Where the Latest CRAA Power Rankings Differ with GRR
College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) has released its D1A Power Rankings for February.
We are starting to get into the meat of the pre-playoff season, and these rankings have a direct effect on playoff places and seedings. Goff Rugby Report's own D1A rankings are used, in part, to produce these rankings, but coach votes have a heavy influence, as well.
When College Rugby Programs Shut Down: What's Going On?
This column was intended to be a follow-up to the Wheeling University women’s team issues, but in the end I found myself writing about a broader topic.
An Opinion Column by Alex Goff
We Judge The Women's College-Club Competitions
So, this article was supposed to be something else.
We started with the idea of writing about the new hybrid women's D1 college competition, which includes teams pushing exclusively for the NCR fall playoffs, and teams that are also looking at the CRAA spring playoffs.
World-Class Players, But No Quarterfinals. Why?
With Sione Fukofua stepping down as Women’s Eagles Head Coach, perhaps the final punctuation mark is put on what has been a difficult coaching time for the program.
Fukofuka brought some much-needed stability to a team that had seen three coaches run the team over the last four years.
Putting Eagles' England Loss in Perspective
Was the USA's loss to England a big old problem?
We don't think so. Losing a test match 40-5 is not exactly rare. Just take a look at these results from July:
