The matchup of the week is #3 school team Herriman taking on #4 club team United.
We doubt either team will come out of this too damaged. Instead, though, this is an excellent chance for both teams to test themselves, and also to give us at GRR World Headquarters another useful data point comparing club teams and school teams. But we also get that with Aspetuck vs Staples.
We will also see the #1 club, Granite Bay, in action, while the #1 school, St. Ignatius, wraps up its quite successful tour of France.
RUG: On the way to Bayeux, the Rugby Cats took a pit stop to tour in Falaise, home of William the Conqueror!#GoCatspic.twitter.com/UmIaGwoFsA
— SIHS Sports (@SIHSSports) March 30, 2022
Several important games are schedule in Texas, while in Florida we finalize the playoff matchups with this week's games. Boca and Cardinal Gibbons are fighting it out for the #1 seed, but not against each other.
Northern California sees eight ranked teams playing against each other. Now we know that critics might point out that we are perhaps rankings all of these teams in a bubble. That's not completely true—Jesuit, De La Salle, and Granite Bay have all played teams outside their region—but it's also a fair criticism. We expect teams to play across borders, and yet Northern California, Southern California (somewhat), and Utah get a bit of a pass. But that happens only as long as those regions continue to perform on a national stage, which they do, and not just one or two teams, either.
Coming up, Granite Bay will tour Ireland and Snow Canyon (aka Te Mana) plays at San Diego.
Maryland, Oklahoma, and Illinois get moving in league play. Also, and not listed below because there are 20 games, the Iowa Youth Rugby boys HS 7s season starts. Iowa plays 7s as their season and 17 teams are involved in the 2A and 1A leagues. Teams generally play two games on each evening's action. the season kicks off tonight, April 1.
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| 3/30 | DeMatha | 0-109 | Gonzaga S4 | MAVRC |
| 3/30 | Calvert Hall | 36-12 | Mt. St. Joseph | Maryland IAA |
| 3/30 | Marist | 47-12 | Fenwick | Illinois |
| 3/30 | Chesterton | 12-15 | Taft | Illinois |
| 3/31 | Harpeth | 7-44 | Father Ryan S42 | Tennessee |
| 3/31 | Lindbergh | 33-17 | SLUH S41 | Missouri |
| 3/31 | Arlington | at | Mt. Carmel | Illinois |
| 4/1 | Salpointe | at | Brophy | Arizona |
| 4/1 | Archbishop Moeller S24 | 27-24 | St. Xavier Cincinnati S45 | Ohio |
| 4/1 | Dallas Jesuit 2 | 0-29 | Great Hearts | Texas |
| 4/1 | St. Thomas S10 | 31-12 | Lake Travis | Texas |
| 4/1 | Strake Jesuit S25 | 28-29 | St. Pius X S29 | Texas |
| 4/1 | West Houston C22 | 31-0 | Cy-Fair | Texas |
| 4/1 | Katy | at | Woodlands C2 | Texas |
| 4/1 | Kearns HS | 10-43 | Mountain Ridge | Utah |
| 4/1 | St. Charles Prep | 26-14 | Dayton N. Force | Ohio |
| 4/1 | Fairfield | at | Darien HS | Rugby CT D2 |
| 4/1 | Kuna | 5-26 | Capital | Idaho |
| 4/1 | Rocky Mountain | 10-43 | Eagle S44 | Idaho |
| 4/1 | New Rochelle | 0-40 | Rye | NY |
| 4/1 | Pelham S39 | 93-5 | The Albany Academy | NY |
| 4/1 | Snow Canyon C17 | 12-43 | San Diego Mustangs C12 | Utah |
| 4/2 | Toledo Celts | 19-51 | Detroit Central Catholic | Crossover |
| 4/2 | OMBAC | 7-42 | SD Mustangs C11 | SoCal Club |
| 4/2 | Rainier | 20-5 | Chuckanut | Washington |
| 4/2 | Sahuarita | vs | Glendale | Arizona |
| 4/2 | Aspetuck C10 | 12-12 | Staples S5 | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Boca Raton C13 | 26-0 | Hammerheads | Florida HS |
| 4/2 | Tampa | 5-28 | Key Biscayne C42 | Florida HS |
| 4/2 | Jacksonville | 27-38 | Okapi C30 | Florida HS |
| 4/2 | Cardinal Gibbons S8 | 39-17 | Cape | Florida HS |
| 4/2 | Bayou Hurricanes | 0-61 | New Orleans Jesuit S17 | Louisiana |
| 4/2 | Woodlands 2 | at | Strake Jesuit 2 | Texas |
