How a Small Community in West Virginia Built a Rugby Program
Rugby hotbeds all have a different story as to how they got started, although usually there is a passionate rugby Kool-Aid drinker involved … except when there’s not.
Three Selected for Nelson College Scholarship for 2026
The US Rugby Foundation has announced that three high school student-athletes have received Nelson College Rugby Scholarships.
This is the fourth year of the Nelson College scholarship program, with high school boys from the USA studying and developing their rugby at Nelson college in New Zealand.
This year's recipients are:
Alexander Drury of Millbrook, NY (Aspetuck)
Shane Young Faces a Big Job at US Rugby Foundation
In its search for a new CEO, the US Rugby Foundation could have found a longtime rugby person who is part of the fraternity of former international players, or administrators, but they didn’t go that way.
Instead they selected 36-year-old Shane Young, whose main contribution to the game has been developing and growing the Memphis Inner City Rugby program.
New Scholarship Launched With U. Texas and USRF
The US Rugby Foundation has announced the creation of a new rugby scholarship, this one at the University of Texas at Austin.
Applications for the first-ever Andrew S. McPherson University of Texas at Austin Scholarship are now officially open to current Longhorn rugby players.
Shane Young Hired as US Rugby Foundation CEO
The United States Rugby Foundation, which has invested in youth and grassroots rugby in the US for over 60 years, named Shane Young, the founder of Memphis Inner City Rugby as its new Chief Executive Officer.
