GRR: North Carolina
Lindenwood went 2-0 during its second East Coast double-header, this time traveling farther south for matches against Virginia Women’s Rugby (UVA) and North Carolina. The Lady Lions dominated both matches to the tune of 118-5, and were able to exercise their depth during the Friday/Sunday schedule.
In the small Charlotte suburb of Matthews, NC, they take their rugby and their football very seriously.
MARIETTA, Ga. - As an anchor university for rugby in the SouthEast, it was only a matter of time before Life U put itself in the mix as a big stop on the Summer U19 7s calendar. This past Saturday the university hosted its inaugural U19 7s tournament which was well attended by regional select teams. The five teams vying for the first Life U 7s HS Cup were:
Quietly, for the last five plus year, middle school rugby has been blooming in pockets throughout the South. Around Atlanta, Charlotte, the Raleigh/ Durham area, Richmond and other Virginia cities, and across Tennessee there are middle school rugby football clubs that all have multiple seasons under their belts. The explosive growth at the under high school level is not flying under the radar
Sometimes creativity is called for when getting grassroots rugby off of the ground, and that’s exactly what Erik Saxon employed when looking to build girls high school rugby in North Carolina.