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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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It's the start of a new-new era for UCLA as Harry Bennett looks ahead to this week's PAC Rugby Conference opener against Arizona.
Barring COVID interruptions of course.
Grand Canyon defeated Utah Valley 43-5 to open up the 2022 campaign for both teams.
This was a relatively late addition to the schedule as UVU was looking for a winter game and GCU was able to fit the Wolverines in.
"We're so grateful to Coach Orlando [Tupou] and UVU for traveling down," said Grand Canyon Head Coach Sean O'Leary.
The men's college lineup of games this week was going to be a bit bigger, however a shift in Florida and some COVID cancelations have changed things.