Archbishop Moeller HS in Ohio is hosting a season warmup tournament for the second year in a row and with rugby being so rare for the last 12 months it's a welcome opener for teams from three states.

The event resembles the old Ohio-Indiana Challenge that opened many a high school season. In fact, former Moeller coach Doug Rosfeld ran the Ohio-Indiana Challenge and this is current Moeller Head Coach Steve Kaufman working to emulate that but with teams from Cincinnati and Dayton mixing with teams from out of the region.

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This year he has succeeded quite nicely. Along with Moeller, Walnut Hills, Withrow, St. Charles, and St. Xavier of Cincinnati, Indiana-based programs Bishop Dwenger, Carroll Chargers, and Carmel.

"My goal for the tournament is to get six Cincinnati/Dayton teams to play six teams that we typically don't play," said Kaufman. "It's a tournament to knock the dust off the cleats and get early experience for new players."

Each team will play two matches with each match lasting 44 minutes. Each out-of-state team will play two Cincinnati teams.

More teams might have been able to pitch-up, but COVID restrictions have hurt recruiting so it will take a while for some of those teams to get their numbers up.

Here is the Moeller Tournament schedule: