High School Boys
The new HS Club rankings see a huge change as we expand to 30 teams, anticipate even more coming in the few weeks, and see a few results and tip things over.
Rugby Idaho has a full schedule of games kicking off this weekend, with games as early as Thursday.
After a long wait, and basically a year from the last games to now, Rugby Idaho's high school seasons (boys and girls) are back.
Rocky Mountain goes in as one of the favorites in both Boys and Girls D1, but not prohibitively so. The upsets in the playoffs of the girls fall 7s
We enter a fairly complex time in the School rankings as more leagues are about to get started, but they haven't started yet.
So we do have several teams waiting in the wings to be potential ranked programs, and we also have some other teams that don't look like they will play anytime soon. They are all waiting.
Time to give you an update on how High School rugby is getting back on the field.
It's a state-by-state thing and it's interesting to note that some states situated next to each other have drastically different start dates.
It's also interesting to note that states where things looked very dire — California and Virginia, for example — now look to be ready to play in April.
When Genesis Head Coach Eric Nelson arrived at the pitch for the scheduled match against Mountain Ridge High on the opening weekend of Utah Youth Rugby play, he knew it would be an interesting day.