The High Peaks Rugby Conference is a regional collegiate rugby league under National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) that spans schools primarily from the Rocky Mountain and Mountain West region. For the 2024 season, the conference expanded significantly by merging with the former Rocky Mountain Conference and adding more than a dozen new teams, making it one of the largest and most competitive college-rugby conferences in the country.
When considering the Rocky Mountain conference championship, Montana State wasn't a big part of the conversation. It's the Bobcats' first season in the conference, and the team came out of a diluted West Pool that included a strong Utah State and two programs that forfeited their seasons.
The Colorado School of Mines men’s rugby team is off to the DII playoffs, but will be without one of their flankers, as Joe Brandenburg has something more important to do.
More important than a playoff game? Yeah, a little.
In a possible preview of the conference final, DII Rocky Mountain East leaders Colorado Mesa University and Colorado College finished out the regular season against each other. The pair entered the match with perfect 5-0 records, but it was the Mavericks that enjoyed its sixth win of the season.
Colorado School of Mines clinched the Rocky Mountain Conference championship Saturday with a convincing 44-7 victory over Western State.
Saturday saw another convincing win for Colorado School of Mines, as the Orediggers have celebrated their return to DII college rugby with three wins, 194 points scores, and seven allowed.
