Urban Rugby Championships This Weekend in SoCal
City youth programs will face off this weekend in the Los Angeles area for the 2023 Urban Rugby Championships.
The tournament was born out of a meeting between ICEF Rugby founder Stuart Krohn (LA), and Memphis Inner City Rugby founder Shane Young. The two realized they were of like purposes and decided to work together as part of an Urban Rugby Initiative.
Registrations Up in Youth and High School Rugby
Player registration in youth and high school rugby is ahead of where it was a year ago, according to US Youth & High School Rugby.
Registration numbers for specific states: Texas, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee, have already exceeded the number of players registered for the entirety of the 2022 spring season.
Expanded National 7s Youth Championships Back for Third Year
The National 7s Youth Championships will return for its third year June 9-11, 2023 in an expanded form.
Held in Cleveland, Ohio, the tournament has, in its first two years, seen top U15 7s teams facing off over two days.
In 2022 Belmont Shore took the Girls Championship, while Tribe Rugby took the Boys Championship. The Tier II Boys was won by the Celina Legion.
RMA: The Dewilde Fields at Chuckanut In this episode of RuggaMatrix America Alex Goff speaks to Todd Vasey, Chuckanut Rugby President, to talk about what the venue means to the club, the region, and also the neighborhood in Ferndale, Wash. The fields have been Chuckanut's home for many years, but they only leased it from the Dewilde family, who owned them.
Carolina Ruggerfest Set for March 2022
The Carolina Ruggerfest will return for 2022 with the tournament set for March 5-6 at the Mecklenburg County SportsPlex in Matthews, NC.
Carolina Ruggerfest is probably the largest high school tournament in the country, and one of the longest-lasting as well as this will be the 19th time the event has been held.
