Rugby is emerging from winter break and a handful of competitions, as well as larger events, are taking place this weekend. Traditionally, the weekly scores post doesn’t include much context but given the number of games this weekend, there’s space for some competition detail. Something missing? Message Jackie Finlan. [lead photo: @patmoroney]

USA

The 2026 annual WRCRA Conference occurs this Friday-Sunday in Denver. The theme this year is “Building Resilient Programs, Coaches and Players,” and conference director Kerri Heffernan has done a stellar job curating a lineup of keynote speakers, presenters and rugby luminaries who will bring that topic to life. Learn more.

As for actual national teams, the Eagles 7s team will be the first to resurface this year, joining the third stop on the HSBC SVNS Series at the end of the month (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) in Singapore.

SENIOR CLUB

Generally, this is the time for the primarily spring-based 15s competitions to dominate the scorelines. On either side of this block are the strictly fall-based leagues in the Midwest, New England and Empire — all of which have named their champions already (and thus reps to DII and DIII Super Regionals); and then the split-season leagues, which contest a portion of their season in the fall, take a winter break, and then finish out in the spring.

FLORIDA DII
Tampa Bay 74-12 Orlando
Jacksonville 26-24 Ft Miami

SOUTHWEST DII
Las Vegas v Old Pueblo

SOCAL DII
Los Angeles 26-22 Pasadena
San Luis Obispo v Santa Barbara (27)
WC Marines 69-21 Fullerton
San Fernando (31) v Empire

TEXAS
DI sHARC 76-0 Austin
DIII Bay Area v Dallas Reds (80)

FRIENDLIES
Tempe v El Paso
San Jose v Santa Clara
San Diego v Life West

HIGH SCHOOL

WEST REGION SHOWCASE occurs this Friday and Saturday, and in year two has fine-tuned the college and USA Rugby recruitment opportunities while keeping the competition level at a premium. Read more from Belmont Shore Director of Operations Robert Pahulu, who is hosting the Long Beach, Calif., event.

Also in California, it’s Week 2 for the SoCal HS 7s season. Standings list 12 teams participating, although one squad has yet to play a game. Texas will shake off the rust with a friendly tournament, Ruggapalooza, in Houston, and keep that developmental vibe through this month when regional round robins occur on Jan. 31. The first of five qualifiers will occur on Feb. 14 and the spring will culminate with an April 25 state championship.

SOCAL 7s – WEEK 2
Jan 16 @ Edison HS
Torrey Pines 10-5 Edison
Torrey Pines 15-5 Rancho
Rancho 14-10 Torrey Pines
Rancho 24-17 Edison
Edison 17-10 Torrey Pines

Jan 17 @ Encinitas
Oceanside 29-0 La Costa Canyon
Oceanside 31-0 Vista Murrieta
La Costa Canyon 22-10 Vista Murrieta

Jan 17 @ Rancho Bernardo HS
Poway 17-12 Rancho Bernardo
Poway 34-0 Del Norte
Del Norte 14-10 San Marcos
Rancho Bernardo 14-5 San Marcos
San Marcos 26-19 Poway

TEXAS 7s
Ruggapalooza @ Houston

COLLEGE

College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) plays 15s in the spring and so those warmer-weather states will dominate the pitches for the first couple months of the new year. The DI Pacific Desert conference, which is based in Arizona and SoCal, will contest its first set of league games. SoCal’s Claremont and newly DI Cal Poly SLO, which will compete in Pacific Mountain, also play the first of two competitive friendlies. National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) contests its 7s championship season in the spring and the kickoff is next weekend with all-stars in Atlanta.

PACIFIC DESERT DI
Arizona St 19-12 Arizona
UC San Diego 31-10 UCLA

FRIENDLIES
Cal Poly SLO 26-15 Claremont