The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) is a governing body for elite collegiate rugby programs in the United States. The CRAA manages the top divisions for both men's and women's collegiate rugby and organizes events including the national championships.
Loyola to CRAA, But That's Not the Actual Piece of News
The news that Loyola University of New Orleans is joining CRAA isn't necessarily earth-shattering, but it does illustrate something interesting.
First off, the announcement is here, per the College Rugby Association of America:
CRAA U19 Team Look to RAN Championship in August
Querétaro, Mexico will host the 2026 RAN U19s August 5-8 and the USA team in attendance, this year, will be a squad run by CRAA.
NCR Looking to Help UCLA's Schedule by Recruiting More SoCal College Teams
Faced with the very real issue of newly-recruited UCLA not having much in the way of a season, NCR has launched a campaign to recruit more Southern California college teams to NCR.
A recruiting deck was submitted to a number of college teams in Southern California. Most of the deck is very straightforward information about NCR—membership, dues levels, and major events.
Divisional and Geographical Factors Help Prompt Principia Move to Midwest Conference
Principia College has announced a bit of a revamp of its rugby program and will join CRAA's Midwest Conference in its D1AA tier.
We Debunked Ourselves, Now We Debunk That
Yesterday GRR Editor Alex Goff posted a fairly long video discussing several accepted facts about the collegiate game, and we focused on, among other things, two statements that GRR has made fairly frequently.
One part of that was looking at whether top CRAA teams play more rugby than their NCR counterparts.
