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Men’s College Rugby has four levels, D1A, D1-AA, DII and NSCRO. Championships are held in each of these divisions in rugby 15s and in the later 3 divisions in sevens.

NCR Release National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has formed seven state-based regions that will compete in its January 15-17 All Star tournament.Referred to as the Shield Challenge, the national tournament features the best NCR rugby players from across the country. The three-day event will be held over Martin Luther King weekend at the Houston Sabercats’ AVEVA Stadium. Each All Star team will be formed over the next three months and include players from diverse schools and all divisions. In addition to the All Star teams, each region may also form a Rising Stars team that includes emerging all star-calibre players.The regions…

NCR Release Next Phase Rugby and National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) commenced a partnership to help NCR colleges expand their student athlete recruiting.Next Phase Rugby is an online platform that connects college rugby programs with high school rugby players. The app launched in May, and has quickly become the largest online rugby recruiting platform in the country with hundreds of high school players from over ten countries.Through the partnership, NCR will encourage its member colleges to establish free recruiting profiles to extend their recruiting reach. Next Phase Rugby will provide a discount to NCR colleges that choose premium membership and promote…

NCR Release National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) will rename the Men’s Small College Championship the Cohen Cup in honor of the competition’s founder and former President, Steve Cohen.Steve Cohen founded NCR’s predecessor organization, National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO), nearly 20 years ago to support and grow small college rugby in the United States.Cohen planted NSCRO’s roots when he launched the 2002 East Coast D3 Championships, the first-ever small college men’s and women’s rugby national playoff system. Following several successful national tournaments, NSCRO was formally established in 2007 by Cohen and Chip Auscavitch.During his tenure as President, Cohen grew NSCRO from…

Release Washington, DC (September 23, 2012) – One of the country’s most spirited and respected rivalries will take center stage when the Army Black Knights of West Point face the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen in men’s collegiate rugby at 1:00 pm EDT on Saturday, Oct. 23 at FedExField. Event promoter Left Field Live announced today that the interservice Army-Navy match will serve as a preliminary competition prior to the 1874 Cup featuring the Team USA Eagles vs. New Zealand All Blacks match set for 3:00 pm EDT. “We’re thrilled and grateful to be a part of this historic event in…

NCR Release National Collegiate Rugby Announces 2021 Championships and All Star Tournaments17 September—National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) released the dates and locations for its men’s and women’s 15s Collegiate Rugby Championships, as well as the men’s All Star event scheduled for early 2022.The men’s 15s Collegiate Rugby Championship will be held on December 10-12 in Houston and crown national champions in D-IA, D-IAA, D-II, and Small College. With four teams from each division, the tournament includes semifinal matches, a third place match and a Championship game. Major League Rugby’s Houston Sabercats will host the tournament with the matches played in AVEVA…

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National Collegiate Rugby Release 9 August — National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) named 107 student athletes as 2020-21 Scholastic All Americans. The 2020-21 group represents NCR’s inaugural naming of Scholastic All Americans. The program will become an annual recognition of NCR’s high performing student athletes, and is expected to grow as rugby clubs return to a normal schedule in 2021-22. The Scholastic All American list includes 41 women and 66 men across all NCR divisions. To qualify as a Scholastic All American, each student athlete must have maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher for the academic year and actively participated in…

NCR Release National Collegiate Rugby opens registration for 2021-22 Season2 August — National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) opened registration for the 2021-22 season on August 2. Registration will be available for NCR clubs, players and coaches, as well as referees.NCR will provide championship pathways for men’s Division I, Division I-AA, Division II and Small College and women’s Open Division and Small College. All 15s National Championships will be held in the Fall with the Spring featuring the Collegiate Rugby Championships for 7s. Over 600 men’s and women’s clubs have committed to NCR for the upcoming season. Despite the COVID impact and…

University of Utah has named Don Pati as the Men’s Team Head Sevens Coach. Don is an alumni of the University of Utah where he was a 4-time All American athlete and led the team to the first 7s National Championship. Don recently played for the Park City Haggis, for the USA National Sevens Team as well as the Utah Warriors professional rugby team. The Utes are excited to have him as the sevens head coach this coming season!

National Collegiate Rugby Release National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has announced a partnership with Major League Rugby (MLR). This partnership will allow NCR and MLR to work together to build a strong collegiate to professional rugby pathway for current and future members. This announcement comes in tandem with The Rugby Network partnership as a streaming service for many NCR matches including the 2021 Collegiate Rugby Championship in New Orleans, LA taking place May 29-31. NCR CEO Jeremy Treece said, “Major League Rugby is one of the ultimate goals of collegiate rugby players in the United States. The League gives our players the domestic competition to keep rugby growing…

Rio Grande Sports Information Release RIO GRANDE, Ohio – University of Rio Grande athletic director Jeff Lanham has announced the addition of men’s and women’s rugby as varsity sports beginning in the Fall of 2021. “With no previous varsity rugby program in southeast Ohio, Rio athletics is very happy to set the foundation with our program,” Lanham said. “Our teams will operate like any other athletic program and will receive full university support.” Lanham said that rugby is a fast-growing sport, especially in Ohio, where programs already exist at schools such as Xavier University, Denison University, and Franciscan University. “We’re…

NCR Release NCR is happy to announce Jessie Blitz as the Small College Commissioner for the NCR Women’s programs. Jessie began her career with rugby as a child being a part of the sideline support for her father’s team at Occidental College and the Denver Harlequins Old Boys team. She never really found her passion for the game until she started playing in College at Western Colorado University in Gunnison. Jessie played and served as the team president her senior year and was selected as an NSCRO All-American in 2018. In college, Jessie needed an internship so she cold-called the…

Adrian College Release ADRIAN, Mich.—Adrian College director of athletics Michael Duffy on Monday has named former Michigan State University club coach Benny Mateialona as the first head coach of the Bulldogs new men’s rugby varsity program that is scheduled to debut in Fall 2021. “I’m truly honored with the responsibility of leading the first men’s varsity rugby program and the commitment Adrian College is making to the program. I’m excited to get started and expand the game of rugby in an institution of tradition and leadership,” Mateialona stated. “Our goal is to recruit student-athletes that acquire good character and purpose…

NCR Release National Collegiate Rugby has tabbed Pat Clifton as 7s Commissioner. He will be charged with overseeing NCR’s various 7s championships. Clifton comes to NCR having spent a decade with United World Sports, the owner, and operator of the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship. He also brings more than a dozen years of administrative experience in grassroots rugby, including founding the Gateway Collegiate Rugby Conference, and running numerous 7s events and competitions, such as the Heart of America Classic, Fountain City 7s, and Midnight Madness Indoor 7s. “College rugby, and in particular 7s, is very near and dear to…

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