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High school student-athletes are announcing their collegiate rugby plans for the 2026-27 school year, and TRB will track those alignments as they post. This perpetually updated list ..
The Rugby Breakdown begins its Next Phase Rugby High School Player of the Month* series with Giabella Romano, a graduating senior at Carmel High School in Indiana. The versatile player ..
Next Phase Rugby and The Rugby Breakdown are pleased to announce their partnership, one that will further connect women’s college rugby programs to high school student-athletes. Next ..
The Girls XV Nationals Committee has published its first high school ranking. The list includes high school clubs and single-school teams that are playing 15s, and features rugby programs ..
Girls High School and High School Club 15s Nationals is the highlight of the year, showcasing the best rugby being played at the U19 level. The tournaments have toured the country, ..
Utah Youth Rugby (UYR) kicked off its girls' club 15s season on March 7, marking the middle of a year of change for this age group. UYR chair Alex Nunnally and the board have plotted ..
Life University Women’s Rugby is hosting its 2026 Girls Summer Residency Program from July 23-29 on world-class facilities in Marietta, Ga., featuring elite-level coaching and a high ..
Nationwide girls’ high school rugby rankings are tough. Consistently accurate, timely and easily sourced information is not the standard, although there are some notable exceptions ..
The Atlantis High School Girls took their first international tour since 2017, traveling to Portugal for the Lisbon Youth Rugby 7s Tournament on Feb. 14-15. There were many rewarding ..
A major girls' high school 15s event occurs in Gulfport, Fla., this Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14, and the involvement of the Elite Girls Rugby League (EGRL) has been influential in elevating ..
The genesis of the Girls' U18 Territorial 15s Tournament begins with the Midwest Thunderbirds. The "Baby Birds" are making their 10th annual rugby trip to the South, seeking warmer ..
USA Rugby South is readying for the Girls’ U18 Territorial 15s Tournament, which occurs Feb. 13-14 in St. Petersburg, Fla. There are 26 players from Georgia, North Carolina, South ..
The USA West made its debut at the Girls' U18 Territorial 15s Tournament last year and played three competitive games en route to a 1-2 record. The select side is eager to apply those ..
eagles.rugby – The USA Rugby Pathway feeds players into the USA U18, U20 and U23 junior national teams, and it has just released details on its Talent Identification Days, Regional ..
The Girls' U18 Territorial 15s Tournament continues to evolve, and the 2026 edition has added a new competitor to the lineup: the Pacific Northwest (PNW). An official USA Rugby Pathways ..
The Tropical 7s is a jewel among U.S. rugby festivals, attracting a bevy U12-U18 teams as well as U23 and senior sides seeking that early-April Tampa sun. The Idaho-rooted Hawkeye Rugby ..
The second edition of the West Region 15s Showcase occurs this Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17 in Long Beach, Calif., and organizers have applied feedback from 2025 to enrich this year’s ..
The West Region 15s Showcase is back for year two, drawing the top girls’ high school 15s teams to Long Beach, Calif., on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17. Five of the six teams are regulars ..
The Atlanta Valkyries continue to stay busy while being relatively isolated from organized girls' high school rugby, and this fall has provided more moments to celebrate. The team has traveled ..
Father Ryan High School is getting into repeat territory. The girls' rugby program entered the Tennessee fall 7s season as the reigning champion and dominated the field en route to the 2025 ..
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