DIA Rugby News
About 80 men's D1 teams are in action this weekend, with almost half of them (we count 34) are on the schedule.
So who leads the Rugby East?
It might be too early to tell, of course, after just one week. It's relatively rare to have a team just roll throughout without at least a scare, if not an outright loss.
Friday night brought us three D1 college results of note—here's a look.
Iowa State 58 Iowa 5The Cyclones looked pretty strong in their defeat of the Hawkeyes. Iowa State lost a tough, close game to Iowa Central last week, and this week put into practice some of the lessons from that game.
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.
The big and imposing Rugby East opens up season this weekend and we get to see the beginning of what could be the best conference in collegiate rugby.