Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tech, St. Ed’s and Sam Houston are forging their own path in college rugby with the formation of the Allied Rugby Conference. Allied Rugby Conference Announcement As is typical in rugby (or just about any competitive human activity from politics to church committees), there are disagreements. Some are large, some are small. [...]
We post ‘em as we get ‘em. D-I Men Austin Huns 25 HARC 6 Huns D-III 27 HARC D-III 15 Dallas Harlequins 89 Fort Worth 10 Harlequins 25 Fort Worth 5 Austin 29 Dallas RFC 10 – Story from Rugby Mag D-II Men D-III Men Alamo City 37 Galveston 12 Crusaders of Oklahoma 46 Arlington [...]
The newest alignment of rugby-playing colleges in Texas will begin with eight members, at the exclusion of a few notable names. The Southwest Conference Rugby Conference (SWCRC) became an official conference recently when USA Rugby accepted its bid to join the D1 hierarchy. Founding conference schools – Baylor, TCU, North Texas, University of Houston, Rice, [...]
This story first appeared in Rugby Magazine The San Houston State University Rugby Football Club hosted well over 200 current ruggers, alumni ruggers, friends and family for the annual Alumni Rugby Match on a hot Saturday, March 26th. The alumni won handily over a very scrappy Sam Houston rugby side. The score was insignificant in [...]
It is a busy, busy time in Texas rugby these days. A quick look at the schedule and you will see that we are bigger and stronger than ever – at least in terms of numbers of teams. We still have our problems and weaknesses, but the game is growing in our fair state. Enough [...]
Score! Actually…Scores! Yes, we have scores from the weekend all gathered and sorted. As usual, we will add scores as we get them. So, if you got ‘em, send ‘em. High School Allen 31 Alliance U-19/U-17 mix 10 Round Rock Stoney Point 17 Alamo Heights 10 Dallas Jesuit JV 17 Alliance U-17 12 Coppell 27 [...]
We got a lot of games on tap this weekend in the Big State. Fire up the pits early and throw some briskets on so you can feed the whole clan (we like to mix our references). That’s right, folks. We like BBQ beef down here below the Cap Rock (they probably like it up [...]
Texas A&M goes 3-0 against Sam Houston and Lamar Submitted by Johnny Smith, edited by RugbyInTexas Texas A&M defeated Sam Houston State 60-13 at home. The game is the latest in a series of matches leading up to the Aggies’ Premier League opener against Oklahoma University on March 5th. A&M’s reserves played split-squad games against [...]
So, as we have heard many, many times from the regular media (and the blogs), there was some sort of weather event in Texas this past week. The whole state got ice and snow – even Far South Texas. DFW and North Texas got more snow and ice than Sarah Palin’s house. They got some [...]
Well, another Saturday is in the books here in the Land Of The Yellow Rose. That means it was a rugby day, and there were several games played. High School Strake Jesuit 17 Alamo Heights 12 College UT I 60 UD I 7 Lamar 10 UT II 7 UT III 19 UD II 3 St. [...]