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09.09.2022
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We have at least 26 games plus a tournament with about as many short-form games this weekend in Men's D1 rugby, including the reigning D1A champion and the reigning NCR D1 winner.

Rugby East

We go into more detail here about the Rugby East. Tonight's Kutztown at Army game kicks it all off with a bang. Notre Dame College at St. Bonaventure is one to watch also.

Liberty Conference

We go into some detail about the Liberty Conference here.

Big Ten

Purdue won big and Notre Dame lost relatively close, but how close? We'll see this week when these two play each other.

MAC

Western Michigan's start for the season was impressive with a big win over Michigan. Now they open the MAC season against an IUPUI that lost a close one to Kentucky. Cincinnati vs Pit and Louisville vs Dayton should be close.

Heart of America

Rivals Kansas and Kansas State play each other and Iowa State is at Iowa to kick off the Heart of America. Most of these teams have to pick themselves up after losses of varying degree last week. HOA should be a tight competition this year. 

What Else?

One of the great battles of Michigan-based college teams with Davenport, a longtime D1A program that showed steps forward last season, and Adrian, a new varsity program that finished 2nd in D2 last season. (By the way, Adrian just signed on former Louisville standout and MLR pro Larome White as an assistant coach.) This is an interesting test between a full varsity team and all its trappings, and a school-supported team that isn't technically varsity, but plays in tougher competition and produces national team players.

Kentucky welcomes 2021 D2 champs Thomas More to D1, and we'll be at that game so we are looking forward to seeing close-up how such a matchup balances out. 

The Southern Conference has expanded into a four-team D1AA competition with UNC Chapel Hill (a big-school cub team) facing off with Lander (a smaller-school college-supported team). This is the new normal.

Dust Off the Rust Tournament

The University of North Texas hosts a series of games between teams from various divisions, but most are D1 sides. These are warmup games (as the name suggests) and two programs, Texas A&M and Baylor, send two teams. All games will be 20 minutes. So those results might be a an interesting heads-up, but also deserve a grain of salt.

Check back for scores.

9/9Davenport23-12AdrianNon-Conference 
9/9Kutztown17-25ArmyRugby East
9/9BryantCcldAICNon-Conference 
9/9Iowa State58-5IowaHeart of America
9/10Kentucky15-24Thomas MoreNon-Conference 
9/10Nebraska5-49Iowa Central CCNon-Conference 
9/10Notre Dame College10-13St. BonaventureRugby East
9/10Penn State10-27QueensRugby East 
9/10Southern Virginia0-75NavyRugby East 
9/10Virginia Tech7-23Mount St. Mary'sRugby East
9/10Michigan State41-12IllinoisBig 10
9/10Purdue0-34U. Notre DameBig 10
9/10Ohio State12-10TennesseeNon-Conference
9/10Louisville67-0DaytonMAC
9/10Western Michigan35-19IUPUIMAC
9/10Ohio3-69Bowling GreenMAC
9/10Cincinnati12-16PittMAC
9/10UNC Chapel Hill25-14LanderSouthern Conf. D1AA
9/10Boston College47-12Rhode IslandLiberty D1AA Club East
9/10Yale58-0TuftsLiberty D1AA Club East
9/10UConn12-23UMassLiberty D1AA Club East
9/10Binghamton22-27Stony BrookLiberty D1AA Club West
9/10Albany0-89SienaLiberty D1AA Club West
9/10Iona47-14FordhamLiberty Tier 1
9/10Brown37-15SyracuseLiberty Tier 1
9/10Nazareth19-15HarvardLiberty Tier 1
9/10AIC27-25BuffaloLiberty Tier 1
9/9KansasPpdKansas StateNon-Conference
9/10DallasvsTexas A&M GreyDust Off the Rust
9/10UT DallasvsStephen F. AustinDust Off the Rust
9/10BaylorvsTexas StateDust Off the Rust
9/10DallasvsStephen F. AustinDust Off the Rust
9/10UT DallasvsTexas A&M GreyDust Off the Rust
9/10BaylorvsDallasDust Off the Rust
9/10Stephen F. AustinvsTexas StateDust Off the Rust
9/10Texas A&M GreyvsBaylorDust Off the Rust
9/10DallasvsUT DallasDust Off the Rust
9/10Texas A&M GreyvsTexas StateDust Off the Rust
9/10UT DallasvsBaylorDust Off the Rust
9/10DallasvsTexas StateDust Off the Rust
9/10Texas A&M GreyvsStephen F. AustinDust Off the Rust
9/10UT DallasvsTexas StateDust Off the Rust
9/10BaylorvsStephen F. AustinDust Off the Rust
9/10North TexasvsBaylor BDust Off the Rust
9/10Angelo StatevsTexas A&M MaroonDust Off the Rust
9/10LeTourneauvsNorth TexasDust Off the Rust
9/10UTSAvsTexas A&M MaroonDust Off the Rust
9/10LeTourneauvsBaylor BDust Off the Rust
9/10North TexasvsAngelo StateDust Off the Rust
9/10Baylor BvsUTSADust Off the Rust
9/10Angelo StatevsLeTourneauDust Off the Rust
9/10North TexasvsUTSADust Off the Rust
9/10Baylor BvsTexas A&M MaroonDust Off the Rust
9/10Angelo StatevsUTSADust Off the Rust
9/10LeTourneauvsTexas A&M MaroonDust Off the Rust

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