| 4/2 | Plano | 0-75 | Four Points | Texas |
| 4/2 | Dallas Jesuit S27 | 21-7 | Westlake S36 | Texas |
| 4/2 | Rangers | at | San Antonio | Texas |
| 4/2 | Celina | at | Dallas RFC Youth | Texas |
| 4/2 | Rock Rugby | Ppd | Allen | Texas |
| 4/2 | Mother Lode C16 | 26-28 | Marin C40 | NorCal |
| 4/2 | East Palo Alto C29 | 7-67 | Granite Bay C1 | NorCal |
| 4/2 | Lamorinda C44 | Ccld | De La Salle S2 | NorCal |
| 4/2 | Jesuit Sacramento S16 | 17-38 | SFGG C11 | NorCal |
| 4/2 | Winchester | at | Holy Family | Virginia |
| 4/2 | Raleigh Redhawks C20 | 3-56 | Gonzaga S4 | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Germantown C19 | 55-19 | Spartan Rugby | Tennessee |
| 4/2 | Germantown C19 | 26-5 | Little Rock | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Little Rock | W-L | MICR | Crossover |
| 4/2 | St. Joseph's S37 | 33-12 | Georgetown Prep S20 | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Brighton HS | 45-0 | Cache | Utah |
| 4/2 | Genesis 2 | 0-45 | Riverton | Utah |
| 4/2 | Olympus 2 | 5-30 | Wasatch | Utah |
| 4/2 | Raptor Rugby | W-L | Tennessee Rugby Academy | Tennessee |
| 4/2 | Rigby | 25-45 | Olympus | Crossover |
| 4/2 | United C4 | 24-24 | Herriman S3 | Utah |
| 4/2 | Genesis C23 | 27-26 | West Valley Warriors C38 | Utah |
| 4/2 | Layton Christian C21 | 33-20 | SLV Rhinos C14 | Utah |
| 4/2 | Kingfishers S48 | 12-34 | St. Thomas Aquinas S7 | Kansas |
| 4/2 | St. John's | 0-63 | St. Augustine NJ S47 | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Raleigh Rattlesnakes | 0-35 | Wando | North Carolina |
| 4/2 | Phoenix Alpharetta C45 | Ccld | Charlotte Cardinals C18 | North Carolina |
| 4/2 | Clayton C39 | 15-37 | Cape Fear | North Carolina |
| 4/2 | Perrysburg | 0-68 | Hilliard | Ohio |
| 4/2 | Fairfield Prep | 10-31 | Greenwich HS S9 | Rugby CT D1 |
| 4/2 | Fairfield Prep | at | Greenwich HS | Rugby CT D2 |
| 4/2 | Chinook Wolf Pack | 29-17 | Lincoln | Oregon |
| 4/2 | Newberg | 7-55 | Eastside Tsunami | Oregon |
| 4/2 | West Valley Rams | 40-5 | Three Rivers | Oregon |
| 4/2 | Summit | vs | Camas HS | Oregon |
| 4/2 | Eastside C34 | 14-37 | Owyhee S35 | Idaho |
| 4/2 | Foothill | 12-17 | Santa Monica C7 | SoCal Club |
| 4/2 | Back Bay | 7-41 | Belmont Shore C7 | SoCal Club |
| 4/2 | SOC Raptors C9 | 31-26 | Thunder C3 | SoCal Club |
| 4/2 | South Bay | 16-38 | Try Time | SoCal Club |
| 4/2 | Morris C36 | at | Corning | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Fordham Prep | 9-38 | Delbarton | Crossover |
| 4/2 | Avon Lake | 0-57 | St. Edward S15 | Ohio |
| 4/2 | Bixby S33 | W-L | Wichita | Oklahoma |
| 4/2 | Maryland Exiles | 12-12 | Mt. St. Joseph's | Maryland Exiles Festival |
| 4/2 | PAC | 5-29 | Valor | Colorado |
| 4/2 | Legen Titans | 14-15 | NCOS Falcons | Colorado |
| 4/3 | North Bay | 0-43 | Loudoun County | Maryland Exiles Festival |
| 4/3 | Maryland Exiles | 31-22 | Frederick | Maryland Exiles Festival |
| 4/3 | Mt. St. Joseph's | 0-50 | Loudoun County | Maryland Exiles Festival |
| 4/3 | North Bay | 27-26 | Frederick | Maryland Exiles Festival |
| 4/3 | St. Edward S15 | 92-0 | Brunswick | Ohio |
| 4/3 | Lake Catholic | 57-0 | Mentor | Ohio |
| 4/3 | Berks C28 | 21-12 | Cumberland Valley S34 | Rugby PA D1 |
| 4/3 | Salesianum | Fft L-W | Conestoga S11 | Crossover |
| 4/3 | Doylestown | 12-57 | LaSalle S38 | Rugby PA D1 |
| 4/3 | Gregory the Great S12 | 56-0 | West Shore | Rugby PA D1 |
| 4/3 | Play Rugby USA | at | Rye Barbarians | NY |
| 4/3 | Rockaway | at | Fresh Meadows | NY |
| 4/3 | Chicago Lions | 12-0 | Taft | Illinois |
| 4/3 | New Trier | at | South Suburban | Illinois |
| 4/3 | Brother Rice | 17-20 | Notre Dame de la Salette S40 | Illinois |
| 4/4 | Loyola Blakefield S30 | 19-35 | Archbishop Spalding | Maryland IAA |
