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Indy Speed @ Midwest Invitational Indy Speed is Indiana’s state all-star team, and the program is active for a second consecutive weekend. The team competed at the Midwest All-Star ..
2018 All-State Game / Photo courtesy WNY Lightning Facebook The Northeast Regional Cup Tournament (RCT) occurs on June 28-30 in Springfield, Mass., and serves as a major talent identification ..
Photo courtesy Rhinos Academy Instagram (@rhinosrugbyacademy) The Rocky Mountain Challenge kicked off the Regional Cup Tournament (RCT) season for high schoolers, and the Denver event ..
The WCAA Opportunity Day circuit resumes in Chicago Even though leagues seasons are now over, all aspects of girls and women’s rugby are active this weekend. The 7s Eagles are in France, ..
Photo: Heather Szabo The Szabo kids knew about rugby through their parents, who found the sport in college and bookmarked it as a potential activity for their children. Six years ago, ..
Photo courtesy Rugby Ohio Every year has been a gain for Walnut Hills. Even when the Cincinnati-based program lost its chance at a Division I Rugby Ohio Championship last year, the outcome ..
Rugby Colorado is fielding two girls’ high school teams for this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Challenge, the first of five Regional Cup Tournaments (RCTs) this month. The RCTs are at the core ..
Last week, the USA U20s assembled at Neumann University (Aston, Pa.) for a five-day camp and two games against the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) 15s All-Stars. USA U20s ..
Thunderbirds at 2019 Florida Winter Tour / Photo: Christine Cancian The Midwest High School Thunderbirds is the best run regional all-star program for girls in the U.S., and the program ..
Images provided by Ziluca It’s all-star season and the USA Rugby Regional Cup Tournaments (RCTs) begin this weekend. By the end of June, five events around the country will have placed ..
Photos courtesy Simsbury Rugby / view more Although painful at the time, Simsbury High School ultimately benefitted from losing the 2018 Rugby Connecticut 15s Championship. The returners ..
Photo: Rachel Thorne West End has long fielded great numbers – one of several key attributes to a club’s stability and longevity. But graduating 24 players in two years, paired ..
Freedom Prep Academy has experienced success at the state level, claiming two fall 7s titles, but last month’s championship win over Columbia Central marked the Memphis program’s ..
Photo courtesy Rugby Texas “Necessity is the mother of invention,” a proverb to which the North Texas Barbarians can relate. Eight years ago, Mark Kissinger created the Celina-based ..
Photos courtesy Hopkins Rugby Facebook The last few years, Minnesota Youth Rugby (MYR) has adapted its competition formats to account for the fluctuation in numbers among girls’ high ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan It’s all-star season, and high school teams are readying for the Regional Cup Tournaments (RCTs) this month as well as invitationals (and international tours!) ..
The look of hard work paying off / Photo courtesy Rugby Oregon The majority of states contest the main championship season in the spring, but the construction of competitions across ..
MR Photography for Rugby Oregon Rugby Oregon continually adjusts its competitions so that teams don’t fold and players remain engaged. That ideology is replicated at the grassroots ..
Photo: Liz Moser North Central had been the dominant force in Indiana, claiming seven-straight 15s titles before power shifted the previous three years. Head coach Suzi Dillon then ..
Photo: Brian Spotts Downington enjoyed a stellar fall, winning the Pennsylvania 7s championship, and rolled that success into 2019 and the 15s season. After a sobering loss to Doylestown ..
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