The USA Women’s National Team kicks off a three-game, stateside series, starting this Saturday with the first of two tests against Italy in Texas. There are a host of high school competitions getting into playoffs and/or naming champions this weekend. And of course the senior club and college spheres are alive and well. Check this post — which tracks girls and women’s rugby games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Oct. 16-18, 2026 — for on-going updates. Message Jackie Finlan for quicker results. [lead photo: Photo: Alex Ho / hoiho.net]

INTERNATIONAL

WXV GLOBAL SERIES
Saturday @ 5 p.m. CT
Mansfield, Texas • Buy Tickets
Watch on Paramount+

USA 36-27 ITALY
Tries: Perris-Redding 3, Rogers 2
Cons: Vogel 4
Pens: Vogel

Curtainraiser
Texas Jam 36-33 Texas Toast

COLLEGE

NIRA

DIVISION I
Harvard 36-5 Lindenwood
Brown 38-17 Queens
AIC 33-32 Sacred Heart

Princeton 67-0 Mount St Mary’s

Non-Conference
Vassar (NCR) 24-19 Army
Army 144-0 Royal Military College
DI Long Island 40-30 DII Frostburg St
Navy B 17-0 West Chester SUN 1 p.m. ET
New England 69-17 Keene State (NCR)

Guilford 19-0 Appalachian St
Guilford 74-0 Western Carolina

NCR

DIVISION I
Southern Nazarene 48-10 Walsh
Lander 38-31 St Bonaventure

ALLEGHENY
Cincinnati 102-0 West Virginia
Kent State 76-5 Ohio Univ

BIG 10
Notre Dame 49-12 Purdue
Indiana 47-19 Michigan St

EASTERN PA
East Stroudsburg 80-0 Rutgers (f)
7s @ Franklin & Marshall

GREAT LAKES
Grand Valley St 82-0 Ball St
Adrian 36-12 Oakland
Adrian 29-14 Oakland
Saginaw Valley def Western Michigan

GREAT WATERS
UW Platteville 71-17 Chicago
DePaul 33-22 UW Milwaukee
UIC 27-19 Illinois St
Illinois 24-21 Loyola
UW Oshkosh fft to Michigan Tech
UW Stevens Pt 90-28 Northern Michigan
Marquette 59-37 Northwestern
UW Eau Claire 91-13 UW LaCrosse

HIGH PEAKS
Utah St 41-19 Montana St
Colorado 79-12 Wyoming
CO Mesa 94-7 Denver
Colorado B v CO Mines
Grand Canyon (CRAA)48-29 Arizona St (f)
Air Force (CRAA) 59-12 Colorado St

LONESTAR
Oklahoma 29-19 LSU
Texas A&M 62-10 Texas St
North Texas v Texas CLD

MID-AMERICA
Pittsburg St 33-21 Missouri S&T

MID-ATLANTIC
Maryland 38-29 American
Christopher Newport v George Washington CLD
Temple 109-9 Bloomsburg
Towson v Kutztown
William & Mary 24-14 VA Commonwealth

Longwood 26-5 W&L
Longwood 32-0 St Mary’s
Longwood 35-5 Georgetown

MIDWEST
Northern Iowa 59-20 Minnesota
Iowa 50-17 Wisconsin

NORTH ATLANTIC
Coast Guard 46-10 Vermont
New Hampshire 44-19 Roger Williams (f)
Smith 98-10 Salve Regina v Smith
Endicott 92-5 Plymouth St
Yale 45-17 Tufts
Wentworth 60-12 Wellesley
7s @ Union, Bryant, Lasell, New Haven

NORTHERN LIGHTS
North Dakota def St Benedict

Mankato 20-0 Carlton
Mankato 57-0 SMSU
Mankato 31-0 St Olaf

PRAIRIE STATES
South Dakota 46-7  South Dakota St
South Dakota 43-7 MSU Moorhead
Moorehead 17-15 South Dakota St

Wayne State College 163-12 Bemidji

RUGBY NORTHEAST
UCONN 38-0 Boston College
Northeastern 69-0 Boston
Norwich 67-7 Colby
Providence v Rhode Island
Maine Orono def UMASS Lowell
Merrimack 47-34 Bentley
St Michael’s v VSU Castleton

