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State HS Organizations Under Pressure to be Election Compliant. Look for several Youth & High School State Rugby Organizations (SROs) to undergo some critical changes this January as USA Youth & High School takes a closer look at their governance models
Rugby Laws and 2025 | Goff Rugby Report
Dec 27, 2024 · Before we all get caught up in New Years resolutions, we can celebrate another tradition of the New Year—World Rugby messing around with the laws. Now, don't get us wrong. We here at GRR World Headquarters think that sometimes the laws need to be messed around with, but not always, and not always in the same way. What we'd like to do here is take a look at some of the law changes that have ...
Hough Huskies Finally Take the Field ... and Win
Dec 21, 2024 · The Hough Huskies finally got to play an actual rugby game in North Carolina's school league Thursday night, and celebrated a win as well. After their first two opponents canceled on them, the Huskies were able to play against a tough Marvin Ridge side this week. Despite an early red card to Hough, the Huskies won 27-5. …
Giving a Gift? How About A Great Rugby Experience?
Dec 19, 2024 · Merry Christmas everyone, how's your Christmas shopping going? Many people shopping for their loved ones struggle to find that special gift, and often it's less a thing than an experience that can be the best gift. Enter the LA Sevens. The US stop on the SVNS World Series is especially notable this year for a number of reason which we'll list below. But in general, it's a massive event on the ...
Tragic News as Beloved Coach and Teammate Dies
Dec 12, 2024 · The rugby community in the New York area was shocked last week to learn of the death of former national team player and recent Morris County HS Coach Troy Bartley. A longtime standout in the front row for the New York Athletic Club, where he helped NYAC win multiple Super League titles, Bartley was a much-loved rugby man, teammate, and coach. Bartley, who was 51, was a two-time All American at ...
Program Spotlight: Texas State, A Good Group of Guys to Hang With
Nov 26, 2024 · The Lonestar D1AA competition should be an interesting one to watch in the New Year. There always seems to be a team that bursts through in this conference and this year, so far, that team has been Texas State. The Bobcats came into this past weekend with victories against UTSA (30-12), Dallas (19-15), St. Edward’s (38-8), Texas Tech, and Texas (22-7).
Men D2 College Rankings 2024 Week 8 | Goff Rugby Report
Oct 22, 2024 · Who is jumping from the 2nd tier into the top tier in Men's D2 college rugby? As we've been saying for a while this fall, there's a fairly clear division between the stronger teams and the next tier. There's generally a series of tiers within D2 college rugby, but the gap isn't always especially large. It is this year. We might be …
Men D2 College Rankings 2024 Week 13 | Goff Rugby Report
Dec 3, 2024 · The NCR D2 finals will be in a couple of weeks but we've got to update our rankings after the pre-Thanksgiving playoff weekend. It was a very interesting group of results, which included three consolation games (they didn't play one in one of the brackets). We don't hang a lot of meaning on consolation games, and in this case we had one of those four games not played, another officially ...
NCR D1 Rankings Week 13 | Goff Rugby Report
Dec 2, 2024 · This is the penultimate NCR D1 ranking for the fall of 2024. We will let the semifinals play out and then the final, and we'll update at the end.
Thrilling Day at CRAA Fall Classic | Goff Rugby Report
Dec 7, 2024 · Four excellent rugby Bowl Games were on the slate Saturday at the CRAA Fall Classic. HOA All-Stars vs Florida All-Stars The Heart of America All-Stars defeated the Florida Collegiate Conference All-Stars 48-17 in the CRAA Fall Classic, starting off a full day of collegiate rugby in Spartanburg, SC. This was the first time a match consisting of conference all-stars was held during the Fall ...