It’s early days yet but the NCRC is still a conference that certainly has a different look.
With Central Washington in the league now, the rugby math is going to be a little more difficult. But it’s likely CWU will be a contender. Yes their squad is almost completely changed from their D1A program, but we said almost. Five players remain for their senior year, and they form a core that gets the rest up to speed.
Central beat Oregon 31-21 a week ago, and that was a tough loss for the Ducks. Oregon then faced Western Washington this past weekend, and WWU came away with an impressive shutout, 34-0.
Western Washington was the stronger in both the scrums and the lineouts and as a result had plenty of first-phase ball with which to work.