SOUTH ATLANTIC
Virginia 85-0 Virginia Tech
Central Florida 26-24 Florida
James Madison 59-0 Clemson
The Citadel v Lee
Alabama 76-12 Georgia Tech
UNC Wilmington 66-5 UNC Charlotte
UNC Greensboro fft to Coastal Carolina

Rucktoberfest @ App State

TRI-STATE
Fairfield 96-0 Columbia
Marist 132-7 Fordham
Montclair 22-22 Hofstra (Sun)
Siena 93-0 Stony Brook
Vassar 24-19 Army B
Vassar B 107-7 New Paltz

UPSTATE NY
Cornell v Colgate
Syracuse 72-0 Buffalo
Alfred 71-5 Le Moyne
Oswego v Clarkson (Sun)
Nazareth v Fredonia (Sun)

CRAA

BYU @ Cal Poly SLO (f)
Fresno St v CSU Monterey Bay
San Jose St 41-7 Chico St

SENIOR CLUB

ATLANTIC DI
Raleigh 37-0 Boston
NOVA 21-17 Atlanta
Philadelphia 39-12 DC Furies

CAPITAL
James River v DC Furies
Severn River v South Jersey (f)

Division III
Frederick 70-17 Roanoke
Charlottesville 14-12 Rappahannock
DC Revolution 30-5 NOVA

CAROLINAS
Division II
Fear the Maniacs 39-22 Charlotte

EMPIRE
Division II
Union 27-22 New York

Division III
Morris 76-17 Hudson Valley
Long Island 78-10 Village Lions

EPRU
Division II
Doylestown fft to Monmouth

Division III
North Bay 85-26 Reading
Brandywine 69-0 Philadelphia
Harrisburg 15-5 York & Lancaster

FLORIDA
Scion @ Tampa Bay (f)

MID-AMERICA
DIII Fayetteville 50-48 Wichita

MIDWEST
Division I
Columbus 48-10 Detroit
Pittsburgh 48-21 Grand Rapids
Chicago Lions 28-3 TC Amazons
Chicago North Shore 41-5 Metropolis

Division II
Rochester 60-10 North Buffalo
South Buffalo 56-26 Uticuse
Pittsburgh 32-12 Toledo
Cincinnati Kelts 46-10 Dayton
Cleveland 74-0 Akron
Circle City 88-7 Cincinnati
Palmer College 120-0 Fox Valley
Wisconsin 78-24 Minneapolis
Metropolis fft to Milwaukee

NEW ENGLAND
Division II
Albany 33-5 Hartford
Worcester 52-16 Danbury
Portland 73-29 Providence
New Haven 56-5 Beantown

Division III
Charles River 27-19 Worcester B
South Shore 88-0 Springfield
Amoskeag 26-0 Seacoast
North Shore 37-35 Upper Valley

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
DI CO Gray Wolves 74-31 DII KC Jazz (f)

Division II
Denver Black Ice v Boulder
Salt City 34-19 Pikes Peaks

TRUE SOUTH
Division II
Knoxville 70-22 Nashville
Atlanta 2.0 51-0 Birmingham

Division III
Memphis 41-29 High Country

HIGH SCHOOL

MICHIGAN
15s Playoffs (Sun)
Double elimination
SF: St. Joe fft to Warsaw
Final’s play-in: TC Alliance 57-12 Grandville

WISCONSIN
State 15s Playoffs @ Cottage Grove
Consolation Semifinals
Fox Cities v SPASH
Hamilton 24-0 DSHA B

Championship Semifinals
DSHA 95-0 South Central
Green Bay/Bruisers 38-17 Catholic Memorial

IOWA
State 7s Championship @ Cedar Falls (Sun)

Quarterfinals
#1 Waverly-Shell Rock 46-0 #8 Des Moines
#4 Southeast Polk 26-0 #5 Fort Dodge
#2 Cedar Falls 40-0 #7 Mason city
#3 Norwalk 19-15 #6 Prairie-Muscatine

