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Photo: Bobby Gable Some quick hits on teams that played important matches last weekend … stay tuned for interviews. The USA 15s team played the Barbarians at Infinity Park in Glendale, ..
Atlantis has brought U16 and U18 Elite teams to the Tropical 7s, and the squads are already on the ground in Orlando training for this weekend’s tournament. The U16 field is mostly ..
Following the announcement of an annual age-grade plan, USA Rugby has named 28 players to its U20 Women’s Performance Squad in fifteens and another 15 to its Hawk Eye Player group ..
Bergerhouse returns to the Stars jersey / Photo: Jackie Finlan Stars has assembled its first U18 Girls team and first official U23 Women team for the Tropical 7s, to be held April 27-28 ..
The Rugby Breakdown was on site for day two of Rugby NorCal High School Invitational (read more / more photos) – which was less busy than anticipated due to schedule changes and absent ..
Kahuku and United played an exhibition match in March (read more) / Photo courtesy United Girls Rugby Facebook The High School Club National Invitational Tournament (NIT) takes place ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Several teams that competed in the Rugby NorCal High School Invitational last weekend are also traveling to Salt Lake City in mid-May for the HS Club National Invitational ..
The Rugby NorCal High School Invitational has served as an important preview and warm-up for the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), and today also hosts a healthy middle school ..
The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) holds Single-School and High School Club competitions, and this year they are occurring in different locations. The Single-School NIT is being ..
Photo: Buffy Holt Columbia Central High School drew national attention when it finished fifth in its first Single-School National Invitational Tournament (NIT) last year. The Tennessee ..
Photos courtesy United Girls Rugby Facebook Kahuku High School is back in Hawaii, having completed a three-game 15s tour of the Salt Lake City region late last week. The trip was full ..
All photos courtesy United Girls Rugby Facebook It was champion versus champion last weekend in Salt Lake City, as the two National Invitational Tournament (NIT) titleholders lined ..
Still pouring through photos from the Las Vegas Invitational … will keep updating this piece with new batches.
I love the Las Vegas Invitational for its sidelines. The myriad of follow-up questions that I’ve been stockpiling has a chance to be answered in rapid succession – because there ..
All photos: Jackie Finlan Josie Ziluca, Kate Buzby and Abby Fearey were watching a San Diego Legion game from the stands, lamenting the fact that Atlantis wasn’t participating in the Las Vegas ..
The Rugby Breakdown is on the ground for the Las Vegas Invitational. Check out photos from Day 1 of the girls’ high school elite and women’s elite divisions. More to come ..
All photos: Jeff Pack An influential player block graduates, a head coach retires, the competitive landscape shifts. Any number of factors can see a team – even an established, successful, ..
All photos: Jackie Finlan The Pleasanton Cavaliers hosted the Land Park Harlequins Saturday at Robertson Park in Livermore, pitting two of the top teams in Rugby NorCal’s high ..
Photo: Christine Cancian The USA South fielded a mostly U20 team against the Midwest High School Thunderbirds last weekend, and the hope is that the assembly is the first of many 15s opportunities ..
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