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Solomon Williams and Tiahna Padilla proudly display their trophies during the Awards Event at the Washington Athletic Club. Photo Quinn Toomey for the WAC.

A Rugby Celebration as the Scholz and Sorensen Awards are Handed Out

The Washington Athletic Club hosted the Rudy Scholz and MA Sorensen Awards dinner Saturday night in Seattle, with Solomon Williams and Tiahna Padilla being honored as the nation's top collegiate rugby players.

The Awards Celebration was sponsored in part by Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub in Seattle.

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University of Washington Signs Ray Keane as New Head Coach

The Husky Rugby Alumni Association (HRAA) and the University of Washington Men’s Rugby Program has announced the appointment of Ray Keane as the program’s new Head Coach.

2026 Scholz and Sorensen Award winners Solomon Williams and Tiahna Padilla.

Collegiate Player of the Year Awards Officially Presented Saturday Night

It's Awards Weekend in rugby as the Rugby Scholz and MA Sorensen Awards will officially be presented in Seattle on Saturday evening.

UNC Wilmington in white vs UVM in green in the 2025 NCR D2 semifinal. Photo Alex Goff.

NCR Launches Referee and Laws Committee

National Collegiate Rugby has launched its Collegiate Referee & Laws Committee, designed to provide leadership, governance, and comprehensive oversight for referee operations across all NCR competitions.

The establishment of the CRLC comes at a critical juncture, as the organization points to a "nationwide decline in both the quantity and quality of sports officials."

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We Debunked Ourselves, Now We Debunk That

Yesterday GRR Editor Alex Goff posted a fairly long video discussing several accepted facts about the collegiate game, and we focused on, among other things, two statements that GRR has made fairly frequently.

One part of that was looking at whether top CRAA teams play more rugby than their NCR counterparts.

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