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Covid-19 impacts all aspects of life, and collegiate sports are vulnerable. Twenty-seven NCAA conferences want to relax the minimum-sports requirement for Division I status, and if that ..
Photos: Lexi Villagran The National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) was supposed to hold its national 7s championship last weekend, but Covid-19 is still ruling. Wayne State ..
2019 conference all-star 7s team PRESS RELEASE – The Upstate New York Collegiate Rugby Conference has announced it will join the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) ..
At first consideration, beauty pageants and rugby are at opposite ends of the activity spectrum; however, the two pursuits are rooted in competition and the curation of one’s best ..
Photo courtesy Rugby4LIFE Facebook There are five finalists in the running for the 2020 MA Sorensen Award, and a panel of coaches and rugby experts (of which TRB is a member) will select ..
Covid-19 canceled spring rugby just as the Baldwin Wallace University (BWU) women’s rugby team was emerging from dormancy. Located in Berea, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the program ..
The National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) created the National College Rugby Organization (NCRO) as a new potential home for teams and conferences left stranded by USA Rugby’s ..
Photo courtesy Winona State Women’s Rugby Facebook On April 15, the Great Waters Women’s Rugby Conference announced that it was moving all of its teams to the National Small ..
Harvard Women’s Rugby Facebook (link to original) The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has named its Tier 1, Tier 2 and Division III all-conference teams for the 2019 ..
Hall in the 2019 DI Elite final / Photo: Alex Ho (hoiho.net) Lindenwood University is, as one DI Elite opponent put it, “the juggernaut that everyone is chasing.” In 2020, the St. Charles, ..
2019 Great Waters DII champ UW Oshkosh With USA Rugby declaring bankruptcy this spring, leagues around the country have had to consider new partnerships for the sake of their competitions’ ..
Skinner won the fan vote / Photo courtesy Navy Women’s Rugby FB The fan and team votes have been counted, and the 2019-20 MA Sorensen Award nominees have been narrowed down to five ..
Graphic courtesy BYU Women’s Rugby Facebook BYU co-captains Alisa (a-LEE-sa) Baker and Emily Briggs were both nominated for the 2020 MA Sorensen Award, which honors the top women’s ..
Last season was a special one for Saint Mary’s College (Moraga, Calif.). Led by a large class of seniors, the Gaels advanced to the USA Rugby DII Spring College Championship quarterfinals, ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Central Washington University has spent the previous two years finding the right student-athletes who would embrace and promote the Wildcats’ way. Strong ..
Pittsburg State will remember the 2019-20 season for the good and the bad. On the happy end of the spectrum, the Kansas team joined the DII Mid-America conference for its first official ..
Amy Nicholson photo When Queens University of Charlotte added rugby to its athletic department, it wasn’t elevating club teams that already existed but creating programs. As Director ..
The Rugby Breakdown placed Salisbury University atop the DII Spring College Rankings for all of 2020, and the Maryland team echoed the belief that it was building to a spring title. ..
NEC7C champs Babson College The New England Collegiate 7s Circuit (NEC7C) was able to contest six of 19 tournaments before COVID-19 cancelled rugby action and shut down campuses. Despite ..
CWU Athletics photo (original) The MA Sorensen Award narrowed its field of 2019-20 nominees to 20 players, and individual fans and collective teams are called upon to vote for their ..
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