Nations Cup Update—Close Games, Pool A Dominance, and Cards
World Rugby's Nations Cup is formatted by having all the teams in Pool A playing the teams in Pool B, and vice-versa.
So that ends up, sometimes, having lopsided pools, and that's how the Nations Cup started.
The opening round of the Nations Cup produced not only a 4-1-1 day for Pool A, but also a lot of interesting and close games.
Time to Plan Your Tour!
Touring around the world is a huge part of the rugby experience.
If we at Goff Rugby Report have advocated for anything, it's that teams that want to improve need to broaden their horizons. Play out of your state. Play out of your region.
Thorndyke Makes Impression During English Experience
This weekend the England Counties U20s will play the UK Armed Forces U23s in Doncaster, and there's an American in the lineup.
IRANZ Launches Southwest USA Academy in Phoenix
Phoenix, Ariz. — International Rugby Academy–Southwest USA (IRANZ SW USA) is launching the launch of its elite rugby development initiative designed to provide athletes throughout Arizona, the Southwest United States, and beyond with access to world-class coaching, international development opportunities, and high-performance training
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How Should Coaches Get Started: Analyzing Film
The 2026 Boys High School Rugby National Championships at the Rugby Grounds at the Moose in Elkhart, Ind. brought together the best young rugby talent in the country. It also brought together a coaching community that is hungry, competitive, and, if the conversations on the sidelines were any indication, asking the same question over and over: How do we actually start using film?
