USA Club 7s Qualifiers This weekend there are five tournaments serving as qualifiers for USA Rugby Club 7s Nationals in New York on August 11-12. Some teams will book a stop for Nationals this weekend, while others will seek to establish themselves as contenders. CanAm 7s Last weekend, Belmont Shore won the Western Open and a spot in Nationals. This means that the Pacific South will have an additional seed, while the Pacific North will only have one representative. The Washington Athletic Club and the Westside Ronins will be contenders in Bellingham, Washington. Life West, who made it to the…

Monmouth 7s: Showdown at the Shore VI On Saturday, July 7th, 2018, the Monmouth Rugby Football Club will host the 2017 Monmouth 7s: Showdown at the Shore VI Tournament at Capelli Sports Complex in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Now in its sixth year, Monmouth 7s is one of the biggest showcases for rugby in New Jersey, drawing participation over 45 playing sides from throughout the Northeast. In addition to the Northeast qualifiers for the men and women, there is men’s and women’s open, a First men’s social, as well as high school boys and girls divisions. The matches kick off…

2018 USA Rugby Club Sevens Columbia University Baker Athletics Complex in New York City will host the  2018 USA Rugby Emirates Airline Club 7s National Championship August 11-12. The Baker Athletics Complex includes both the 3,500-seat Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium and the 17,00-seat Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium will be the primary venue for the Club 7s championship event and is located next to the Campbell Sports Center, named for Columbia University and Old Blue of New York’s Bill Campbell. The 2018 Emirates Airline Club 7s event will include 32…

USA Rugby Club Sevens Nationals Opens This weekend, USA Rugby will be hosting automatic qualifiers for its Club 7s National Championship for the first time in its history. The Western Open will pit eight of the top programs in the western states against one another, and the Eastern Open will do the same, replicating a condensed version of the National Championship. The winners of each Open will secure their birth in nationals, will impact seeding in Nationals, as well as impacting the remaining qualifying tournaments. Treasure Island, the home of San Francisco Golden Gate and the USA Rugby Club 7s…

Women’s Academy Tournament USA Rugby Release: CHULA VISTA, CA. – USA Rugby will host a seven-team Women’s Academy Tournament this week at the U.S. Olympic Training Site in Chula Vista, CA. Set to take place June 16-17, six academy teams and the Women’s Collegiate All-American Sevens (WCAA 7s) will participate in a round-robin competition to showcase their developed talent for the opportunity to earn 2018-19 residency contracts or to play for an open spot for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 High-Performance Camp. Along with the WCAA 7s, the six additional competing teams include Atavus, Armed Forces, Northeast Olympic Development…

Men’s Collegiate All-Americans Sevens USA Rugby Release: Lafayette, CO.-  Coaching staff recognizes honorary Men’s Collegiate All Americans Sevens recipients. These selections are a reflection of the performances that each one of these individuals has put in for his team during the most recent college 7s season. Making this team is no easy feat, and the selection process to whittle down the player pool into this preliminary list was meticulous, to say the least. The players selected into these squads are done so as recognition for their outstanding performances over the course of this season. This list is just the start…

BULLDOG RUGBY PRESS RELEASE SUMMER 2018: After a first ever appearance at the Club Nationals and a creditable 6th place finish in 2017, Bulldog Rugby founders Mike Newcomer and David Fischer are pleased to announce the return of Head Coach Steve Lewis for the Summer of 2018. However, there will be a change of focus and location for the upcoming season. In addition to selecting only younger, USA eligible players, Bulldog Rugby will be competing in the Frontier Region and operating a full-time 7’s summer residency camp in Vail, Colorado. “We are delighted that Steve will be back with us…

USA Rugby College 7s Nationals This weekend, May 18-20, 44 men’s and women’s collegiate sevens teams will vie for the 2018 USA Rugby College 7s National Championships at Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado. Three defending national champions are there to defend their title (Lindenwood Men’s D1, UW Whitewater Men’s D2, and Lindenwood Women). USA Rugby has indicated that “The pools were determined by a seeding process undertaken by the respective divisional committees. The teams were ranked based on reviews of their performances during the season these rankings determined seedings within each pool.” Matches will be broadcast on The Rugby Channel and…

Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Philadelphia, Pa. – May 10, 2018 – USA Sevens Rugby Release In advance of this year’s Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship, the women’s pool assignments for the 16-team men’s rugby sevens tournament field has been announced. The 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship is set for Friday, June 1st through Sunday, June 3rd at Talen Energy Stadium in suburban Philadelphia. Reserved and field level tickets to the “World’s Largest Collegiate Rugby Festival” are available online at sevensrugby.com. Single-day reserved tickets are $90 and field level tickets are $63, and full weekend reserved tickets are $132 and field…