South Carolina Student Players Fire Coach; What That Means For the College Game as a Whole
Things are changing at University of South Carolina rugby in what has been a fairly eventful summer.
Ultimately the major changes are that John Roberts, Head Coach since 2021, is out, and student leadership is exerting a bigger influence on the program, an influence they felt they should have exerted earlier.
Mountain Retreat Forging Future Eagles
Eagle hopefuls are working through a productive summer at a small player development program in the wilds of Kentucky.
It's an almost mythical mountain rugby retreat—you can picture the montage now, players working hard on a farm in Southwestern Kentucky.
Loyola to CRAA, But That's Not the Actual Piece of News
The news that Loyola University of New Orleans is joining CRAA isn't necessarily earth-shattering, but it does illustrate something interesting.
First off, the announcement is here, per the College Rugby Association of America:
CRAA U19 Team Look to RAN Championship in August
Querétaro, Mexico will host the 2026 RAN U19s August 5-8 and the USA team in attendance, this year, will be a squad run by CRAA.
NCR Looking to Help UCLA's Schedule by Recruiting More SoCal College Teams
Faced with the very real issue of newly-recruited UCLA not having much in the way of a season, NCR has launched a campaign to recruit more Southern California college teams to NCR.
A recruiting deck was submitted to a number of college teams in Southern California. Most of the deck is very straightforward information about NCR—membership, dues levels, and major events.
