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Grand Canyon and University of Arizona tied 28-28 Saturday evening in a game that did much to help build the rivalry between the two Arizona colleges.
The game was pretty dramatic to start with, but was almost more so as Ethan Van Tonder's 48-meter penalty kick drifted wide as time wound down.
There are some conference games this week in DIA, with the Mid-South getting back in the think of things.
It's tough going in college rugby in the Pacific Northwest, where COVID restrictions have been especially ... restrictive, but one key game is happening as Western Washington hosts Central Washington on Saturday.
Arizona beat UCLA 39-36 in a barnburner of a PAC Rugby Conference opener Saturday in Tucson.
Many games in men's college rugby this month are up in the air as the Omicron variant of COVID sweeps through the region.
Colleges have closed campuses or gone remote, making assembling a rugby team impossible or, in some cases, against school policy.
Still, it's not the same everywhere. Here is what we see so far:
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