Goff Rugby Report

12/04/2025

Major League Rugby Schedule finalized for six teams. Straightforward home-and-home for everyone.

Major League Rugby has announced its

12/04/2025

What's up with this Life University Women's Rugby vs Peak Rugby Academy game? We talk about it and what Life hopes to gain out of it.

College Rugby Association of America

The CRAA Fall Classic brings a special and unique women’s game to the weekend.As has been chronicled here in these pages, Life University was in a position of having really search for games. With the collapse of D1 Elite after Lindenwood joined NIRA and Central Washington’s rugby team had their ...

12/04/2025

Eagles are expanding their coaching and support staff. A couple of positions are open for application now, while others are being filled.

The USA Men's 15s program has posted an opening for an attack coach.That posting is accompanied by another one for a nutritionist, is probably a reflection on what funding levels are expected from World Rugby now that the Eagles have qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.In addition, the USA team h...

12/04/2025

Shoutout to Rugby in Florida - USA which does great work in that state. They need some help-hosting a site and operating it costs money! Surely a Florida-based sponsor or two can help them out!

12/04/2025

RWC Draw reaction from Eagles coach and captain

With the Rugby World Cup 2027 draw done, USA Head Coach Scott Lawrence and captain Jason Damm checked in with reporters on Wednesday to talk about it.The USA will be in Pool E with France, Japan, and Samoa. The format, changed for this coming tournament, will see six pools of four teams. Everyone pl...

12/03/2025

NCR D1 semifinal preview!

Did St. Bonaventure put it all together perfectly or did Brown lose the plot?Maybe it was a bit of both. As the NCR Men’s D1 semifinals loom talk is still about how the defending champion Brown side faltered to the tune of 51-7 to Bonnies in the quarterfinals. Bonnies winning wasn’t the surprise...

12/03/2025

And Wheeling is out of the National Collegiate Rugby Women D1 final. NCR does, however, find an opponent.

National Collegiate Rugby has officially confirmed that Wheeling will not play in the Women's D1 final scheduled for December 6 in Houston.Wheeling has pulled out after an incident following their semifinal win that led to the firing of Head Coach Ken Pape.Pape Out as Wheeling's Head Coach

12/03/2025

This is unpleasant.

Ken Pape has reportedly been fired from his Women’s Head Coach position at Wheeling University; the team’s website pages now have removed Pape from the list of coaches for the team.According to a multiple sources, Pape, whose Wheeling team is set to play Southern Nazarene in the NCR Women’s D1...

12/03/2025

Emilie Bydwell talks about rebounding from the opening loss to Fiji to beat New Zealand, France and then GB and Canada.

And some insight into the USA 7s Women's team's mindset going forward.

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World Rugby Sevens

12/03/2025

What's the path to the Round of 16?

The Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw took place in Sydney on Wednesday with the 24 qualified teams placed into one of six pools for the tournament, which takes place from 1 October-13 November, 2027.One of the standout matches will be hosts Australia against New Zealand, who will meet for the first...

12/03/2025

Fordham Preparatory School Rugby wins Rugby NY Fall 7s.

Some drama at the finish!

Fordham Prep won Rugby NY's fall 7s in dramatic fashion.Playing in the final match of the final tournament against Play Rugby USA, Prep scored at the death to tie the match, and kicked the conversion to win it. Co-captain Max De Vaulx was the try-scorer, and he also slotted the game, tournament, and...

12/03/2025

Bydwell anticipates close working relationship with newly-appointed Hanratty.

The new USA women’s 15s Head Coach, Jack Hanratty, will be moving to the Chula Vista area, and that’s an interesting adjustment to how things are done with the Eagles.But it makes sense. The Women’s 7s program still provides players to the 15s program, and vice versa (witness Erica Coulibaly)....