Rugby Pennsylvania is inching closer to having a fall 7s season, and has in fact scheduled a championship even as regions aren't quite advanced to full-contact play just yet.

Rugby PA has opened up membership and told teams that they will move to Stage 4 tis coming Friday, September 18. Stage 4 allows for limited contact (which Rugby PA defines as touch rugby) and allows scrimmages between squads in that context. No full-contact competition will be allowed until Rugby PA moves to Stage 5.

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No official deadline has been announced for the move to Stage 5. However, Rugby PA has scheduled its Fall State Championships for October 31 and November 1. There will be a boys championship on one day and a girls championship on another day. Rugby PA will decide by October 2 whether to hold that event.