GRR: College Men
The NCR Griffins teams found themselves on the winning side at the Algarve 7s in Portugal on Saturday.
The Griffins women did lose their opener, but that was to the Kazakhstan national team and it was close, 22-17.
But after that they blew past Ubuntu (a Portuguese team) 43-0 and St. Andrews 57-0.
For the men's team, it was a 3-0 day.
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.
Trine University Rugby has confirmed that it will be shifting from NCR to CRAA for the fall of 2025.
While this is just one team, as opposed to an entire conference (as when, for example, Lonestar announced a shift to NCR) it brings to the fore an interesting topic.
Jeremy Ognall sits down with Alex Goff to talk about the college split.
Ognall, Director of Rugby at Claremont Colleges, was asked to perhaps find a bridge between CRAA and NCR.
After talking to the parties, he speaks with Goff about what needs to happen for unity to be accomplished and whether it can happen.
The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) has announced its 2024–2025 D1AA All-American selections, celebrating the nation’s top-performing Division 1AA collegiate rugby athletes.