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This is an opinion column by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff. Alex has been writing about rugby for over 20 years and played his first official game (with a referee and everything) in 1977. This column deals with suspensions of college rugby programs, and what players, especially, can do to avoid them. This is must-reading for young rugby players, men and women.
It was a wild weekend in Rugby Washington as the two teams who had started the season 3-0 went down to defeat.
The Chuckanut Bay Steamers were shocked 44-7 by Kent, showing that the Crusaders learned the lessons of the previous week’s loss to Liberty. That moved Kent to 2-2 and Chuckanut to 3-1. But Chuckanut kept pace with Liberty as the Patriots were upset 17-14 by Budd Bay.
Virginia Women’s Rugby (UVA) deserves a spot in the spring Round of 16; the question is where they figure in. After a very successful fall, UVA started 2015 with a slim loss to North Carolina – a defeat that cost them the South #1 seed at the Mason Dixon playoffs and forged a tougher road to the conference final.
Arizona State University is bringing back The Rugby Bowl, an annual event centered around a major ASU game.
Last year, ASU welcomed BYU to Scottsdale, Ariz., and this year the The Mercedes-Benz of Scottsdale Rugby Bowl will be held April 18 at Scottsdale Stadium, with an expected crowd of more than 7,000 and coverage from the PAC 12 network.
The South Independent conference (SIRC) was waiting on one game before locking down the DI and DII women’s college title-seekers: Lee University vs. Georgia. The former is the traditional power in the region, making several appearances at DII nationals and sending players into the age grade pools. The latter was a DI team until this season.