GRR: Rugby Indiana
Rugby Indiana has kicked off its series of touch rugby tournaments and the response has been very positive.
On a day that started cold and wet and ended with a little fall sunshine, high school players played touch rugby league—no tackles, no mauls, no scrums, but plenty of passing and running—and reacquainted student-athletes with the sport.
Rugby Indiana held an outreach and fundraising event this past weekend at the Hickory Hall Polo Club in Indianapolis.
That, perhaps is what made this event relatively unique—unless they are sharing playing space, you don't think of rugby and polo mixing. But Executive Director Wayne Eells wanted to shake things up.
As the trend of high school rugby teams getting a feeder system or being a private school to increase their ability to gain the best players, it can be easy to overlook that there are small school club teams that only have a high school side.
Rugby Indiana has sent a letter to USA Rugby's CEO, the Board of Directors, and members of the organization's restructuring task force with a series of suggestions as to how to move forward.
Rugby Indiana held its HS 7s this past weekend, crowning champions in Boys and Girls brackets.
In the Boys bracket, the Fishers-HSE team beat Noblesville 19-15 in the final.
Two Kentucky teams faced off in the final of the consolation bracket, with St. Xavier HS beating Bluegrass 31-14.
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