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The Tri-State Rugby Conference was first set-up in 2012-13 when USA Rugby encouraged universities and colleges to form conferences rather than remain part of their Local Area Unions (LAUs). The majority of the collegiate teams that comprised the Metropolitan New York Rugby Union became part of the Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference.

Tri-State Men’s Teams 

The Conference has a Division III and a Developmental Division. Following regular season games the DIII winner will advance to the National Collegiate Division III postseason. 

Tri-State Women’s Teams 

The Conference has teams in Division II, the North and South Divisions, as well as a Division III. All have the opportunity to advance in Fall Championships run by National Collegiate Rugby.

College Men

Marist Holds Off RPI in Tri-State

Marist pulled off a very big Tri-State Conference win early in the season, beating RPI 25-12.

RPI came into the season with a big roster and some experience, and certainly plenty of potential. Marist also has bolstered its numbers and looked fairly polished on the day.

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College Men

Tri-State Men D2 Schedule Set

The Tri-State men's D2 league has finalized its schedule for the fall of 2021. The Tri-State men's league will continue to separate D2 and Small College. The D2 league includes six teams that will all play each other once from mid-September to mid-October.
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College Men

William Paterson Comeback Wins Tri-State Final

William Paterson has won the Tri-State Conference, defeating RPI 34-19 in Sunday's championship match to vault WPU into the national playoffs.

Paterson came back from a 16-10 halftime deficit to defeat a very intelligent and savvy RPI team. 

"They came at us very hard," said WPU Head Coach Kisset Chirengende. "RPI is a really good team."

College Men

RPI Puts It Together At Key Time

RPI shocked pretty much everyone with a 30-19 defeat of the US Merchant Marine Academy Sunday to move on to the Tri-State Conference Men’s DII final.

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College Men

More DII College Conference Champs Finalized

Ten conferences have confirmed their Men's DII College conferences, with three more to go.

Here's a rundown of what has happened so far.

(Photos by Sara Hoener, Villanova Rugby, and Kelly Williams)

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