Goff Rugby Report

01/17/2026

A little preview of the men's college weekend

With the Dr. Martin Luther King Day weekend, many colleges are not playing rugby games, but we do have a few of note.Cal and UCLA will meet up in what is essentially a preseason game in the Storer Classic. Loyola Marymount, USC, and Fresno State also compete in that tournament.Western Washington tra...

01/16/2026

Such a nebulous word. Efforts are being made in Major League Rugby to formalize Academies.

One of the biggest pieces of confusion within Major League Rugby is the word "Academy."A drastically misused word in American rugby (almost as much as "Elite), Academy can mean a group of young players, it can mean a program in which no one plays games but they train a lot, it can mean, basically, a...

01/16/2026

What's Job #1 for United States Rugby Foundation CEO Shane Young? We talk to him about that and what he learned from starting and running Memphis Inner City Rugby

In its search for a new CEO, the US Rugby Foundation could have found a longtime rugby person who is part of the fraternity of former international players, or administrators, but they didn’t go that way.Instead they selected 36-year-old Shane Young, whose main contribution to the game has been de...

01/16/2026

In case you're new to it or just trying to figure it all out. Let's talk single-school-vs-club seasons for some of these early-risers.

01/15/2026

Some HS action this weekend, including the Storer Cup.

We're a week or two from seeing Northern California get their season going, but Texas starts now and added to that we have some notable crossover games.Cathedral Catholic, one of the stronger single-school teams in Southern California will host Charlotte Catholic in a fixture that could well become....

01/15/2026

All Star rosters and readiness for the National Collegiate Rugby All-Star weekend.

NCR's men's all-star championship kicks off Saturday in Atlanta with a bit of a new look.The pool-play format has shifted to a bracket format, with eight teams playing in the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday. Those games will be shortened, and then everyone will play a placement game on Sund...

01/15/2026

Who the Anthem Rugby players are and what the Anthem team is ... and needs.

Major League Rugby

The Anthem RC Major League Rugby team has finalized its roster.The team, which is designed to be a pathway team for the USA National Team, and therefore is heavily populated with Eagle-eligible players, comes into the 2026 season with Agustin Cavalieri and Brendan O’Meara coaching. For O’Meara, ...

01/15/2026

USA Men win opening two pool matches at the very competitive Coral Coast Fiji 7s Fiji's Coral Coast 7s 2026

It was a good showing for the USA Men's 7s team on the opening day of the Coral Coast 7s in Fiji.The USA had a close one with Chennai Bulls, with tries from Orrin Bizer and Pita Vi getting them a 14-10 win. The conversions were crucial here.That set them up for a pool match with the McDonald's Mike....

01/14/2026

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01/14/2026

Taking a look at the D1A Rugby games this past weekend, some plays, and a look ahead.
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01/14/2026

Next Phase Rugby helps drive high school rugby players to colleges they wouldn't normally have decided on—a better experience and a better future.

Commits list powered by Next Phase Rugby.

With this first list of commits for the fall of 2026, we are struck by how many of these listed players use Next Phase Rugby.Full discloser—not all of the players listed are Next Phase student-athletes, but a massive proportion of them are. They used the Next Phase Rugby app to expand their list a...

01/14/2026

D2 Hot 100: Wing and Fullback!

Speedsters and goalkickers and defenders and game-changers all populate the top wings and fullbacks from Men's D2 college this past fall.We don't ave a massive list here, but the players who are listed met a high standard.One obvious example is Luca Race, who's pace and nose for the tryline sparked....