All posts in: HIGH SCHOOL
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Tiffany Nguyen discovered rugby in 2008 and played all four years in high school. She remained in-state for college and joined the formidable Indiana University, representing the Redstorm ..
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Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) has toured to Spain before, but the National Development Program’s most recent trip marked the girls’ U18 program’s first appearance in Spain. ..
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Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) is midway through its summer programming for its girls’ U16 and U18 teams. The National Development Program (NDP) just wrapped on the U18s’ ..
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The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) Girls’ U18 team is 2-0 in Spain and will close with a July 13 match against UE Santboiana. The tour group started with a 26-5 win against ..
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And spring 2024 makes four. Knightmare has won the Rugby Pennsylvania 7s and 15s championships since fall 2022, and is the team to beat among girls’ high school programs. The team ..
- Jackie Finlan
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Twenty-six players have been named to the USA Rugby Women’s U18 Junior National Team that is traveling to Wales from July 19-28. Another 46 players will participate in the East and West ..
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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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