CRC Brackets Set: Fans Can Enter Bracket Challenge
The Collegiate Rugby Championship tournament has set its bracket, and there's a new wrinkle to involved fans with a May Madness Rugby 7s Bracket Challenge.
The Bracket Challenge is basically a chance for fans to predict how the competitions, men and women, will pan out. You can win four VIP tickets to next year's CRC.
NCR Brings Back The CRC, Puts It In New Orleans
The Collegiate Rugby Championship 7s event is back and under the aegis of National Collegiate Rugby.
NCR acquired the rights to the CRC tournament, name, and intellectual property and through NCR 7s Commissioner Pat Clifton has been developing how to bring the CRC competition back.
LVI CRC Qualifier Latest
The top eight in the CRC Qualifier in Men's College 7s at the Las Vegas Invitational are set.
Dartmouth was dominant and takes the top seed. Little surprise there.
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Perhaps the surprise of the tournament was Utah Valley, which took the #2 seed and is a serious contender.
Column: Interesting Times For CRC, Varsity Cup
The news that the CRC and Varsity Cup may well be in a breakup with NBC is not especially surprising.
Strong personalities both at the network and in United World Sports seemed ripe for a little bit of conflict, and while United World Sports may not be a scorched earth organization, it certainly doesn't carry a water hose with it, either.
DMV Takes HS 7s at CRC
DMV United won the Boys HS 7s Elite Bracket at the CRC 7s weekend, defeating the Utah Cannibals 26-14 in the final.
DMV, which draws from teams in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area (hence the name), defeated West Shore, Rhino Rugby Academy, and Greenwich in a very tough Pool A on Saturday, and then took down West Chester Turks Head 26-0 in the semis.
