DIAA College Rugby News
Iowa State held off University of Iowa 18-10 in a tense Heart of America conference game Saturday.
The Cyclones secured an early 15-0 lead but after that was under a lot of pressure from Iowa. Seeing one player get two yellow cards, and thus being shorthanded throughout the second half, didn’t help.
D1A, D1AA and NCR's D1 divisions are all in action this coming weekend.
Saturday’s Men’s D1 and crossover games provided a few on-paper upsets and close surprises as teams started to get moving after a long layoff.
It's Labor Day Weekend and the beginning of a serious series of college rugby games in D1.
Now, this week and probably next we're mixing up D1A and D1AA / NCR D1 because they are mixing themselves up. Only once we get into strict conference play can we separate them (and maybe not even then).
Some thoughts, now, on what's happening this weekend:
The Mid-Atlantic men's DIAA league features a couple of new teams as James Madison and Salisbury join.
Those two teams left the Chesapeake after realignment in the Chesapeake saw more varsity and almost-varsity teams join.