the spring on April 2 against WCU. / Photo: Doreen Madalian Even though the DI Elite / DIA regular season ended on March 27 and seeds had been ..
Photo: sacredheartpioneers.com (link) Sacred Heart University (SHU) played its first 15s game of the 2020-21 season and celebrated with a 17-10 win against Mount St. Mary’s University ..
Davenport Univeristy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) returned to the road last weekend and followed its season-opener at Life University (Marietta, Ga.) with a 15s game against West Chester University ..
There was much to play for when Central Washington University (CWU) and Life University met in the final regular-season match of the DI Elite season. The victor would host the teams’ ..
Photo courtesy @LUWrugby Lindenwood University head coach Billy Nicholas shuffled the roster for the Lions’ final match of the regular season, and the team produced a 77-5 win against ..
Jess Keating for touch / Photo: Star Stevens DI Elite ended its regular season with all four active teams in play. Lindenwood University remains undefeated after a 77-5 win against ..
Life Univ flyhalf Sydnee Cervinski / Photo: Star Stevens Last Saturday was an important day all around. Life University hosted Davenport University in the Michigan program’s first ..
Queens captain Teaghan Steele / Photo: Amy Nicholson Philippi, W.V., was host to three National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) programs that played their first games of spring ..
PRESS RELEASE The 2021 Collegiate Rugby Championship will be played May 29-31 in New Orleans at the Gold Mine on Airline, home of Major League Rugby’s NOLA Gold, featuring 32 men’s ..
Stephens during the 2020 LAI 7s / Photo: Jackie Finlan / TRB Lindenwood University improved to 3-0 in the DIA / DI Elite season, defeating Central Washington University (2-1) 69-12 ..
Tracking scores for high school, college and club (and international club with Americans on the roster) occurring March 20-21 here. Send updates to editor@therugbybreakdown.com or text ..
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