DENVER - Lt. Governor Barbara O’Brien officially announced Monday that June is Colorado Rugby Month and presented Gov. Bill Ritter’s proclamation to Rick Cortez, President of the Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union.
The proclamation comes in anticipation of the two major international rugby tournaments Colorado will host in the month of June. The 2009 Churchill Cup [...]

BOULDER, Colo. – The Coach Development Department is excited to announce its partnership with Better Rugby Coaching, an online resource dedicated to the betterment and continuous education of rugby coaches around the world.
“At Better Rugby Coaching we are committed to providing world class coaching advice to new and developing rugby coaches.  We are therefore delighted [...]

BOULDER, Colo – After two days of intense regional playoff matches in Austin, Texas and Columbia, S.C., the Division I, II and III semifinalists are finally set for USA Rugby Men’s Club Championship event in Glendale, Colo., on May 30-31.
DIVISION I
Pearl City is the only 2008 semifinalist that will make a return trip to Glendale’s [...]

BOULDER, Colo – The field of competitors still in the hunt for the 2009 USA Rugby Men’s Club Championship title has been narrowed to eight teams in Divisions I, II and III, following a day of intense regional playoffs in Austin, Texas and Columbia, S.C.
WEST REGIONAL PLAYOFFS – AUSTIN, TEXAS
In a day hampered by rain [...]

BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby’s Coach Development Department has officially announced the dates and locations of its new Lineout Seminar featuring veteran Eagle lock and lineout specialist Luke Gross.
Luke Gross’ Lineout Seminar will focus on helping coaches to better coach the lineout safely and effectively; to understand the fundamentals of throwing, lifting and jumping; and [...]

BOULDER, Colo – The road to USA Rugby’s National Guard College Championships begins this weekend for the nation’s top 64 men’s and women’s college rugby teams.
The action-packed weekend of rugby kicks off on Friday, April 17 as the University of California and Life University (Marietta, Ga.) will each host eight championship hopeful Division I Men’s [...]

BLANDFORD, England - The USA U-17’s faced their second opponent, Dorset and Wilts, on Saturday, in preparation for the Millfield International Festival that starts on Tuesday.
The conditions were perfect for the match at the Bryanston School and the U.S. side came out strong, scoring a try and conversion before the five minute mark.  Penalties hindered [...]

ATLANTA – The USA Under-18s played the Independent School’s Barbarians, an English all-star side, on Saturday, as the curtain raiser to the Life University Rugby Super League match against Charlotte.
In much better conditions than its first match against this side on Wednesday, the U.S. would see a more open rugby, several lead changes and a [...]

 
GLENDALE, Colo. - USA Rugby, Colorado Youth Rugby (CYR) and the City of Glendale are proud to host the ‘Try Rugby Cup’ from 5-7 p.m. on March 24, 2009.  The goal of this event is to allow all participants to experience USA Rugby’s new non-contact game, Rookie Rugby and promote the fresh, new face of [...]

By Ken Matthews
February 21, 2009
(Highlands Ranch, Colorado)  Denver Barbarians avenged a tight loss in the 2008 Aspen Ruggerfest finals with a decisive 67-15 victory over the Gentlemen of Aspen Saturday.  Aspen came down from the mountains as the two clubs opened their 2009 campaigns at Shea Stadium on a sun drenched Colorado afternoon.
The Barbarians opened [...]