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 v ITALY

COLLEGE

NIRA

DIVISION I
AIC @ Sacred Heart FRI 7 p.m. ET
Harvard @ Lindenwood SAT 12 p.m. CT
Brown @ Queens SUN 11 a.m. ET

Mount St Mary’s @ Princeton SAT 12 p.m. ET

Non-Conference
Vassar (NCR) @ Army FRI 5 p.m ET
Royal Military College @ Army FRI 7 p.m. ET
DI Long Island v DII Frostburg St @ Kutztown SUN 1 p.m.
Navy B @ West Chester SUN 1 p.m. ET
New England v Keene State (NCR)

NCR

DIVISION I
Southern Nazarene v Walsh
Lander v St Bonaventure

ALLEGHENY
Cincinnati v West Virginia
Ohio Univ v Kent State

BIG 10
Notre Dame v Purdue (Fri)
Indiana v Michigan St
Aquinas v Pittsburgh (f)

EASTERN PA
Rutgers v East Stroudsburg (f)
7s @ Franklin & Marshall

GREAT LAKES
Grand Valley St v Ball St
Oakland v Adrian
Saginaw Valley v Western Michigan

GREAT WATERS
UW Platteville v Chicago
DePaul v UW Milwakee
UIC v Illinois St
Loyola v Illinois
UW Oshkosh v MIchigan Tech
Northern Michigan v UW Stevens Pt
Marquette v Northwestern
UW Eau Claire v UW LaCrosse

HIGH PEAKS
Montana St v Utah St
Colorado v Wyoming
Denver v CO Mesa
Colorado B v CO Mines
Arizona St v Grand Canyon (CRAA) (f)
Colorado St v Air Force (CRAA)

LONESTAR
LSU v Oklahoma
Texas St v Texas A&M
North Texas v Texas CLD

MID-AMERICA
Pittsburg St v Missouri S&T

MID-ATLANTIC
American v Maryland
Christopher Newport v George Washington (Sun)
Drexel v Navy B
Temple v Bloomsburg
Towson v Kutztown
VA Commonwealth v William & Mary

MIDWEST
Minnesota v Northern Iowa
Wisconsin v Iowa

NORTH ATLANTIC
Vermont v Coast Guard
New Hampshire v Roger Williams (f)
Salve Regina v Smith
Endicott v Plymouth St
Tufts v Yale
Wellesley v Wentworth
7s @ Union, Bryant, Lasell, New Haven

NORTHERN LIGHTS
St Benedict v North Dakota

RUGBY NORTHEAST
UCONN v Boston College
Northeastern v Boston
Norwich v Colby
Providence v Rhode Island
Maine Orono v UMASS Lowell
Bentley v Merrimack
St Michael’s v VSU Castleton

SOUTH ATLANTIC
Virginia v Virginia Tech
Florida v Central Florida
James Madison v Clemson
The Citadel v Lee
Alabama v Georgia Tech
UNC Charlotte v UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro fft to Coastal Carolina

Rucktoberfest @ App State

TRI-STATE
RPI v Fairfield
Vassar v Rutgers CLD
Marist v Fordham (Sun)
Montclair v Hofstra (Sun)
Siena v Stony Brook (Sun)

UPSTATE NY
Cornell v Colgate
Syracuse v Buffalo
Alfred v Le Moyne (Sun)
Oswego v Clarkson (Sun)
Nazareth v Fredonia (Sun)

CRAA

BYU @ Cal Poly SLO (f)

SENIOR CLUB

ATLANTIC DI
Boston v Raleigh
NOVA v Atlanta

CAPITAL
Division III
Frederick v Roanoke
Charlottesville v Rappahannock
NOVA v DC Revolution

CAROLINAS
Division II
Fear the Maniacs v Charlotte

EMPIRE
Division II
Union v New York

Division III
Morris v Hudson Valley
Long Island v Village Lions

EPRU
Division II
Doylestown v Monmouth

Division III
North Bay v Reading
Philadelphia v Brandywine
Harrisburg v York & Lancaster

FLORIDA
Scion @ Tampa Bay (f)

MIDWEST
Division I
Columbus v Detroit
Pittsburgh v Grand Rapids
Chicago Lions v TC Amazons
Metropolis v Chicago North Shore

Division II
Rochester v North Buffalo
South Buffalo v Uticuse
Pittsburgh v Toledo
Dayton v Cincinnati
Cleveland v Akron
Circle City v Cincinnati
Palmer College v Fox Valley
Wisconsin v Minneapolis
Milwaukee v Metropolis

NEW ENGLAND
Division II
Albany v Hartford
Worcester v Danbury
Providence v Portland
Beantown v New Haven

Division III
Charles River v Wu Killer Bz
South Shore v Springfield
Amoskeag v Seacoast
Upper Valley v North Shore

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
DI CO Gray Wolves v DII KC Jazz (f)

Division II
Denver Black Ice v Boulder
Salt City v Pikes Peaks

TRUE SOUTH
Division II
Knoxville v Nashville
Atlanta 2.0 v Birmingham

Division III
Memphis v High Country

HIGH SCHOOL

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

WISCONSIN
State 15s Playoffs @ Cottage Grove
Consolation Semifinals
9am CT Fox Cities v SPASH
9am CT Hamilton v DSHA B

Championship Semifinals
11am CT DSHA v South Central
1pm CT Catholic Memorial v Green Bay/Bruisers

IOWA
State 7s Championship @ Cedar Falls (Sun)
Quarterfinals
#1 Waverly-Shell Rock v #8 Des Moines
#4 Southeast Polk #5 Fort Dodge
#2 Cedar Falls v #7 Mason city
#3 Norwalk v #6 Prairie-Muscatine

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

Varsity
G9 Semifinal: Eagle v Meridian
Winner advances to title match

Losers Bracket
G10 Semifinal: Rocky Mountain v Owhyee
G11 Final’s play-in: Loser G9 v Winner G10
Winner advances to title match v G9 Winner

Junior Varsity
G9 Eagle v Owyhee
Winner advances to title match

Losers Bracket
G10 Rocky Mountain v Middleton
G11 Final’s play-in: Loser G9 v Winner G10
Winner advances to title match

Frosh/Soph
Final: Eagle v Middleton

UTAH
7s Championship @ Alpine
Finals + All-State Showcase

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

COLORADO
Rugby CO 7s Week 5 @ Arvada

CONNECTICUT
Fall 7s @ Fairfield

MONTANA
7s @ East Helena HS

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

OHIO
Fall 7s Week 5 @ Euclid (Sun)

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

WASHINGTON
Fall 7s @ Ellensburg