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The search for challenging opposition is real and certainly important for those not fortunate to play in, say, the Great Midwest or the MARC, there is more work to be done to find those challenges.
The stories Crusaders program out of New Zealand is working globally to spread and improve the game around the world.
It's Crusaders Global.
Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff sat down with Crusaders Global's Grant Keenan to talk about the program, and he was joined by Murphy McCarthy, Head Coach of the US Naval Academy women's team.
The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association Power Rankings are out.
The algorithm waits until Week 3 to get fired up because it needs data. So now that we have that data, the first of weekly Power Rankings have been released.
We finally come out with our first D2 rankings.
Starting off from scratch is tough so we like to see a couple of weeks of results. Teams to watch right now include UNC-Wilmington, Cornell, Towson, UMS&T, and Miami of Ohio. We're not saying they're going to be major champions, necessarily, but we do think they are all stronger than last year.
It's easy to overlook Utah State.
The Aggies play in the Rocky Mountain Conference with some higher-profile teams, such as BYU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado, and Colorado State. But USU has done pretty well for itself as a rugby entity, and last year made the semis of the D1A Challenge Cup.
Nobody else might have expectations, but Utah State does.