In our latest RuggaMatrix America podcast episode we talk to Joe Rasmus about his experience coaching at the University of Illinois.

Before the COVID shutdowns, Rasmus had devised an intriguing approach to building the Illinois rugby program—creating two levels of competition, with one level playing an intramural league on campus.

Rasmus describes how this is an easier pathway for non-rugby student-athletes to embrace the game and move up to the inter-collegiate team if they want.

It's a unique approach that built the Illinois rugby club into the largest collegiate rugby club in the nation.

Can it be replicated elsewhere?