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Gainline Africa is a Canadian sports for development organization that uses the power of rugby as a vehicle for development in Africa’s post-conflict communities. Gainline was founded by a small group of rugby players who experienced positive benefits playing the game they love. From these beginnings, Gainline believes rugby is a non-intrusive, efficient and cost-effective [...]

Play Rugby USA was honored at the 2011 Rugby Expo Awards Dinner by receiving the Community Program of the Year award! Mark Griffin was on hand in Twickenham to accept the award. The award was presented to the entry which has devised and delivered outstanding community program activities within the communities they reach. Criteria included [...]

I have a soft spot for Guam in my heart as I lived there when I was younger. An absolutely beautifiul island that I hope to visit again someday. I wish I had found rugby there as a teenager! from Kuam.com: This year’s girl’s high school rugby season will now offer tackle rugby to those [...]

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. — The 2012 USA Rugby High School National Championships will be an invitational format for 2012.  Teams will apply for a spot in the tournament, with a national committee considering the applications. The Girl’s High School National Championship Tournament will be hosted in Stanford, Calif. on the weekend of May [...]

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Rugby South Carolina would like to invite you to the 2012 Southern Scrum Youth Rugby Tournament.  This will be one of the premier youth rugby events of the 2012 season.  Entry fee for this event will be $300.00. Limited slots are available for Boys High School Girls High School Boys U19 Boys U14 Leigh Knotts [...]

At the 53rd Annual New York 7s Tournament this weekend the games were fast, furious and hotly contested! NY 7s is the largest and longest running sevens tournament in the United States. The New York Rugby Club has hosted The Tournament on the Saturday following Thanksgiving since 1959, and it traditionally marks the end of [...]

by Lance Pruett: Washington, DC – Each November, for the past 14 years, the Embassy of New Zealand has partnered with the rugby program at Hyde Public Charter School (now known as Perry Street Prep) to put on a unique event, known as the Ambassador’s Shield.  On a pristine pitch on the campus of Trinity [...]