GRR: NCR
The addition of men’s and women’s rugby at Adrian College has an interesting twist or two.
First off, there’s the fact that the school decided to add the sport despite the COVID-19 shutdowns and the question-marks regarding whether colleges can even afford to have as many sports teams as they have. Adrian, instead of paring back, added a sport, and they chose rugby.
Talk has been drifting around the college rugby arena about a make-up year of eligibility because of COVID-19; we’re here to tell you that it’s not going to happen.
OK, maybe not completely “no.” The NCAA is giving an extra season to athletes, and that will apply to student-athletes in NIRA, as well. But elsewhere? Probably not.
ADRIAN, Mich.(Adrian College Announcement) —Adrian College director of athletics Michael Duffy has announced that women’s rugby will be a varsity program that will be added next fall to the Bulldogs intercollegiate sports lineup, which is nearing the 50 mark.
High-level men’s college rugby returns to the field with West Point at the US Naval Academy Saturday in Annapolis.
The two longtime rivals are two of the very few college teams able to compete, with players having gone through a strict bubble and then training since summer.
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has confirmed what GRR reported last week, that the Rugby East Conference will join its men’s competition in 2021.
Sources: Rugby East To Join NCR