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.
National Collegiate Rugby has launched its Collegiate Referee & Laws Committee, designed to provide leadership, governance, and comprehensive oversight for referee operations across all NCR competitions.
The establishment of the CRLC comes at a critical juncture, as the organization points to a "nationwide decline in both the quantity and quality of sports officials."
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.
NORTHFIELD, Vt. - Norwich University Director of Athletics, Ed Hockenbury, has announced the hiring of Carrick Pell as the next head coach of the Norwich University men's rugby program.
UCLA Men’s Rugby announced late Monday that they will be competing in NCR for the 2026-27 season.
De La Salle HS
Saint Mary's (Rudy Scholz Finalist)
USA U20s (Captain)
USA Men's National 15s Team (Debut vs Georgia 2023 at age 20)
As a 17-year-old Spencer Huntley required a waiver to play for the USA U20s, an indication of how he was rated in the USA age-grade pathway. He got that waiver and impressed for the USA U20s, and then moved up to the USA U23s. He led the San Diego Mustangs to a national HS Club championship in 2024.
He also played in the SoCal single-school league for Cathedral Catholic.
Hope Rogers began playing rugby at age 16 in high school and continued to compete during her time at Penn State University. There, she won four National Championships, was crowned MVP on two occasions, was named to the USA Under-20s and earned Collegiate All-American honors for four years. Rogers was also an impressive discus player during her senior year in high school where she broke a school record and won Gold at Districts for the sport.
Mike played for Life College, Philly-Whitemarsh and played for the USA National 7s and 15s teams in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was also part of the Atlantis touring side, playing 7s for the team in several around the world.