Semifinals
Waverly-Shell Rock 17-10 Southeast Polk
Cedar Falls 45-10 Norwalk

3rd Place
Southeast Polk 27-17 Norwalk

Championship
Cedar Falls 31-0 Waverly-Shell Rock

IDAHO
State 7s championships @ Mountain View HS
*Double elimination; see bracket 

Varsity
G9 Semifinal: Eagle 21-7 Meridian

Losers Bracket
G10 Semifinal: Rocky Mountain 29-17 Owhyee
G11 Final’s play-in: Meridian 24-19 Rocky Mountain

Varsity Championship
Eagle 21-12 Meridian

Junior Varsity
G9 Eagle 45-0 Owyhee

Losers Bracket
G10 Middleton 14-5 Rocky Mountain
G11 Final’s play-in: Owyhee 19-17 Middleton

Junior Varsity Championship
Eagle 38-12 Owyhee

Frosh/Soph
Final: Middleton def Eagle

UTAH
Conference champions
Big North: Syracuse Titans
Pacific Central: Hunter/Kearns
South Utah: Skyridge/Lehi

SAT 7s Championship @ Alpine
Finals + All-State Showcase
HS Champs: Skyridge/Lehi; 2nd Westlake Drua
MS Champs: Westlake Drua

OREGON
7s Championship @ McMinnville HS
#1 SF play-in: Grackles v Valley
#2 SF play-in: Summit Silver v Snapping Barbos

SF: Summit Green v winner #1
SF: Bend v winner #2

1:40 p.m. 5th place
2:05 p.m. 3rd place
2:30 p.m. Final

Due to the shooting tragedy in Bend, Ore., Summit and Bend HS are absent, and the championships have shifted to round robin between Valley, Snapping Barbos and Portland Grackles + motley game

MISSOURI
7s Championship @ St Thomas Aquinas
Champion: Saints Rugby

COLORADO
Rugby CO 7s Week 5 @ Arvada
East 43-7 Monarch
Summit Tigers 22-0 Valor
Hammers 28-12 Lumberjackies
East 31-12 Valor
East 14-12 Summit
Valor 26-14 Lumberjackies
Summit 38-0 Hammers
Monarch v Summit Tigers
Lumberjackies v Monarch
Summit v Summit Tigers

CONNECTICUT
Fall 7s @ Fairfield

MONTANA
7s @ East Helena HS
Helena 28-0 Gallatin
Bitterroot 35-5 Missoula
Yellowstone 26-10 Flathead Valley
Bitterroot 19-12 Gallatin
Flathead Valley 29-21 Helena
Missoula 28-26 Yellowstone
Bitterroot 54-5 Helena
Gallatin 38-12 Yellowstone
Flathead Valley 24-17 Missoula

NORCAL
Single-school 7s Week 3 @ St Francis & St Patrick’s Academy

NORTH CAROLINA
7s Week 2 @ Pinehurst (Sun)
U19: Cardinals, Cobras, Falcons, Highlanders, Redhawks, SPY, Wando
U16: Cardinals, Cobras, SPY, Winston-Salem

OHIO
Fall 7s Week 5 @ Euclid 
West Pitt 17-15 Brunswick
West Pitt 20-0 St Joe’s
West Pitt 36-10 Perrysburg
Hudson 26-24 Highland
Hudson 22-17 Medina
Hudson 41-5 Shaker
Brunswick 10-10 Medina
Brunswick 41-5 Perrysburg
Highland 36-0 St Joe’s
Highland 45-0 Shaker
Medina 31-0 Shaker
St Joe’s 32-5 Perrysburg

Brunswick B 20-15 West Pitt B
St Joe’s B 24-12 Brunswick B
Perry 36-10 Brunswick B

Marysville 26-20 West Virginia
Marysville 33-10 West Virginia
Marysville 24-7 Cap City

10.25 state championship @ St Xavier

PENNSYLVANIA
Fall 7s Week 4 @ Cumberland Valley HS, Mechanicsburg

WASHINGTON
Fall 7s @ Ellensburg