DIA Rugby News
Saint Mary's defeated Arizona Saturday in Tucson, but perhaps that's not the news.
The news is that Arizona almost won, and the Wildcats held the Gaels to just the two tries in a 12-10 decision. Both teams played very good defense and both teams made mistakes on attack—Arizona was perhaps a shade impatient with some prime scoring opportunities; Saint Mary's
Seven D1A or D1AA games are on the slate this weekend, with every game but one being on the West Coast, and that other one being just one state inland.
The 12 Rugby East college teams met this week on a call to decide if they should all commit to playing in D1A instead of playing split, with five playing toward an NCR playoff and seven playing toward a CRAA D1A playoff.
It's been a few weeks since we updated this ranking as the schedule slowed down around Thanksgiving.
However, we have had UCLA's very successful tour of England and Ireland, and the CRAA Fall Classic.
The Fall Classic bowl game results forced us into some key decisions.
One of the great rivalries in college rugby gets reignited this weekend with Saint Mary's taking on Life University.
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