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Club/College:
The Central Washington women have earned a place in the playoffs after they beat Stanford.
South Carolina have won their third stop on the SCRC 7s series, Air Force won the Rocky Mountain 7s, Bowling Green won the NDC 7s, and AIC have qualified for the 7s nationals.
This Is Texas Rugby recaps St. Thomas's win over Cy-Fair, the results from the Southwest Conference 7s, and their latest boy's high school rankings.
This Is Colorado Rugby has images from the action at Infinity Park on Saturday and a recap of the battle between the Barbarians and Raptors youth teams.
National Teams:
Pat Clifton says the time is right to overhaul U.S.A. Rugby's age-grade systems.
World:
Stay tuned for World Rugby Weekend Review.
Greg Growden says that Australia has too many Super Rugby teams and that the country is suffering as a result.
Pau have confirmed they have signed Colin Slade for next season (French).
In other player moves, Luke Burton will remain with the Western Force and Census Johnston has retired from Samoa.
Bad news for a couple of Super Rugby teams. The Brumbies will be without Scott Sio and Matt Toomua while the Crusaders will be without Ryan Crotty after injuries.
When Mark Richards met Willem Alberts over the weekend the result was not good....yikes.
Planet Rugby has their latest look at who's hot and who's not.
Club/College:
The Varsity Cup semi-finals are set. The tightest match of the round was Navy coming from behind to defeat Clemson.
Central Washington and Utah was also close with Central coming away with the win.
BYU earned a solid win over UCLA while Cal ran all over Texas.
The ARP opened over the weekend. Life ran out to an early lead that NYAC couldn't overcome in the marquee match. Life have now essentially sealed the title. Old Blue also beat Boston.
OMBAC shocked SFGG in the PRP on Saturday while Belmont Shore and Glendale both won.
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Western Washington have booked their spot in the DI-AA playoffs with a win over Washington in the NCRC final (report to come!).
Meanwhile, Long Beach have once again won the Gold Coast Conference. Arkansas have also made the playoffs.
Davenport beat Lindenwood over the weekend as both teams prepare for the DI-A playoffs.
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Western Washington have booked their spot in the DI-AA playoffs with a win over Washington in the NCRC final (report to come!).
Meanwhile, Long Beach have once again won the Gold Coast Conference. Arkansas have also made the playoffs.
Davenport beat Lindenwood over the weekend as both teams prepare for the DI-A playoffs.
The Central Washington women have earned a place in the playoffs after they beat Stanford.
South Carolina have won their third stop on the SCRC 7s series, Air Force won the Rocky Mountain 7s, Bowling Green won the NDC 7s, and AIC have qualified for the 7s nationals.
This Is Texas Rugby recaps St. Thomas's win over Cy-Fair, the results from the Southwest Conference 7s, and their latest boy's high school rankings.
This Is Colorado Rugby has images from the action at Infinity Park on Saturday and a recap of the battle between the Barbarians and Raptors youth teams.
National Teams:
Pat Clifton says the time is right to overhaul U.S.A. Rugby's age-grade systems.
World:
Stay tuned for World Rugby Weekend Review.
Greg Growden says that Australia has too many Super Rugby teams and that the country is suffering as a result.
Pau have confirmed they have signed Colin Slade for next season (French).
In other player moves, Luke Burton will remain with the Western Force and Census Johnston has retired from Samoa.
Bad news for a couple of Super Rugby teams. The Brumbies will be without Scott Sio and Matt Toomua while the Crusaders will be without Ryan Crotty after injuries.
When Mark Richards met Willem Alberts over the weekend the result was not good....yikes.
Planet Rugby has their latest look at who's hot and who's not.