Kentucky Impresses in Win Over Clemson
Kentucky made something of a statement this weekend with an emphatic win over Clemson.
South Carolin won comfortably over Alabama and that was to be expected, although maybe the shutout wasn't.
We're still early in the SCRC Tier 1 season, and Tennessee is yet to play a conference game, but Kentucky's two conference wins are still notceable.
Navy Holds Off Tenacious Army
Navy had to work for it, but they came away with a crucial Rugby East win Saturday and also sealed the Commander-in-Chief Trophy with a 26-14 defeat of Army West Point in Annapolis.
Army actually opened the game pressuring Navy and pinning the hosts in their own 22.
Two More Razor-Thin Games in the ARC
It's all drama in the Atlantic Rugby Conference in NCR's D1, as both games went down to the wire and were decided by the smallest of margins.
Wheeling and Kutztown went back and forth Saturday with Wheeling going up by two tries, only to see the Bears storm back and take the lead.
West Coast 7s Returns for Leg #1
The West Coast 7s is back for this fall again and this series is most definitely a major part of the collegiate 7s calendar after a slowdown in the early 2020s thanks to COVID.
Now in its third year after its comeback, the 1st leg of the 2026 West Coast 7s at Dignity Health Sports Park features eight programs.
With Heavy Hearts, Saint Mary's Takes the Field for One of Their Own
The thing everyone seems to miss is the smile.
No matter what was going on, Dominic Peterson was all smiles. Saint Mary's Men's Rugby Head Coach Tim O'Brien indulged in a bit of self-teasing, saying "I'll get annoyed with things and all I could say to Dom was, 'stop smiling so much!'"
Hard days, easy days ... always rugby days, Dom was smiling.
