The Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference (SCRC) was started in 2010 to serve the needs of the collegiate rugby community and has been a consistent supporter of the sport for its member teams since inception. The SCRC has proven itself to be responsive to the shifting needs of its members and the collegiate rugby community on the southeastern United States.
South Carolina shook up the NCR D1AA pecking order with this past week's 15-3 defeat of defending champs Tennessee.
The Gamecocks put in a brilliant defensive effort. Tennessee was repeatedly frustrated in almost everything they tries to do.
Kentucky made something of a statement this weekend with an emphatic win over Clemson.
South Carolin won comfortably over Alabama and that was to be expected, although maybe the shutout wasn't.
We're still early in the SCRC Tier 1 season, and Tennessee is yet to play a conference game, but Kentucky's two conference wins are still notceable.
The SCRC has almost certainly become the toughest conference in D1AA.
That's a strong statement, because the MAC and the new Midwest D1AA both are pretty strong, too. However, with the slight realignment in the SCRC by having three teams play a lower tier schedule, the top six are all play-caliber teams. And some are championship-caliber teams.
Coming out of a difficult time over the summer the University of South Carolina men's rugby team has signed on Jason Paquette as their new Head Coach.
Paquette arrives in place of John Roberts, whose contract was terminated this summer.
Things are changing at University of South Carolina rugby in what has been a fairly eventful summer.
Ultimately the major changes are that John Roberts, Head Coach since 2021, is out, and student leadership is exerting a bigger influence on the program, an influence they felt they should have exerted earlier.
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.
