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Impressive Defense for Dartmouth. Photo courtesy of Dennis Hawk

Dartmouth Wins National Collegiate 7s Bowl Title

The 2012 USA Rugby College 7s Bowl Champions, Dartmouth beat the San Diego State Aztecs 21-15 to take home some hardware: it's not the Cup, but it's still a big container for the trophy room! Fantastic effort from the Big Green, who compiled a 5-1 record against some very tough teams.

Posted: 12/03/2012

USA Rugby 7s National Championship

The Dartmouth Men and the Princeton Women were the top finishers in the Ivy Championships held in Princeton NJ on November 10th and they will represent the Ivy Rugby Conference in the USA Rugby Collegiate 7s National Championship.

Yale Rugby Season Fall 2012

Yale Rugby Season Video Highlights Fall 2012

Yale Men's Rugby had a challenging season finishing the campaign with a 1 and 5 record with a well deserved win over Harvard. Even with a tough record, Yale Rugby had some great successes along the way.

Posted: 11/30/2012
Watch 2012 College 7s LIVE!

Watch 2012 College 7s LIVE!

Please tune in and watch the National Collegiate 7s Championship.  Web streamed live from the campus of Texas A&M University.  Take note that the times listed on the game schedule are listed in Central Time Zone , so the games will be an hour later in Eastern Time Zone.

All Field 1 and Field 2 games will be streamed live on YouTube

Posted: 11/28/2012
Columbia women in a scrum

Columbia Women 2012 Fall Season Highlights

CUWRFC finished their second 15s season as a member of the Ivy Rugby Conference with a record of 1-4, coming in third place in the White Division.

The season started off with a tough loss to Dartmouth. The next weekend, CUWRFC defeated Penn 21-17 on their home pitch. The game-winning try occurred during the last play of the game, in which there were about 10 minutes of tough phase play inside Penn's 22 meter line before Naomi Sharp ('15) touched the ball down on the far left corner. Isadora Cerullo ('13) scored two tries and made three conversions.

Posted: 11/26/2012

Season Culminates with Ivy Champions

Princeton Women and Dartmouth Men win the Ivy Sevens Championship and earn an automatic bid to the USA Rugby National Sevens Championships.

Princeton Women win the Ivy Sevens Championships with a 24-0 victory over Yale

Princeton Women Win the Ivy Sevens Championships

The Ivy Sevens is a qualifying tournament for the USA Rugby Sevens championship to be held at Texas A&M (College Station, TX) on Nov. 30-Dec. 1.  Last year Princeton Women also qualified for this tournament and finished 3rd in the country.

In the men’s tournament, held at the same time on the same fields, the Princeton Men finished 3rd, after a really tough loss to Penn in the semifinal. Dartmouth, two-time national champion, was clearly the best team in attendance.

Posted: 11/21/2012
Dartmouth against Brown in the semi's.Photo by Ed Hagerty

Season Synopsis for Dartmouth Men

Dartmouth Men’s Rugby put in another excellent Fall Ivy Rugby campaign, taking 1st place the Ivy North Division with a record of 5-0-1 and earning a spot in the Spring Ivy Tournament.

Posted: 11/21/2012

USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship

The USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship tournament, slated for 2013 in Philadelphia, has released a list of 19 of the 20 teams that will participate in next year's tournament. The list includes two teams from the Ivy Rugby Conference. Dartmouth, two-time defending champion and 2012 Ivy Rugby Conference champion, will return to try to 3-peat in 2013. The University of Pennsylvamia, with their recent crowning as Ivy South champion and runner-up in the Ivy Sevens Championships was also invited.

Penn Women Fall 2012

Penn Women's First Year in Ivy Rugby Conference

Penn Women took the plunge this year and joined the Ivy League. Unsure of what to expect, the vets worked hard on recruting during the off season, bringing a wealth of rookies to the team.

Posted: 11/20/2012