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.
You might think that the defending national DIAA champions would be favored to win their conference, but that’s not necessarily the case in the Pacific Western Conference.
It’s opening weekend for Sacramento State, as the Hornets take a short trip to Southern California to take on Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara.
It’s a very early start for Sac State but Head Coach Adam Macrae wants his team on the field as soon as possible.
The Pacific Western Conference has named its squad of 25 players to face Durham University in June.
From the North of England, Durham University which has a very successful rugby program and two of their recent graduates have signed with pro clubs in England. They are on a four-game tour of California.
The UC Davis Aggies are the Men’s DIAA college champions after defeating Central Florida in a hard slog of a final 18-15 at Kennesaw State University’s Fifth Third Bank Stadium Saturday.
The Aggies had to come back from a 15-3 halftime deficit to do it, but eventually worse down a UCF team used to putting away their opposition early.
There's the little matter, Saturday, of the DIAA Men's final between UC Davis and Central Florida.
