Yellow Rose Showcase Offers Early Cross-Border 7s Qualifier in Texas
The New Year sees the NCR college schedule shift from 15s to 7s, and a series of tournaments leading up to the CRC event April 24-26 in Maryland.
This 7s schedule includes a series of automatic qualifiers. Some of these are a bit more local in nature, but others push to get as many competitors from around the nation. One of the latter type is the Yellow Rose Showcase.
Cal Rolls to West Coast 7s Title
The University of California rugby completed its sweep of the West Coast Sevens circuit with the Golden Bears claiming their third tournament title of the fall campaign at the WC7s SoCal in San Diego this weekend. Cal defeated University of San Diego, 53-0, in the semifinals before shutting out UCLA, 43-0, in the Cup Championship to clinch the crown.
Cal Men Premier Winners in West Coast Sevens Opening Leg
Cal won the first leg of the West Coast Sevens Saturday
Cal won their pool matches while only giving up three tries, one to San Diego State and two to Cal State Long Beach; they shut out Western Washington 27-0.
Meanwhile, UCLA beat Cal's 2nd side 38-5, USC 28-5, and University of San Diego 34-5 to run the table in Pool B.
West Coast 7s Brings Three Big Tournaments This Fall
While the 15s season in the East and Midwest is hating up, the West Coast does have some collegiate rugby going on, as well.
Three West Coast 7s tournaments are slated for this fall.
NCR Teams Set for Algarve 7s in Portugal
National Collegiate Rugby has a men's and a women's team in the Algarve 7s in Portugal this weekend.
Dubbed the NCR Griffins, the women's team will play in the Women's Championship bracket.
