College Women
We’re ready for the NIRA DI season to open and we’ve got some changes.
The big change is that Lindenwood, having moved to NCAA DI for women’s rugby in 2024, are in the schedule now, rounding out a DI conference of 11 teams.
There is still time for college rugby programs to apply for the US Rugby Foundation's Collegiate Alumni Activation Jumpstart Program.
This initiative is designed to empower collegiate men's and women's rugby alumni associations across the United States by significantly enhancing their alumni engagement, fundraising capabilities, and overall program sustainability.
CRAA’s new Director of Women’s Rugby, Tiff Lopez, has some work to do at the top and at the bottom of the ladder.
From a major collegiate program struggling to find opponents because they are thought to be too powerful () to programs that need help getting on the field, Lopez has a diverse flock to shepherd.
Central Washington’s women’s rugby team still exists.
If you take anything from this article, take that away … CWU women’s rugby will take the field this coming academic year.
National Collegiate Rugby has split its women's D1.
Essentially the competitions will mirror their men's competition, with a D1 level that is a level above what will now be D1AA.