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The dissolution of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and introduction of Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) reshaped USA Club Rugby, but in different ways depending on the region. For the Midwest, the impact was a bit delayed, simply due to the timing of its championship 15s season, but this fall was different from years past. Former […]

HOUSTON, TX — National Collegiate Rugby today announced the finalists for the 2025 Women’s Player of the Year Awards, revealed live during the opening day of the Women’s National Championships. The announcement marks a major milestone in NCR’s newly established national awards program, launched this fall to elevate and recognize the top collegiate rugby athletes […]

2025 marked the first year that National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) held a DI-AA 15s competition, and Northeastern University claimed the first-ever trophy. The Boston-based program took a tough road to the top of the podium, having to knock off the top-two-ranked teams in the Coaches Poll LINK during regionals, and then bested a strong side […]

Southern Nazarene University (SNU) is the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Division I 15s Championship titleholder, and the Bethany, Okla., program reported to Houston, Texas, with that title already secured. The team’s intended opponent had forfeited, and DI-AA Univ. Northern Iowa stepped up in a big way to feature in the Dec. 6 finale inside SaberCats […]

Entering the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Division II Championship Weekend, Coast Guard captain Kate Boggs knew that this year’s team was the one with the title-winning goods. The Bears backed themselves by beginning their stay in Houston with a single-digit semifinal win against top-ranked Vassar College. On Sunday, the New London, Conn., team took on […]
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