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Photo courtesy Colby College Women’s Rugby Facebook (original) PRESS RELEASE Over the last several months, NESCAC institutions have been focused on the safe reopening of their ..
graphic courtesy Harvard Women’s Rugby Facebook (link) The Ivy League announced today that it has canceled all fall sports, meaning eight universities will not compete in 2020: ..
Updated: July 10 USA Rugby is maintaining a Covid-19 resource in article form (link), which is pinned to the top of its news feed (usa.rugby/news/) and continually updated. The article ..
Bowdoin at 2019 NIRA DIII nationals (PC: Brian Beard/CIPhotography.com) In the age of Covid-19, colleges and universities are releasing their plans for the impending fall 2020 semester ..
One of Megan Swanson's murals in Minneapolis By Carol Ann Crump & Jackie Finlan Black Lives Matter is a response to racial injustice, police brutality and civil rights violations, ..
PRESS RELEASE – Hevani Kaihau, 20, is receiving the David Williamson Referee Scholarship for 2020 to advance her skills and experience as an emerging rugby official. The scholarship ..
Image courtesy Mount St. Mary’s University Athletics (link) The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), the country’s NCAA varsity rugby league, has named its HSBC ..
Photo courtesy Bloomsburg Women’s Rugby Instagram (@bloomwomensrugby) PRESS RELEASE The U.S. collegiate rugby landscape has been re-sculpted following the reorganization of USA Rugby ..
Photo courtesy Virginia Women’s College RFCs Facebook When USA Rugby announced that it was reorganizing, TRB started plotting the women’s colleges (link) with the intent of tracking ..
Photo: DC Furies Women’s Rugby Facebook COVID-19 has demolished the rugby calendar. As teams digest “Return to Play” guidelines, event organizers are simultaneously deciding ..
Elon (maroon) is one SARC member / Photo: Amy Nicholson When USA Rugby announced plans to reorganize, Elon University (N.C.) head coach Alley Mitchell considered the implications on the region. ..
PRESS RELEASE The South Atlantic Rugby Conference (SARC) is pleased to announce its creation as a new competition for women’s collegiate rugby in the south. SARC establishes a new home ..
When The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) asked the rugby community for financial backing in order to exist, readers put down their credit cards in support of content they value, and they continue ..
Photo courtesy Claremont Foxes Women’s Rugby Club Facebook Five Division II college conferences have collectively aligned with the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) ..
Photo: Carlisle Stockton of StocktonPhoto.com The cancellation of the spring 2020 season may have curtailed the on-field efforts of rugby players but the Tri-State Rugby Conference ..
Scrums are a vulnerable area of the game / Photo: Jackie Finlan (TRB) PRESS RELEASE – World Rugby published its Return-to-Play Guidelines earlier this month and followed with ..
Photo courtesy Univ. Iowa Women’s Rugby Club Facebook USA Rugby’s reorganization has thrust the domestic game into disarray, and colleges are particularly vulnerable. Conferences ..
USA Rugby has published “Return to Play Guidelines” that will be implemented beginning June 1, 2020. The resource opens with the following: This information is a proposed ..
Photo courtesy Salisbury Women’s Rugby Club Facebook The Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference (MARC) is the fourth league to join the reconstituted American Collegiate Rugby Association ..
Photo courtesy Bentley Women’s Rugby Facebook The Rugby Northeast (RNE) conference will remain a hybrid competition for the upcoming school year. Division II teams will align ..
The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) covers girls and women's rugby in the U.S. JACKIE FINLAN is the sole employee creating content and the paid subscription base supports this full-time enterprise. For $5/month (or $60/year), subscribers access features covering the USA Eagles, senior clubs, colleges, high schools, and everything in between. TRB prides itself on original, interview-based articles that showcase the people driving this great sport in the U.S.