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Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) has wrapped up its summer programming, having toured Ireland with its girls’ U16 and U18 teams. All told, the group went 5-2 against four provincial ..
Girls Rugby, Inc., has been the entry point into the sport for thousands of kids, but once those members age out of the programming, it’s up to the rest of the community to keep those ..
The annual North American Invitational (NAI) 7s took over Salt Lake City’s Regional Athletic Center from Friday-Saturday, July 25-26, and the tournament named champions in four ..
The Washington Selects won the Great Northwest Challenge (GNC) girls’ U19 division – quite the accomplishment considering that the state does not field a 15s competition for that ..
The 2025 Great Northwest Challenge (GNC) occurred in Bozeman, Mont., in late June, and the girls’ U19 division included teams from eight states. The California Grizzlies, which is based ..
The very active North Carolina Youth Rugby (NCYR) All-Stars are back on the pitch for another curtain-raiser ahead of a USA Men’s National Team test. Ahead of the Eagles vs. Spain ..
The first girls’ high school 15s national tournament was held 25 years ago, and the title has been the pinnacle of achievement for this segment of the rugby population. Since 2000, ..
High school student-athletes are announcing their collegiate rugby plans for the 2025-26 school year, and TRB will track those alignments as individuals and rugby programs post public ..
On July 12, the USA Rugby Men’s National Team will play Spain in Charlotte, N.C., and a girls’ high school 15s match will serve as a curtain-raiser. Trevor Caterson of the North ..
Corning Rugby Club won its second-ever Rugby New York Girls’ High School 15s Championship last month. The season was especially poignant for a group of seniors who had helped drive ..
Doylestown last won the Rugby Pennsylvania Girls’ High School 15s Championship in 2021, and rising senior Nolah Flynn has been there for every step of the rebuild. The scrumhalf was only ..
The Brunswick Valkyries have won the Rugby Ohio girls’ high school 15s championship in the past, but the 2025 title run was certainly one to remember. With only four seniors on the squad, ..
Montana has garnered attention in the last couple of years, as the girls’ high school competition has grown from 7s to 15s, and its state all-star team most recently finished second ..
Haley Harris is on a mission. She’s back in San Diego, where she played her high school rugby, and looking to stoke the girls’ game in SoCal. She’s getting that opportunity with ..
The Liberty Rugby Club won the Rugby Washington (Rugby WA) girls’ high school championship for the first time ever, but that title run wasn’t the prime topic for Shannon Nielsen. ..
In spring 2021, four high school girls’ rugby teams gathered in Clinton Township, New Jersey, in front of family and a handful of collegiate coaches and recruiters for the first Mid-Atlantic ..
Rocky Mountain is Rugby Idaho’s complete champion. The Meridian-based program swept the 7s titles in the fall and looked to replicated those successes in the spring. Rocky Mountain ..
When Mary Lastowski and Mike Streicker joined the Raleigh Cobras coaching staff this past fall, they inherited a group of very talented players. But there was a rigidity to the team’s ..
Father Ryan graduated a core group of seniors from its girls’ high school rugby team last year, and so the program expected to rebuild during the 2024-25. But by the time the Tennessee ..
For the second-straight year, the Woodlands Youth Rugby Club sent two sides to the Rugby Texas girls’ high school 7s championship. But the 2025 title run was a bit of a surprise, ..
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