Oklahoma Makes it Official - No Varsity Cup
This article includes some opinion commentary by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff. The Varsity Cup has announced that the University of Oklahoma will forfeit its opening-round game with Utah.
Utah now gets a bye to the quarterfinals, to be held April 11, where the Utes will meet the winner of Central Washington and Arizona State.
Varsity Cup Draw Finalized
The Varsity Cup has confirmed the matchup of teams in this year’s bracket.
As previously announced, BYU and Cal, the finalists the last two years, get a bye into the quarterfinals.
BYU will play the winner of UCLA v Air Force. In the other half of the BYU bracket, Utah takes on Oklahoma, and Central Washington faces Arizona State.
Navy Looks to Clemson, Life
Believe it or not, there is rugby being played this weekend outside of the city of Las Vegas (or Henderson) in Nevada, and perhaps one of the more intriguing weekends of rugby will be on the East Coast, when the US Naval Academy men take on Clemson on Saturday and Life University on Sunday.
Utes Clarify DIA Status
The University of Utah men's rugby team are now part of DIA and will remain part of the Varsity Cup.
BYU and Arizona State Open SeasonsBYU and Arizona State meet somewhere in the middle as they open their 2015 season Saturday in St. George, Utah, about a 260-mile drive from Provo and a 430-mile trek from Tempe.
