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To reflect the expanded membership, National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) hosted two divisions in the College 7s All-Star Championship last weekend in Houston. EPRU won the Small College ..
Akilah Cathey confessed that her relationship with rugby did not begin with "love at first sight." In fact, the Memphis, Tenn., native needed a bit of badgering before finally adding ..
The Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union (EPRU) won the 4th annual National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) All-Star 7s title in the Small College division (Texas won the DI title). The competition ..
2020 LAI 7s / Photo: Jackie Finlan (TRB) PRESS RELEASE – World Rugby and USA Rugby announced today that the upcoming U.S. leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, LA Sevens, set to take ..
Last weekend was supposed to see leagues in California, Texas and Florida and get into league play, but pandemic concerns postponed many collegiate and senior club games. Two Arizona ..
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) is hosting its annual all-star 7s tournament on Jan. 22-23, 2022, in Houston, Texas. The competition has expanded with NCR’s membership, and multiple ..
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) first held its women’s all-star 7s tournament in January 2018. The 2022 event (Jan. 22-23) brings change – from a new location (Houston), to the addition ..
Colonial Coast won the last all-star 7s championship in 2020 PRESS RELEASE – National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has formed 16 conference all-star teams that will compete for the Women’s ..
Photo: Travis Prior for USA Rugby (@rugby_photog_co) Soccer was Maddie Hughes’ first love. The North Carolinian started kicking the ball around at four years old and saw her future ..
PRESS RELEASE – In an effort to rebuild team rosters by attracting new players to the sport the Tri-State Conference for the first time has placed a significant emphasis on the Seven-a-side ..
Photo: BUCS (www.bucs.org.uk) There’s a substantial contingent of Eagles who are competing in the Allianz Premier 15s, the English professional league, but there’s also a solid ..
PRESS RELEASE – National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) announced that the 2022 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) will return to Gold Mine on Airline, in New Orleans, Louisiana, home ..
The U.S. Olympic Training Site in Chula Vista, Calif., was once again abuzz with USA age grade pathway players, who spent a week (Dec. 27-Jan. 1) training together during the annual ..
Not every success ends with a championship, title or MVP nod, and that was especially true this past fall – the first collegiate season to show some semblance of pre-Covid normality. ..
People always ask me how this past year and Covid have been for me; i.e., whether The Rugby Breakdown has been able to survive when the sport was in pandemic mode. And I still ..
In September 2021, Newberry College announced the addition of women’s rugby to its varsity athletic offerings and intends to compete in NIRA’s Division II in fall 2022. On Dec. ..
USA RUGBY – For the first time since 2019, USA Rugby Pathways will bring 82 women’s U18 and U20 players to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Site in Chula Vista, Calif., ..
Guilford College added women’s rugby as a varsity sport in June 2019 and planned to debut in the 2020 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) Division III season. But Covid-19 ..
USA Rugby graphic The U.S. Naval Academy won its first-ever 15s championship, defeating Davenport University 20-12 in the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) final. The title ..
Wayne State College and SUNY Cortland were both undefeated as they traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., for the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Small College National Championship. During ..
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