A Look at those CRC Men's Brackets
NCR's CRC has its brackets set.
With four men's divisions all on single-elimination, starting strong will be at a premium for these teams. Let's take a look at who might be the favorites, or the teams that could shake up the pecking order.
Big E Memorial Invitational Celebrates a Fallen Teammate, and a Cause
March 28 sees a 7s tournament and a 15s exhibition at Bolden Stadium in Columbia, SC to celebrate a former USC Gamecock rugby player.
Erik "Big E" Elken was a beloved teammate and an intense competitor for University of South Carolina. Last year he was dealing with a hip injury and eventually got an MRI to look at the cause.
College 7s Qualifiers: Hoosiers Happy
Indiana won the Yellow Rose Showcase 7s over the weekend to clinch a place in the NCR CRC 7s this spring.
IU ran the table beating, among others, Texas A&M, Southern Nazarene, and Harvard.
The 38-7 scoreline in the final against SNU is an indication of how strong this team is.
Yellow Rose Showcase Offers Early Cross-Border 7s Qualifier in Texas
The New Year sees the NCR college schedule shift from 15s to 7s, and a series of tournaments leading up to the CRC event April 24-26 in Maryland.
This 7s schedule includes a series of automatic qualifiers. Some of these are a bit more local in nature, but others push to get as many competitors from around the nation. One of the latter type is the Yellow Rose Showcase.
Cal Rolls to West Coast 7s Title
The University of California rugby completed its sweep of the West Coast Sevens circuit with the Golden Bears claiming their third tournament title of the fall campaign at the WC7s SoCal in San Diego this weekend. Cal defeated University of San Diego, 53-0, in the semifinals before shutting out UCLA, 43-0, in the Cup Championship to clinch the crown.
