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Pool Play is done in the West Coast 7s, and Cal, Arizona, Arizona State, and UC Davis going 2-0 in the preliminaries.
Cal gave up one try in each of their games, defeating a solid-looking Grand Canyon team and also disposing of Santa Barbara City College.
The US Naval Academy had some work to do but managed to defeat University of Notre Dame 25-3 Friday night in South Bend, Ind.
So the USA Rugby World Cup comes down to Japan, as it so often does.
Japan wants to go 3-1 and get at least a shot at a quarterfinal place. The Eagles just want to win a game.
“It’s pretty important,” said USA captain and fullback Chris Wyles. “We came into this World Cup with pretty high expectations of ourselves so this is a defining game for us."
While two conferences are apparently taking Canadian Thanksgiving off, it's still a busy weekend in Men's DII College Rugby.
BYU has acknowledged the women’s rugby team as an extramural sport. Why is that important? The answer lies in the complicated relationship between school and team.