2026 NIRA Rugby Opening Weekend: Every Match, Teams to Watch and What You Need to Know
By The Rugby Fan Central Team The 2026 NIRA women’s rugby regular season gets underway this weekend with the defending champion immediately on the road, two 2025 semifinalists meeting in Hanover and the reigning Division II champion beginning life in Division I. Harvard enters the fall chasing a fourth consecutive NIRA championship. Dartmouth and Army […]
USA Eagles Expand 15s-Sevens Crossover With 36-Player WXV Squad
By The Rugby Fan Central Team Twenty-one players from July’s South Africa series return, while Jack Hanratty adds Falcons prospects, sevens talent and returning Eagles as the United States builds greater depth in the new Rugby World Cup cycle. The USA Women’s Eagles have named a 36-player squad for the 2026 WXV Global Series, retaining much […]
Women’s Rugby Rankings Could Be Reshaped as South Africa and Fiji Chase Historic Highs
By The Rugby Fan Central Team The World Rugby Women’s Rankings could look significantly different by the end of this weekend, with South Africa and Fiji both capable of reaching record-high positions. Two women’s internationals on September 4–5 carry potentially significant rankings consequences. Japan hosts Fiji in Fukuoka on Friday, before South Africa faces New Zealand at […]
Wallabies, Wallaroos and Australia Sevens Set for Sydney Quadruple-Header
By The Rugby Fan Central Team Australia will put all four of its senior national rugby teams on the same field on October 17, combining the WXV Global Series, international Sevens and the Bledisloe Cup into a single afternoon at Accor Stadium. Australian rugby is trying something unusual in Sydney this October. The Wallabies, Wallaroos, […]
Rugby Week in Review: Springboks Strike Back, Wallabies Win in Argentina and USA Club Rugby Explodes
RFC reviews August 24–30, 2026: Argentina 21–27 Australia and the results, performances and moments that defined the rugby week.
NCR Coaching Mentorship Applications Close September 4 Ahead of Six-Week Fall Program
By Rugby Fan Central Team National Collegiate Rugby will select 20 coaches for its Fall 2026 Coaching Mentorship Program, which begins just two days after applications close. College rugby coaches interested in National Collegiate Rugby’s Fall 2026 Coaching Mentorship Program have only days remaining to apply. Applications close Friday, September 4, with the six-week program […]
USA Eagles Head to Japan With Pacific Nations Cup Final on the Line
By The Rugby Fan Central Team The USA Men’s Eagles have spent much of 2026 talking about building depth. Now that depth has to perform with something immediately at stake. The Eagles head to Japan for a September 12 Pacific Nations Cup semifinal against the host nation at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, with the winner […]
USA Rugby Brings Back JD Stephenson to Build Men’s Pathway Toward LA28 and Rugby World Cup 2031
By The Rugby Fan Central Team USA Rugby has put JD Stephenson in charge of a player-development challenge that stretches from the centralized high-performance environment supporting Men’s Sevens in Chula Vista to a sprawling XVs talent pool spread across the United States and overseas. As the new Men’s Head of Player Systems and Development, Stephenson will […]
USA Eagles’ November Nations Cup Schedule Confirmed as Title Race Heads to Europe
By The Rugby Fan Central Team The USA Eagles now know the road they must navigate to become the first Pool A champions of the World Rugby Nations Cup. World Rugby has announced the November schedule for the second half of the inaugural competition, with 18 matches involving all 12 Nations Cup teams scheduled across […]
Army, Navy Make Early Statements With 125–7 Combined Rout of NCR Finalists
By The Rugby Fan Central Team Army West Point and Navy delivered two emphatic opening-weekend performances Saturday, combining to outscore the two finalists from the 2025 National Collegiate Rugby Division I championship 125–7. Army overcame an early deficit before overwhelming Queens 75–7 at Anderson Rugby Complex in West Point, while Navy shut out defending NCR Division I national […]