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The Midwest Rugby Union’s DI/DII hybrid league has drawn attention early in the 2021-22 season. The grouping relies on the recent history of strong DII clubs in the eastern conference; ..
New England’s senior clubs kicked off league play last weekend, and it’s full on through the fall. The seven Division II teams play each other once during regular season, and then ..
Photo courtesy: Griff Lacey I have had the privilege of writing in this space twice previously about both one young player and the greater rugby community in general. I am writing again ..
Cincinnati (red) winning its lineout Cincinnati has a lot of post-season experience at the Midwest level, and represented the region at DII nationals in 2018. In fall 2019 – the final ..
The Empire rugby union, which governs clubs in the New Jersey / New York / Connecticut region, began its regular season with DII and DIII games last weekend. Of all the matches, Monmouth ..
The Midwest runs five Division II club competitions across the vast region, and the East Conference’s South pool held its first league match of the season. Fort Wayne (1-0) traveled ..
Castleton University is a Division III team within the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) but the Vermont program has remained in the developmental league for the entirety ..
TRB is tracking the following girls and women’s high school, college and club games occurring in the U.S. from Sept. 8-12. The list also includes international matches that feature ..
IG Photo: @_johnnylee.photos (via IG @bowdoinwomensrugby) Bowdoin College is the reigning National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) Division III national champion, and the Maine ..
CA Grizzlies scrumhalf Shelby Lin / Photo: Alex Ho (IG @hoiho_photo) [Note: Both teams’ kit was not ready for game day so the Grizzlies are in the green kit and the Gray Wolves ..
CO Gray Wolves captain Kelsie O’Brien / Photo: Alex Ho (IG @hoiho_photo) [Editor’s note: Don’t be confused by the photos: Evidently both teams’ kit weren’t ready for game ..
Vassar’s Kira Nolan / Vassar Athletics Photo Albany, N.Y. – The first conference game of 2021-22 bore witness to a lot of nervousness from all the players. The recent history ..
Photo: Derek Alexander (link to original) The Wisconsin Girls Rugby (WGR) championship 15s season has returned, having missed fall 2020 due to Covid-19. Regular-season play restarted ..
Kayla Canett against Team GB / Photo: Alex Ho (hoiho.net) CHULA VISTA, CA – Director of Women’s High Performance Emilie Bydwell will lead a young group of USA Women’s Sevens ..
Photo courtesy @UNHChargers Two programs played their first-ever games in the National Intercollege Rugby Association (NIRA), as the University of New Haven welcomed Manhattanville ..
South Buffalo and North Buffalo began their fall 2021 season against each other, and accounted for the closest match across the country’s senior 15s games last weekend. South Buffalo ..
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) championship season will be played in the spring in perpetuity, but the elite clubs are scheduling games against each other this fall. None of the fixtures ..
Senior co-captain Cassidy Bargell (r) scored two tries / Harvard Athletics photo The last time Mignone Field hosted a National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) match, Harvard ..
Photo: Emma Richards-Smith, Kaid Contractor The U.S. Military Academy (“Army”) and Brown University contested the most competitive match of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association ..
Quinnipiac Athletics photo @QU_Rugby It was a welcomed sight to see teams back on the pitch competing in what felt like a traditional season-opening weekend for the National Intercollegiate ..
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