EIRA Players Celebrate Progress, But More Work To Be Done
In the first four meetings between Eagle Impact Rugby Academy and the Spanish U18 side, it's fair to say EIRA was smoked.
Scored of 61-15 and 55-15 in 2021 were followed up with 36-3 and 43-24 in 2022. Only that last one really harbingered that the players, as well as the coaches, were starting to understand just how quickly the Spanish played, and how EIRA teams might score points.
Florida Jaguares Impress in Winning MLR Academy Tourney
The Florida Jaguares took home the honors this past weekend at Major League Rugby's first MLR Academies tournament.
Held in Boston, Mass. and hosted by the New England Free Jacks at their stadium, the MLR Academies Tournament featured a round-robin between five teams:
EIRA Launches Third Straight Spain Tour for U18 Boys
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy is going back for another go in Spain.
The U18 Boys EIRA side will tour Spain for the third straight time, and hope to continue its improvement arc while there. Their first two matches in 2021 were fairly convincing victories for the Spain National U18 side. In 2022 the games were much closer.
Latest List of College Commits
Here's our latest commit list for players who will be playing rugby in the fall.
This list is brought to you by Next Phase Rugby, which is an app that helps high school rugby players connect with college rugby programs. Get the app and get started for free at NextPhaseRugby.com.
GRR HS Club Final 2023 Rankings
This is the final week of HS Club rankings and we really don't have a lot of changes.
Most of the championships that we were waiting for involved school teams, so there's not much to move around.
So we thought we'd take a look at a couple of stats, such as:
