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Rugby New York held concurrent 7s and 15s competitions for its girls’ high schools this spring. Some teams didn’t have the numbers for 15s but could compete in 7s, while a couple ..
I created The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) in 2016 after more than 10 years of being a professional rugby writer for entities like Rugby Magazine and Goff Rugby Report (read more). I was ready ..
St. Joseph Academy has won seven Rugby Ohio girls’ high school 15s championships since 2013, but the 2023 and 2024 titles mark the first time that the Jaguars have gone back to back. ..
The Brunswick Valkyries graduated a big senior class in spring 2022, and the player pool needed time to refill those influential roles. But even during the rebuild, the team remained ..
The Chicago Rugby Club (CRC) Valkyries are 4-for-4 on Rugby Illinois championships the past two years. The girls’ high school team retained the state 15s title after a competitive ..
Warsaw Community High School is the Rugby Indiana girls’ 15s champion, marking the program’s fourth title since its inception in 2003 and first since 2018. The victory comes after ..
The Rugby Breakdown will be spending the next couple of weeks catching up with the various high school champions that have been named this spring, all while following the summer 7s season ..
The Midwest High School Thunderbirds is easily the longest-running and most successful regional all-star entity for U18 girls in the U.S. The “Baby Birds” have prioritized ..
Rugby Colorado has been working to reintroduce girls’ high school 15s, which is no easy feat in a state that is dedicated to 7s in the fall and has a short spring window for any activity ..
The Girls’ High School and High School Club 15s National Tournaments occurred at the same location, over the same three-day period, for the first time since 2018. The teams, supporters ..
If Belmont Shore‘s season had ended in December 2023 with the tour to New Zealand, it would have been a considered a successful rugby year. If it had ended after multiple 15s wins ..
Two years ago, the Eagle Lady Mustangs attended their first Girls’ High School 15s National Tournament and finished 3rd overall. That outing proved to the Boise, Idaho, program that ..
The Girls’ High School 15s National Tournament is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and features both the single-school and club competitions at the same location during ..
As previously announced, two of the USA Rugby Women’s Junior National Teams are traveling to Wales this July for the opportunity to train and compete against the best U18 and U20 players ..
Rugby NorCal will name its girls’ high school champions in 15s and 10s, as well as a middle school 7s champion. The games occur at Cherry Island Sports Complex (2429 U St.) in Rio Linda, ..
Remember that the collective term, “high school nationals,” refers to two rugby events occurring across May 17-19 in Madison, Wis. On Friday-Saturday, May 17-18, the high ..
The Girls High School 15s National Tournament occurs May 17-19 in Madison, Wis., and the single-school event (Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19) has 14 sides competing toward DI and DII titles. ..
Columbia Central High School is representing Tennessee and the larger South at the Girls’ High School 15s National Tournament (May 18-19). But the build toward Madison, Wis., nearly ..
The Midwest Girls’ High School 15s Championship occurs this Saturday-Sunday, April 27-28 at the Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Ind. The annual event attracts the top girls’ ..
The Rugby Advantage (TRA) took home top honors at Tropical 7s, winning the Girls’ U18 Elite title for the first time in program history. Seniors Bella Vogel and Emerson Callegari ..
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