The Boys HS National Invitational Championship has announced the 24 teams invited to the 2015 tournament.

Twelve single-school teams and 12 high school club teams have been selected by a panel of coaches to play in three brackets at the Rugby Athletic Center in Charlotte, NC May 14-16, 2015.

The list includes 2014 club champions Royal Irish out of Indianapolis, Ind., and 2013 cub champions United out of Alpine, Utah, as well as 2014 single-school champions Gonzaga out of Washington, DC, and 2013 winners, Jesuit of Sacramento, Calif.

In May the BHSNIC Panel will seed the teams for the Single-School and HS Club brackets (eight teams each). The remaining four teams from each category will then play in the Combined Cup. In 2014 Jesuit's B team won that COmbined Cup, and in 2013 Brother Rice of Chicago, Ill. were the winners. Brother Rice also returns to the BHSNIC.

Among the teams named that didn't compete in 2014 are the Charlotte Catholic, Alpharetta Phoenix (Georgia), West Shore United (Pennsulvania), Unoion County (NJ), Granite Bay (California),  Herriman (Utah), and Kahuku out of Hawaii.

The 2015 competitors include 5 current and former national champions, and 19 current and former state champions.

Royal Irish Rugby Club (Cathedral HS) – Indiana – 2014 BHSRNC Club Champions; 2012 USA Rugby HS Club National Champions
Sierra Foothills – California – 2012 California Champions
United – Utah – 2013 BHSRNC Club Champions; 2010 USA Rugby HS Club National Champions
Kansas City Jr. Blues – Missouri – 2013 & 2014 Missouri Champions
Charlotte Tigers – North Carolina – 2011 & 2012 North Carolina Club Champions
North Bay – California – 2014 NorCal Varsity Gold Semi-Finalist
Daytona Beach – Florida – 2014 Florida Championship Finalist
Alpharetta Phoenix – Georgia – 2012-2014 Georgia Champions
South Doyle – Tennessee – 2014 Tennessee 7s Champions
West Shore United – Pennsylvania – 2014 Pennsylvania Champions
Union County – New Jersey – 2012-2014 New Jersey Champions
Granite Bay – California – 2013 California Champions
Gonzaga HS – Washington, DC – 2014 BHSRNC Single School Champions
Jesuit HS Sacramento – California – 2013 BHSRNC Single School Champions; 6-time USA Rugby National Champions
Xavier HS – New York – 2010 USA Rugby HS National Champions; 2013 & 2014 New York Champions
Penn HS – Indiana – 2011 USA Rugby HS 2nd Place
Notre Dame de La Salette – Indiana - 2009 USA Rugby HS 2nd Place
Brother Rice HS – Illinois – 2013 BHSRNC Combination Bracket Champions; 9-time Illinois State Champions
Greenwich HS – Connecticut – 2010-2014 Connecticut Champions
Fishers HS – Indiana – 2014 Rugby Indiana D1 Runners Up
St. Thomas Aquinas HS – Kansas – 2008-2014 Kansas Champions
Charlotte Catholic HS – North Carolina – 2009-2014 North Carolina School Champions
Kahuku HS – Hawaii – 2014 Hawaii Champions
Herriman HS – Utah – 2012 & 2013 Utah Champions