Youth Rugby Gets Boost in Chicago
This week in Chicago is the culmination of an initiative to help grow youth and high school rugby in the region.
Yes the USA will play the All Blacks on Saturday, but there’s more going on. The AIG Rugby in a Box initiative was launched in Chicagoland, introducing the game to 200 schools and organizations.
NorCal 7s Huge for Kids
The Northern California Youth Rugby Association finished its summer of youth and HS 7s tournaments with their championship tournament this past weekend.
Jesuit of Sacramento took top honors in the highest boys bracket, and the Sacramento Amazons were the best girls team.
Here are all the winners.
Utah's Summer Youth 7s Grows
Over 530 players between the ages of five and 14 participated in Utah Youth Rugby’s summer of youth 7s this year.
The season numbers four tournaments, and the participation numbers were a 15% increase over 2013, with growth at all age groups.
The biggest growth, said Utah Youth Rugby ED Michael Cressler, was in the 11-12-year-old range.
Bermuda Trip Shows Pelham Youth GrowthRugby players and coaches tend to have an anywhere, anytime approach to the game, and while that can sometimes get people in trouble, it can also start something special. For the Pelham Youth rugby program, being ready to pitch-up at late notice helped make memories, and vault the team to a new level. Pelham Youth Rugby started about six y
Youth 7s a Big Success for Utah
It was another busy weekend at the West Jordan sports complex in Utah as teams as young as U6 up to U14 played in the Utah Youth Rugby summer 7s series.
