South Carolina Student Players Fire Coach; What That Means For the College Game as a Whole
Things are changing at University of South Carolina rugby in what has been a fairly eventful summer.
Ultimately the major changes are that John Roberts, Head Coach since 2021, is out, and student leadership is exerting a bigger influence on the program, an influence they felt they should have exerted earlier.
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.
Op-Ed: The $10 Million Opportunity in College Rugby Before the 2031 RWC
This is an Op-Ed written by Anton Forbes-Roberts.
Anthony ‘Anton’ Forbes-Roberts is an NCR Board member and proud CRAA rugby parent/booster (UCLA); past President of Rugby Georgia; past founder/President/coach at Atlanta Youth Rugby, and coach at USA Rugby South Panther Academy.
Is There a Lesson for USA Rugby from the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Win?
Is there a lesson to be learned from the USA Men's Hockey gold medal?
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.
