The leadership of these seven college rugby conferences participated in a conference call Thursday night (August 22nd) to finalize the workings of a Fall XVs tournament culminating in an East Coast Collegiate Division 1 Championship. This championship will run for three weekends in November and December.
XVs Championships
On November 16th, this association of eastern-based D1 college rugby conferences (which has not released an official name, yet) will hold a quarterfinals featuring the top team from each conference except Rugby East, which will send its top two teams. The second place teams from each conference except Rugby East will gather that same weekend for a Bowl Championship.
The winners of the quarterfinals weekend will meet on November 23rd for semifinal matches determining which two teams will meet in at Furman University's rugby facility in Greenville, SC for a Championship Final on December 7th.
Spring 7s
For the Spring 2014, there will be a 7s tournament almost every weekend in these seven conferences. Clubs from participating conferences will be required to participate in a minimum of three away tournaments to qualify (based on accumulated points from tournaments) for a 64 team, single-elimination Championship 7s Tournament on May 3-4 in Virginia Beach, VA.
Rugby East
The Rugby East will still send teams to the USA Rugby College Sevens National Championships (CSNC). This tournament is rumored to be in College Station, TX for the third year in a row (instead of Greensboro, NC), because the eastern-based college rugby clubs (D1 & D2) have decided on Fall XVs and most of the teams attending the USAR CSNC will be from west of the Mississippi River
Rugby East teams will also still participate in the D1A Rugby Championships in the spring.