The Pacific Western Rugby Conference (PWRC) is a Division 1 collegiate rugby conference for men's teams located in Northern California and Western Nevada. It is a member of the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) and includes teams like Stanford, Cal, and Sacramento State. The conference hosts both 15s and 7s seasons and its top teams compete in regional and national playoffs.
One of the interesting surprises in Men's DIAA college rugby is that there's an impression held by some in the East that most of the season is played in the fall.
That's not exactly the case, given that the Gold Coast, Pacific West, NCRC, and Mountain States all start in the winter, and the Heart of America and Ivy League (playoffs, anyway) finish off in the spring.
Here are the weekend's DI men's college rugby games, with several top-ranked teams in action.
It's pretty clear that there are two leaders in the Pac West Conference, and those two will be meeting up soon.
The PAC Rugby Conference gets going this weekend, and we've got some other intriguing games.
Arizona plays two games on the weekend, at Stanford in a non-conference game, and then a PAC Conference clash with Cal. The Bears also host UC Santa Cruz.
