Great Midwest Rugby Conference

In Spring 2012, the Great Midwest Rugby Conference (originally named the WIIL Rugby Conference) was formed by joining D2 collegiate men's teams from the Wisconsin RFU, Illinois RFU, and CARFU. This was done partially to comply with USA Rugby's directive on forming conferences as well as increasing competition and enhancing the reputation of rugby in the Midwest. Since then they have branched out into Iowa, as well.

The Great Midwest Conference Champion regularly has teams go far in the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) national-level playoffs.

In recent years, the Great Midwest added a Small College competition, and now runs competitions in D2 and D3 (which is what Small College is now called).

Division: Men's D2
Division: Men's D3 (Small College)

Conference Website

12.05.2016College Men

Whitewater Wins DII

The time finally came, and in fact the time came with just a few minutes left in the first half.

This was the Men’s DII College final, and leading into halftime Wisconsin-Whitewater was leading 7-3. Only 7-3.

12.03.2016College Men

Torrid 2nd Half See Warhawks Fly to DII Final

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will play in the team’s third-straight national men’s DII college final after the Warhawks rode a torrid second half to defeat Norwich Saturday in the semis.

The teams were almost deadlocked - 24-22 - at halftime. But Whitewater’s backline exploded for six tries in the second half to win going away 58-29.

12.01.2016College Men

Whitewater #1 But Now's Time to Prove It

Three weeks into the fall, Goff Rugby Report moved Wisconsin-Whitewater into the #1 spot in the Men’s DII College rankings.

11.10.2016College Men

Men DII Coll Games Nov 12-13

The Men's DII College schedule for this weekend is suddenly far, far smaller than it has been the previous weeks.

Now that we're into the national playoffs, we've got nine games this weekend, all involving ranked teams, and most involving two ranked teams.

11.07.2016College Men

WIIL to Win - Whitewater Impresses

The #1-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has won the WIIL Conference after beating Northern Iowa 88-12 on Saturday, and Illinois State 45-11 on Sunday.

ISU takes a seed to nationals, as well as Whitewater, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which beat Northern Iowa 52-35 on Sunday to take 3rd in the conference, and secure a seed to the national playoffs.