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Photo courtesy Mines Women’s Rugby Instagram (@mines_womens_rugby) The Colorado School of Mines drew attention in 2017, when it finished 11 points shy of Winona State during the DII College ..
Photo courtesy of USCG Academy Women’s Facebook A few interesting results as well as teams’ season-openers see lots of movement in the third round of the DII Fall College ..
Photo courtesy Navy Women’s Rugby Facebook The biggest news of the weekend came out of Annapolis, as the U.S. Naval Academy beat visiting Davenport University 50-12. The Panthers ..
Mahdia Parker / Photo courtesy Brown University Athletics The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has been active since mid-August, and it has allowed a first look at the new student-athletes ..
Photo courtesy Army West Point Athletics Just one change in the fourth edition of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) rankings, and as per custom, more clarification ..
Photo courtesy USA Rugby South Panthers Facebook PRESS RELEASE The 2018-2019 season was an awesome campaign for the USA Rugby South (USARS) Panther Women. Opportunities expanded threefold ..
Even more than its Division I counterpart, the DII Fall College Ranking will experience some big reorganizations early on as teams grow toward consistency, leagues produce new leaders, ..
Photo courtesy IU Women’s Rugby Facebook It’s still early in the USA Rugby Division I College Fall Championship season, and so the rankings are going to move around as teams ..
Photo: Katie Bernashe Colby-Sawyer College competes in Division III of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), but prior to NCAA varsity status, the Chargers existed ..
Photo courtesy Queens Univ. of Charlotte Athletics It was an exciting weekend for NCAA varsity games, which produced movement in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 NIRA rankings. Tier 3 remained ..
All photos: Chloe Trofatter Michigan State knew it had something good brewing in Lansing. Numbers and recruitment were consistent, the club was well established and running smoothly, ..
Photo courtesy Vassar College Athletics Update: The original version of this article stated that Winona State was competing in DI, when in fact it’s competing in a DI/DII hybrid ..
Photo courtesy Winona State Women’s Rugby Facebook Update: The original version of this article indicated that Winona State was competing in Division I this year but the Black ..
No movement in the second iteration of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) rankings, but some changes have occurred in terms of the records that are reflected in the lists. ..
Photo courtesy UNE Athletics Week three of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has wrapped and now all 19 members have played at least one game – although not necessarily ..
Photos: MIDN 1/C Grace Rovira (see more) The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) is an independent Division I program that contests its 15s season in the fall and relies on an at-large berth ..
Photo: MIDN 1/C Grace Rovira The first blips of collegiate 15s action (outside of NIRA) appeared last weekend. This weekend’s hefty lineup of matches will feed the first DI and DII College ..
Photos: Doreen Madalian West Chester University contested the first NCAA-sanctioned varsity rugby game against Eastern Illinois back in September 2007. Back then, there were only four ..
The following rankings are produced by The Rugby Breakdown – not the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA). The NCAA varsity league polls its coaches, who rank teams ..
2018 DI Fall College Champion Air Force Academy USA RUGBY – The Fall 2019 Men’s and Women’s College Championship Series, along with the Men’s D2 National Championship, will ..
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