The USA U23 15s National Championship occurs this Friday, June 28 and Sunday, June 30, and welcomes eight regional all-star teams to Quincy, Mass. TRB covered the build-up in this post, and games are live-streaming for free on The Rugby Network. The WPL is kicking off a three-week, league-wide break, while the club 7s sphere heats up with multiple qualifier events. In high school, watch for the North American Lions in Germany at the Heidelberg 7s.
U23 NATIONAL 15S CHAMPIONSHIP
Free livestream: The Rugby Network
All times listed in ET
FRI JUNE 28 – TIER 2 SFs
Pacific South 67
Tries: Max Dalton 3, Laila Hannum, Natalie Figueroa 2, Angelique Schrock, Caroline Bullock, Michelle Avina, Penalty try, “Name Withheld”
Cons: Figueroa 4, Hannum
Central South 7
Tries: Dillard
Cons: Joseph
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New England 60
Tries: Sia Meni 2, Nikki Lynch 3, Emily Antonik 2, Shayla Barker, Shannon Hobbs, Hannah Walker
Cons: Jordan 5
Mid-Atlantic 14
Tries: Merrin McSorley 2
Cons: Jaida Rudkin, Emma Davies
FRI JUNE 28 – TIER 1 SFs
Rocky Mountain 24
Tries: Lauren Campbell, Sayler Russell, Lua Stowers, Kami Hartrick
Cons: Makayla Komer 2
Pacific Coast 14
Tries: Winifred Namosimalua, Mona Tupou
Cons: Kai Brandt-Templeton 2
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South 29
Tries: Maddie Hughes 2, Lo Anderson, Mikaela Hall
Cons: Hughes 3
PKs: Hughes
Midwest 26
Tries: Aly Cunningham, Kalie Blaising, Aly Namosimalua, Shannon Wypij
Cons: Cunningham 3
SUNDAY JUNE 30
Tier 2 Consolation
Mid-Atlantic 55
Tries: Taylor McLean, Merrin McSorley 2, Verita Bordoh-Ansah, Jen Holland, Tyson-Lochlan Hickey, Hope Palmer, Jaida Rudkin
Cons: Emma Davies 3, Rudkin 3
PKs: Davies
Central South 0
Tier 2 Championship
New England 38
Tries: Hannah Wilker, Annika Chiang-Boeckmann, Shayla Barker, Nikki Lynch, Lauren Ferridge
Cons: Skylar Jordan 5
PKs: Jordan
Pacific South 5
Tries: Jayna Schalesky
Tier 1 Consolation
Midwest 39
Tries: Kalie Blaising 3, Aly Cunningham 2, Aly Namosimalua
Cons: Cunningham 2, Hannah Roth
PKs: Cunningham
Pacific Coast 31
Tries: MacKinzie Forrester, Tua Tanupa, Envee Sakhouen-Hem, Penalty try, Bouwer
Cons: Alexis Ingargiola 2
3 p.m. Tier 1 Championship
Rocky Mountain v South – Game canceled for weather
CLUB 7s
EPRU 7s Series
@ Harrisburg
Mid-Atlantic Qualifier
Rites of Spring @ Baltimore
Champion: Scion
Midwest 7s Series
Crossover Event @ Lemont, IL
NERFU 7s Series
Switchback @ Burlington, VT
Pacific NW 7s Series
Qualifier #2 @ Portland, OR
Champion: Washington AC
Red River Q/TOLA 7s Series
Choctaw @ Durant, OK
SoCal 7s Qualifier
Sun Splash @ Los Alamitos, CA
Beauty and the Pitch 7s, Albuquerque, NM
Vulcan 7s @ Birmingham, AL
HIGH SCHOOL
June 29-30
North American Lions @ Heidelberg 7s, Germany
livestream