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The Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) hosts the annual World University Games, a competition that is not well known within the American rugby community. The organization has unsuccessfully been courting a USA Rugby U23 National Team to participate, that is, until Atlantis agreed to represent the country for the 2026 iteration. Atlantis Women’s Head […]

A good amount of teams were in motion during week three of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), although many games were non-conference matches. With that said, the majority of the regular-season games were all pretty competitive. [lead photo: AIC’s Kiyanah Edwards / Jackie Finlan] There were three games in Division I, including the debut […]

Michigan Youth Rugby is one of two states (Wisconsin being the other) that contests its 15s championship season in the fall, and there’s already reason to talk. Traverse City (TC) Alliance beat reigning state champ Grand Haven to open up the league and followed with a big win against Grandville High School on Sunday. The […]

Lotsa lotsa rugby this weekend, including the USA 15s Eagles kicking off their WXV Global Series in Ireland. Before that Sunday fixture, the college, senior club and high school realms are alive with mostly 15s, but also 7s, rugby. Notably, Quinnipiac is back in club sports form and play UCONN this Saturday. We’ll be sure […]

The National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) 15s season gets moving quickly. It’s not uncommon for teams to have two weeks of training before their first league games, especially in the big conferences. That’s the case in the voluminous DI-AA South Atlantic Rugby Conference (SARC). Last Saturday, North Carolina State University started big, facing powerhouse Virginia Women’s […]
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