All posts in: HIGH SCHOOL
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The Class of 2024 has been a special one for many high school rugby teams. For those graduating seniors who joined their respective teams as freshmen, they represent the covid class. ..
- Jackie Finlan
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The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) has two summer tours planned for its girls’ programs, and 26 players have been named to the U18 tour to Spain. It’s the first time ..
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It’s the girls’ high school all-star 15s season, and Mt. Vernon, N.Y., is hosting three teams from the tri-state area. Connecticut, New Jersey/New York and Pennsylvania ..
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This school year was a tale of two seasons for the East Country Grackles in Rugby Oregon. The girls’ high school team struggled to fill the leadership roles that had been vacated ..
- Jackie Finlan
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The Eagan Rugby girls’ high school team won its third-straight Minnesota Youth Rugby championship, but the pathway to the 2024 title required a lot of work. Eagan didn’t march ..
- Jackie Finlan
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The Midwest High School Thunderbirds are in the middle of their New Zealand rugby tour and currently enjoying some downtime in Rotorua. It’s been a busy week for the regional all-star ..
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The Great Northwest Challenge is an 15s all-star rugby tournament for high school-aged teams, and the event is regaining prominence as its heads to Fort Missoula Regional Park, Montana, ..
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Alexa Kirschner captained the Charlotte Cardinals girls’ high school team (“Roonies”) to its third-straight North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (NCYRU) 15s championship, but it was a season-long ..
- Jackie Finlan
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Prior to the pandemic, the Montana girls’ high school rugby league moved from 15s to 7s to accommodate dropping numbers. This past spring, however, the state pushed to restore the traditional ..
- Jackie Finlan
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The Elite Girls Rugby League (EGRL) wrapped on its 2024 15s season, which culminated on June 8-9 in Lebanon, N.J. It was a semifinal/final weekend that once again paired with the 4th annual ..
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With the dissolution of USA Rugby’s Regional Cup Tournaments, events like the Buckeye Invitational are even more important for high school-age players looking for that next-level ..
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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 ..
- Jackie Finlan
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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 ..
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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. ..
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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 ..
- Jackie Finlan
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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 ..
- Jackie Finlan
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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 ..
- Jackie Finlan
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
- Jackie Finlan
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