News & Updates

Moonlight 7's Rugby Is Back - Saturday June 22nd - Rocky River High School!!

Would you like to enter your high school or club team in this year's Mooonlight 7's Tournament? Just apply and fill out the entry form before June 16th. 6 Teams will be participating and challenging for the Moonlight 7's Trophy!!!!   

Read more about this here!!

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Congratulations To The 2013 Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield NC High School Rugby Champions!!

Cup: Catholic A (beat Providence 57-0)

Plate: Northern Guilford (beat West Meck 29-24)

Bowl: Myers Park (beat North Meck 19-12)

Shield: Catholic B

Read more about this here!!

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Congratulations To The 2013 Playoff Teams!

Congratulations to the teams that played in the NC State High School playoff's the last 2 weekends! See how the final Cup, Plate and Bowl games will play out this coming weekend (Saturday 11th May) at Charlotte Rugby Club!!

Read more about this here!!

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Will Bill Belichick Start A New Trend?

" ...... any success by ruggers in the NFL will only help to increase the interest level for Americans in the sport of rugby. If the Americans take to rugby and it gets proper TV coverage by a major media outlets it will mean more revenues for Rugby and better contracts for their players. Thus, if we do cherry pick some of your talent it will be a win-win for both sides."

Read more about this interesting article here!!

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2013 SEASON HAS STARTED!!!

• Latest scores and match updates - see Schedules & Results

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2013 10th Annual North Carolina Youth Rugby Ruggerfest Tournament!!!

• Check out the results and scores form this very successful youth rugby tournament, held at Elon Park, Charlotte, NC over the weekend of the 9th and 10th March, 2013 - see Events

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USA Rugby Referee Educator's Conference on Best Practices - to be held at the British American School, Charlotte, NC - Sat 5th Jan - Sun 6th Jan.

See events for details

• A Level 1 Referee Course is being offerred at the same time, as part of the agenda on Sat 5th Jan. Anyone interested, please click on the link below to register:

  http://89.185.144.30/Coaching/OnlineSignup/SelectCourses.aspx?Category=EVENTCAT_REFEREE

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USA Rugby Has Established New Disciplinary Regulations and Procedures for Foul Play. 

• To be used at all USA Rugby, Territorial Union (TU), College Conference (CC), Geographic (GU) and Local Area Union (LAU), and State Based Rugby Organizations (SBRO) events and matches

•  Specific disciplinary situations and sanctions have been outlined, including for repeat offenses for foul play

See news for details

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USA Rugby Announces New Tournament Sanctioning Process - Very Important!!

• USA Rugby to enforce new tournament sanctioning process effective immediately
• Sanctioning is free for registered clubs and members
• Non-sanctioned tournaments will not be covered by USA Rugby insurance

 See news for details

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IRB and Unions Sanction Global Law Trials -USA Rugby Newsletter 05/23/2012 

The International Rugby Board and its Member Unions have sanctioned a global trial of five aspects of Law amendments following an extensive process of consultation and evaluation. See news for details

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2012 Rugby South Regional High School Champions - 05/20/2012!

 Congratulations to our NC representative Myers Park on winning the Single High School division of the USA Rugby South Regionals, in Atlanta. See News for details 

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