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National Teams:
The Women Eagles finished in second place at the Atlanta 7s picking valuable points and moving closer to a top four finish.
The made the semi-finals for the first time after beating Australia in the Quarterfinals. They beat South Africa and Russia in pool play before losing to New Zealand.
Head coach Ric Suggitt offered his thoughts on the team's performance after the final.
For their hard work Kathryn Johnson and Vix Folayan ended up on the Dream Team.
College/Club:
In PRP player, Glendale have won their fifth straight match after beating Olympic Club, Denver came from behind to beat OMBAC, and SFGG drew with Belmont Shore.
Take the jump to read more.
It was a massive weekend in college rugby. This biggest match saw #1 BYU beat #2 St. Mary's in a classic. St. Mary's put out a reserve team and lost to Utah on Friday night.
Life and Arkansas State was also supposed to be a thriller but Life ended up winning in a blowout.
Fellow Mid-South teams Davenport and Lindenwood also squared off with Lindenwood winning.
Cal scored 18 tries as they put up over a century of points against Santa Clara.
Central Washington once again fell to the Seattle Saracens but still took away plenty of lessons.
San Diego State was able to beat UCLA thanks to a 48 meter kick from All-American Kalei Conrad while Colorado State beat rivals Colorado and Wheeling Jesuit beat West Virginia.
The Life women have finished their season undefeated after beating Florida.
Yale were on tour to Chile and Argentina over their spring break. The players check in with their thoughts.
A ladies only rugby clinic in Missoula had over 100 players participating.
World:
A lot went on around the globe over the weekend. Stay tuned for World Rugby Weekend Review.
The Premiership is set to debate promotion and relegation while at the same time celebrating a new TV deal.
London Welsh have quietly fired their coach and brought in Rowland Phillips.
Liam Gill has been suspended two weeks for a lifting tackle.
It's not often that a hooker scores a drop goal but that's what happened in the Germany-Romania match over the weekend.
National Teams:
The Women Eagles finished in second place at the Atlanta 7s picking valuable points and moving closer to a top four finish.
The made the semi-finals for the first time after beating Australia in the Quarterfinals. They beat South Africa and Russia in pool play before losing to New Zealand.
Head coach Ric Suggitt offered his thoughts on the team's performance after the final.
For their hard work Kathryn Johnson and Vix Folayan ended up on the Dream Team.
College/Club:
In PRP player, Glendale have won their fifth straight match after beating Olympic Club, Denver came from behind to beat OMBAC, and SFGG drew with Belmont Shore.
Take the jump to read more.
It was a massive weekend in college rugby. This biggest match saw #1 BYU beat #2 St. Mary's in a classic. St. Mary's put out a reserve team and lost to Utah on Friday night.
Life and Arkansas State was also supposed to be a thriller but Life ended up winning in a blowout.
Fellow Mid-South teams Davenport and Lindenwood also squared off with Lindenwood winning.
Cal scored 18 tries as they put up over a century of points against Santa Clara.
Central Washington once again fell to the Seattle Saracens but still took away plenty of lessons.
San Diego State was able to beat UCLA thanks to a 48 meter kick from All-American Kalei Conrad while Colorado State beat rivals Colorado and Wheeling Jesuit beat West Virginia.
The Life women have finished their season undefeated after beating Florida.
Yale were on tour to Chile and Argentina over their spring break. The players check in with their thoughts.
A ladies only rugby clinic in Missoula had over 100 players participating.
World:
A lot went on around the globe over the weekend. Stay tuned for World Rugby Weekend Review.
The Premiership is set to debate promotion and relegation while at the same time celebrating a new TV deal.
London Welsh have quietly fired their coach and brought in Rowland Phillips.
Liam Gill has been suspended two weeks for a lifting tackle.
It's not often that a hooker scores a drop goal but that's what happened in the Germany-Romania match over the weekend.