HS Boys

Gonzaga Wins Tight Single-School Final

Gonzaga is the first single-school team to win three straight national championships, holding off Jesuit of Sacramento Saturday in a single-school final that could not have been closer.

The game was the final game played at the Rugby Athletic Center, which saw virtually all of its grass rubbed away after torrential rains and 17 previous games on the main field. 

Video Interview - West End

Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff checked in with Jacob Estes, the West End scrumhalf, after the team made the Tier II final of the Boys HS Rugby National Championships.

Video Interview - Pelham HS

Goff Rugby Report's Alex Goff speaks with Luke Persanis and North Westall of Pelham HS about their first National Championships appearance.

Pelham opened up their tournament with a 24-14 win over South Doyle in Tier II, and then followed that up with a 22-12 win over Brownsburg on Friday to set up a Tier II final against West End on Saturday.

Single-School Bracket HS Nationals Day 2

In a contentious, mud-splattered, afternoon of rugby, two old foes Jesuit and Gonzaga will meet up int the final of the single-school bracket of the Boys HS Rugby National Championships.

HS Nationals Club Bracket Day 2

Granite Bay and Royal Irish will meet for the second straight year in the final of the Boys HS Rugby National Championships club bracket after both won semifinals Friday.

Boys HS Nationals Tier II Day 2

Day Two at the Boys HS Rugby National Championships is done for Tier II with West End and Pelham facing off in Saturday’s final.

Utah Select Side to Play in Rosslyn Park 7s

The Utah Cannibals, Utah Youth Rugby’s High Performance Program, have been accepted to play in the world’s largest and most prestigious youth 7s event in the world, the HSBC’s Rosslyn Park Sevens, in London, UK, next March.

The last US select side to compete in the HSBC Rosslyn Park 7s was the HS All Americans in 2013.

Boys HS Nationals Day One

The first day of the Boys HS Rugby National Championships is in the books. Here’s the rundown.

Tier II

A relatively wet and chilly day, for North Carolina in May, opened up for the players at the Rugby Athletic Center in Charlotte, NC. And the first games were in Tier II.

Minnesota Latest - Eagan New Winner on Block

Up in the frozen north the top teams out of Minnesota are starting to show their hand.

Leading the way may well be Edina, which has started 5-0, including this past weekend’s 39-7 win over Duluth. Edina has scored 299 points and given up 19. Faribault is also 5-0, although two of those wins - 10-7 over Eden Prairie and 8-0 over Western Warriors - have been close.

EIRA Player of the Week - Cognac Oliver

In getting to the final of the Rugby Oregon Boys Club competition, Northside needed something special, and they got it.

Boys HS Nationals - Our Picks

The Goff Rugby Report rankings are generally pretty accurate, but sometimes they don’t hold true on major matchups.

Why? Often that’s because a team that had a couple of setbacks early in the season and those losses are still on the team’s record, but now, with injured players back or the team simply improving, they might be a better opponent.

Boys HS Nationals Program

The Boys High School Rugby National Championships kicks off on the afternoon of Thursday, May 19.

Check back here for for the schedules and scores. Below is the event program. Check that out for team profiles and previews and some history.  

Friendship at Heart of Gonzaga Quartet

With the Boys HS Rugby National Championships coming this week, we take a look at four longtime players with two-time national single-school champions Gonzaga.