This is a general category for any playoff games in college rugby.
Can the old guard hold on?
Saturday's slate of games include the NIRA DI semifinals, with three-time defending champions Harvard hosting AIC and Dartmouth, finalists in four of the last five NIRA DI seasons (winning twice) hosting Army West Point.
So Harvard and Dartmouth are auld enemies and the old guard. What about the other two?
NCR has finalized their playoff brackets in men's collegiate rugby.
Here is how it all shook out:
Twelve teams will compete with eight facing off this coming weekend while the top four teams await them in the quarterfinals. Those top four are Brown, St. Bonaventure, Indiana, and Marian.
NCR D1 conferences figure some things out this weekend as the playoffs are now just a couple of weeks away.
Let's take a look at who could be considered for the NCR playoff bracket and what they have to do to get there.
Let's talk Men's D2 College playoff possibilities.
NCR will have 14 teams going straight to the Round of 16 with four more teams going into a play-in to decide who rounds out that 16.
Let's take a look at who is set to be those 18 teams, and why:
We're going to revisit this video from a little over a month ago.
This is an opinion column by Alex Goff
In June we posted this video and we'll write out the words too if you don't feel like watching the video.
De La Salle HS
Saint Mary's (Rudy Scholz Finalist)
USA U20s (Captain)
USA Men's National 15s Team (Debut vs Georgia 2023 at age 20)
As a 17-year-old Spencer Huntley required a waiver to play for the USA U20s, an indication of how he was rated in the USA age-grade pathway. He got that waiver and impressed for the USA U20s, and then moved up to the USA U23s. He led the San Diego Mustangs to a national HS Club championship in 2024.
He also played in the SoCal single-school league for Cathedral Catholic.
Hope Rogers began playing rugby at age 16 in high school and continued to compete during her time at Penn State University. There, she won four National Championships, was crowned MVP on two occasions, was named to the USA Under-20s and earned Collegiate All-American honors for four years. Rogers was also an impressive discus player during her senior year in high school where she broke a school record and won Gold at Districts for the sport.
Mike played for Life College, Philly-Whitemarsh and played for the USA National 7s and 15s teams in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was also part of the Atlantis touring side, playing 7s for the team in several around the world.
