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.
Stephan Herbst, who was just named Head Coach at Walsh University, has been severely injured while playing Rugby League for the NCR Ruby League All-Stars Vegas 9s Rugby League Festival in Nevada.
The US District Court for the Western District of Texas has dismissed National Collegiate Rugby’s lawsuit against USA Rugby.
The dismissal is based, at its core, on the fact that the Ted Stevens Act covers oversight of amateur sports in the United States. And the Ted Stevens Act specifically says this:
National Collegiate Rugby has split its women's D1.
National Collegiate Rugby has announced that recently-retired Eagle Alycia Washington is their new Director of Women’s Rugby.
One of the USA's all-time greats, Washington just recently played her final professional game in PWR and has also been working to start and grow the XV Foundation.
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.
