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The Rugby Net, which tracks rugby stats and ranks players using a mathematical algorithm based on those stats, has ranked the top USA players based on the top-level games they have played.
Here is the link to the ranking, along with a review of the rankings from Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff:
It would be fair to say that the University of Arkansas came out of nowhere.
Rugby New York is hosting its girls high school state championship this weekend, and three Buffalo-area teams will look to unseat current titleholder Play Rugby Academy over two days in Utica.
Four teams remain in the hunt for a New York state Boys DI championship, as the semifinals will be held this weekend.
The DI championship is named the Mike Tolkin Cup, after the current USA Men’s 15s Coach, who coached Xavier HS for many years, and also helped Xavier to a national championship as a player several million years ago.
To help the USA Women 7s team prepare for next weekend’s NACRA Olympic qualifier, 12 elite high school players have taken residence at the Olympic Training Center for the week. These young athletes could very well be the next generation of Eagle 7s players, so let’s take a closer at those all-stars in Chula Vista right now: