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The Rugby Opportunity Fund (ROF) believes that high-level rugby environments can have a powerful, positive effect on a young person’s life. Since 2010, the 501(c)(3) has provided ..
GLENDALE, CO – In a month of significant change, Youth and High School rugby representatives have completed a governance reform to officially establish the organization, USA Youth ..
TRB tracks those high school student-athletes who have aligned with collegiate rugby teams (link), and while the list is dominated by NCAA varsity, NAIA and elevated club programs, ..
GLENDALE, CO – USA Rugby has opened the nomination process to accept applications for Independent Director seats on its Board of Directors, to be seated upon election. Founded in 1975, ..
Updated: July 10 USA Rugby is maintaining a Covid-19 resource in article form (link), which is pinned to the top of its news feed (usa.rugby/news/) and continually updated. The article ..
Bowdoin at 2019 NIRA DIII nationals (PC: Brian Beard/CIPhotography.com) In the age of Covid-19, colleges and universities are releasing their plans for the impending fall 2020 semester ..
One of Megan Swanson's murals in Minneapolis By Carol Ann Crump & Jackie Finlan Black Lives Matter is a response to racial injustice, police brutality and civil rights violations, ..
Nash (and her three Land Park teammates in the background) and Opeti are both NorCal all-stars Rugby NorCal has named its high school and middle school all-star pools for the 2019-20 ..
PRESS RELEASE – Hevani Kaihau, 20, is receiving the David Williamson Referee Scholarship for 2020 to advance her skills and experience as an emerging rugby official. The scholarship ..
Maggie Rouse is mother to eight boys and one girl, and for the past 25 years, she’s been involved in all of their sports. She’s coached their baseball, football, swim teams – ..
USA Youth and High School Rugby is a new 501(c)(3) organization that is separate from USA Rugby, but affiliated through services and a community agreement. Forty-five State Governing ..
UPDATE While the North American High School (NAHS) 7s Series was canceled due to Covid-19, the North American Invitational (NAI) 7s on July 31 – Aug. 1 is happening, pending some ..
The USA Rugby (USAR) reorganization decentralized the management of the different stakeholder groups, and they were tasked to form their own governing bodies. Youth and high school ..
The American Rugby Pro Training Center (ARPTC) is set to host its first virtual training program of the summer. COVID-19 restrictions landed rugby programs, athletes, and the globe ..
United graduating seniors (player IDs at end of article). Trish Griffee Photography The 2020 High School Club National Invitational Tournament (NIT) would have showcased another great ..
Photo: DC Furies Women’s Rugby Facebook COVID-19 has demolished the rugby calendar. As teams digest “Return to Play” guidelines, event organizers are simultaneously deciding ..
When The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) asked the rugby community for financial backing in order to exist, readers put down their credit cards in support of content they value, and they continue ..
Sarah Wells (left) & Elona Williams (right) It’s graduation season, a pivotal time that places reflection on the past alongside anticipation for the future. The rugby community ..
Scrums are a vulnerable area of the game / Photo: Jackie Finlan (TRB) PRESS RELEASE – World Rugby published its Return-to-Play Guidelines earlier this month and followed with ..
USA Rugby has published “Return to Play Guidelines” that will be implemented beginning June 1, 2020. The resource opens with the following: This information is a proposed ..
The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) covers girls and women's rugby in the U.S. JACKIE FINLAN is the sole employee creating content and the paid subscription base supports this full-time enterprise. For $5/month (or $60/year), subscribers access features covering the USA Eagles, senior clubs, colleges, high schools, and everything in between. TRB prides itself on original, interview-based articles that showcase the people driving this great sport in the U.S.