USA’s Alena Olsen (far right) and the Malaga 7s captains / Photo: Martin Seras Lima
The following reflects girls and women’s games occurring in the U.S. this weekend, as well as overseas events that include Americans, and will be updated as scores come across (feel free to send updates to Jackie Finlan). The big one is the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) All-Star 7s Championship, which brings conference select sides to Houston and provides an identification venue for the NCR Selects.
Covid is still postponing games, most notably in California (read: LA 7s & LAI Rescheduled for August). The eight-team Pacific Desert (SoCal) has postponed its opening weekend, and DI Pacific Mountain has pushed back until Jan. 29. As these spring-oriented conferences approach game day, news of teams forfeiting their seasons – like CSU Northridge and Washington State – is also breaking. Last weekend, the West Coast saw Santa Clara and St. Mary’s College play their first games, but it was truncated to 7s, affording SCU the forfeit win.
In the high schools, the North Carolina league has suspended play this weekend due to weather but has otherwise been operational.
INTERNATIONAL
MALAGA 7s (Times ET)
Friday
USA 22-7 Canada
USA 31-7 Poland
(Bye in third round due to Fiji’s withdrawal)
Saturday
Cup QF
USA 22-17 England
Sunday
Cup SF
USA 14-10 France
Cup Final
USA 35-10 Russia
ALLIANZ PREMIER 15s
7 U.S. players are starting, and 1 is a reserve
Loughborough (3 Jacoby, 13 Mataitoga) 41-22 Wasps
Saracens (9 Waters, 15 Kelter) 41-26 Sale (1 Benson, 3 James, 12 Howard)
Worcester (19 Washington) 74-5 DMP Durham
COLLEGE
NCR ALL-STAR 7s
Field 2: video delay on SAT, no feed SUN
Division I
POOL A
Midwest 41-7 Ohio Valley
Midwest 33-0 SARC
Midwest 10-10 Great Waters
Great Waters 10-5 SARC
Great Waters 27-5 Ohio Valley
SARC 26-12 Ohio Valley
POOL B
Upstate NY 20-5 Texas
Upstate NY 39-0 Allegheny
Upstate NY 17-7 Mid-America
Mid-America 29-10 Allegheny
Mid-America 5-0 Texas
Texas 10-10 Allegheny
Quarterfinals
Upstate NY (B1) 37-0 Ohio Valley (A4)
Midwest (A1) 27-0 Allegheny (B4)
Mid-America (B2) 19-7 SARC (A3)
Texas (B3) 15-12 Great Waters (A2)
Cup Semifinals
Midwest 20-7 Mid-America
Texas 20-5 Upstate NY
5th Place Semifinals
SARC 20-15 Allegheny
Great Waters 31-5 Ohio Valley
7th: Allegheny 21-0 Ohio Valley
5th: SARC 22-12 Great Waters
3rd: Upstate NY 17-10 Mid-America
Final: Texas 17-10 Midwest
Small College
POOL A
Northern Lights 15-10 Great Waters
Northern Lights 19-7 Colonial Coast
Northern Lights 20-12 Ohio Valley
Colonial Coast 24-7 Ohio Valley
Colonial Coast 15-12 Great Waters
Great Waters 20-14 Ohio Valley
POOL B
Eastern PA 27-7 Upstate NY
Eastern PA 24-5 Prairie States
Eastern PA 37-10 Allegheny
Prairie States 17-10 Upstate NY
Prairie States 27-0 Allegheny
Upstate NY 17-14 Allegheny
Quarterfinals
Northern Lights (A1) 25-5 Allegheny (B4)
Colonial Coast (A2) 22-7 Upstate NY (B3)
Great Waters (A3) 25-0 Prairie States (B2)
Eastern PA (B1) 27-0 Ohio Valley (A4)
Cup Semifinals
Great Waters 14-10 Northern Lights
Eastern PA 22-5 Colonial Coast
5th Semifinals
Prairie States 38-0 Allegheny
Upstate NY 20-12 Ohio Valley
7th: Allegheny 36-0 Ohio Valley
5th: Upstate NY 22-5 Prairie States
3rd: Northern Lights 17-5 Colonial Coast
Final: Eastern PA 22-7 Great Waters
PACIFIC DESERT
Arizona State @ UC Santa Barbara PPD
BYU def Grand Canyon
UCSD v Arizona PPD
WEST COAST
Cal Poly 39-21 St. Mary’s College (7s) *
*Forfeit win to Cal Poly
CLUB
FLORIDA
Tampa Krewe 55-14 Ft Miami
Orlando 35-7 Jacksonville
RED RIVER
Austin @ Dallas Quins PPD
Dallas Athletic @ Dallas Reds
SOCAL
Tempe @ Santa Monica PPD
Pasadena 31-5 San Diego
SOUTHWEST
OP Lightning @ Phoenix PPD
HIGH SCHOOL
TEXAS
Week 1 @ Brazoria
Woodlands 35-0 Spartans
Woodlands 40-0 Katy
Woodlands 43-7 Rock
Woodlands 22-21 TNT
TNT 38-0 Katy
TNT 35-0 Rock
TNT 31-0 Spartans
Rock 30-14 Katy
Rock 31-17 Spartans
Katy 31-0 Spartans
ARIZONA
Week 1: U16 & HS 7s
SOCAL
DI Core 7s @ View Park Prep & Rancho Bernardo
Open 7s @ Tesoro