GRR: HS Girls
It's tightening up at the top of the Rugby Idaho Girls 7s series after this slate of midweek games.
Rocky Mountain Black swept Monday's JV games with two shutouts, including a startling 17-0 defeat of Mountain View, which had entered the day ranked #1. Rocky Mountain Purple, meanwhile struggled a little, just barely edging out Eagle HS 7-5, and then losing to Mountain View 22-7.
Touch Rugby may be the best inroad into getting rugby on the field this fall.
High school and youth programs have probably been the first to officially get the OK to play touch rugby in a competitive format, but this certainly could be the way forward for college and club, as well.
Mountain View is along atop both Rugby Idaho girls 7s leagues after a big Saturday of rugby in the Gem State.
Mountain View HS has to be feeling pretty good after a solid week in the Rugby Idaho Girls HS 7s, as the programs ended up in a virtual tie for 1st in the JV league and in 1st place outright among the Varsity teams.
Sure there's plenty of rugby left in the fall, but with the next round of games coming up on Saturday, all eyes will be on how anyone can take Mountain View down.
Glendale, Colo. - The USA Rugby High Performance Pathways department has today announced eight newly verified National Development Programs (NDPs).
The announcement comes after a long vetting process using a detailed series of benchmarks. The system was designed to further define how so-called academy programs characterize what they do.