Goff Rugby Report

08/17/2024

Episode 4. We talk wing and fullback. Lots of players declared, but we're not sure this is an area where we will see a lot picked.

Anyway, more to come.

Alex Goff taked a look at one of the most challenging positions for the Major League Rugby: Wing and Fullback._____________________________________________Su...

08/17/2024

OK here's our report on USA vs Japan WNT. Not like USAR's report ... no shade there just we can provide a different perspective.

Somehow the USA defeated Japan in the second match of the two-game women's test series, but they tried their best to bow it. Playing in Shizuoka, Japan, the teams were once again victims of a very hot, humid night and that made for handling errors, fatigue, and, at the end, some head-scratching mist...

08/16/2024

Eagle women rematch with Japan Saturday. on Rugby Pass. Some lineup changes.

Shuzoka, Japan (USA Rugby Release)—USA Women's 15s Head Coach Sione Fukofuka has announced his gameday 23 to face Japan in their second round of a two-match series. You can watch USA v Japan live Saturday, August 17, at 5am ET, on RugbyPass TV. Following a 17-17 draw with the hosts last week, Fuko...

08/15/2024

A little photo tribute and some stats and comments on Lauren Doyle as she announces the end of her 15-year international 7s career.

USA Women’s Sevens co-captain Lareun Doyle has announced her retirement from international 7s following the USA winning the bronze medal in rugby sevens at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. From Boody, Ill., Doyle graduated from Meridian High School, where she played volleyball, basketball, soccer,...

08/15/2024

Eagles squad for the Pacific Nations Cup. As predicted - several young or uncapped names on the list.

The USA Men’s Eagles have confirmed 31 names to the traveling player pool to kick off this month’s Pacific Nations Cup, the programs first venture into the newly reformed global competition. Head Coach Scott Lawrence and staff will group with the team ahead of competition for a 10-day camp in Ch...

08/15/2024

Here's the trailer for the MLR Rising show, which will make its debut on The Rugby Network at 8PM ET on Aug. 21. The producers followed the MLR Rising players around the assemble in July (as did GRR but in a different way).

Check it out.

08/15/2024

Major League Rugby draft previews! Episode 3 looks at loosehead prop and tighthead prop.

Alex Goff moves on with his 2024 Major League Rugby Draft previews and talks about prop—is it just about the scrum?__________________________________________...

08/14/2024

Big move within USA Youth and High School Rugby along with USA Rugby and Six Degree Sports to create a virtual HP academy.

GLENDALE, Colo. (USA Y&HS Release) – USA Rugby High Performance and USA Youth & High School Rugby (YHS), has announced the launch of an expansion to the pathway program for American high school aged players. This groundbreaking initiative aims to revolutionize player development in American rugby,...

08/14/2024

Pacific Nations Cup getting a bit of a launch this week. We sat down with Scott Lawrence to get his perspective between the Romania/Scotland games and the PNW. USA Rugby

It’s almost as if there are two test match seasons in 2024. The upcoming Pacific Nations Cup will look, potentially, quite different from July’s two matches with Romania and Scotland, and in the end that’s to be expected. USA Men’s 15s Head Coach Scott Lawrence, who sat down with GRR to talk...

08/13/2024

Newest Major League Rugby Draft show is up. Episode 2 looks at talks about some of our player measurements and discusses Scrumhalf and Flyhalf.

Alex Goff continues with his 2024 Major League Rugby Draft previews and talks about the scrumhalves and flyhalves who might get some notice._________________...

08/12/2024

Nice win for Rugby Washington PNW Loggers U18s.

The Pacific Northwest Loggers U18s pulled off an impressive 33-25 win over the British Columbia U18s over the weekend at the DeWilde Rugby Fields in Ferndale, Wash. Unbelievable Gift. DeWilde Fields a Jewel of PNW Rugby This was the same BC team that beat Eagle Impact Rugby Academy two weeks ago, so...

08/11/2024

Major League Rugby Draft previews begin this weekend!

The Major League Rugby draft will be here soon. We at Goff Rugby Report World Headquarters will be running a series of draft preview shows, and here's our first one. Do you want to be picked in the draft or become an undrafted free agent? Well, it depends. What roll do non-MLR clubs play in helping....

08/11/2024

USA Women vs Japan 17-17. We go into detail on the game right here.

Kitakyusho, Japan—A late penalty goal from McKenzie Hawkins ensured the USA salvaged a 17-17 tie with Japan on a hot Sunday evening in Kitakyushu. The Eagles probably had the run of play in this game, and had several very good opportunities to score that didn't quite come off. Added to that was He...

08/11/2024

Our Major League Rugby predraft shows begin today with Episode 1. We look at what the numbers tell us.

Alex Goff opens up his 2024 Major League Rugby Draft previews with this episode talking about what players can expect as newly-drafted players when it comes ...

08/09/2024

A little video on a key deadline just passed for NCAA Womens Rugby teams—now that it's August teams can speak directly with rising juniors.

Next Phase Rugby

08/09/2024

Kind of an interesting change in World Rugby's Reg 8 that will perhaps make things a little easier to track (?)

World Rugby has confirmed a change to Regulation 8 which will have a marked effect on the game in the USA. Regulation 8 deals with how players are eligible to play for a national team. Among the issues it addresses are these: 1. Once you play once for your national 15s team, national 7s team, or a d...

08/09/2024

USA women to play Japan on Sunday. A fairly young lineup takes on the Blossoms.

KITAKYUSHU, JAPAN—The USA Women’s Eagles arrived in Japan this week for a two-test series against the hosts, as Tess Feury captains the squad into their first test match against Japan since Rugby World Cup 2021 (played in 2022). While this team cannot be called a youth movement, it is, in genera...

08/09/2024

Really interesting look at building an intramural rugby competition on a college campus to bolster your club.

Latest RuggaMatrix America podcast episode.
Southern Rugby Conference
Rugby East
Big Ten Rugby
Liberty Rugby Conference

In our latest RuggaMatrix America podcast episode we talk to Joe Rasmus about his experience coaching at the University of Illinois. Before the COVID shutdowns, Rasmus had devised an intriguing approach to building the Illinois rugby program—creating two levels of competition, with one level playi...

08/08/2024

A little overview look at National Collegiate Rugby as the 2024-25 season is around the corner. More teams? More players? New division branding. And ...??

The National Collegiate Rugby 2024-25 season is upon us in fairly short order, with games starting in late August. This year we're doing away with the Small-College moniker, as that is now called Division III. Why? Officially it’s because (as NCR announced in June) “This rebranding effort reflec...

08/08/2024

Not unexpected. USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday ends his tenure after 10 years.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (USA Rugby Release) – Following 10 years as the USA Men’s Sevens Head Coach, Mike Friday today announced he will step away from the program. Paris marked the third qualified Olympic games under Friday, who first took over the men’s program in the summer of 2014, lifting the...

08/06/2024

Pretty cool development at South Carolina Men's Rugby ]

The University of South Carolina men's rugby program has announced an expansion of its scholarship offerings. Last fall, Head Coach John Roberts and Assistant Coach Jeff Smolka began working with university officials to dramatically expand the club’s scholarship program beyond in-state tuition to ...

08/06/2024

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08/05/2024

What a great story.

Happy for Mike and impressed with Traci.

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Premier Rugby Sevens

At the US Rugby Hall of Fame dinner, inductee Mike Tolkin wasn’t there; instead, he sent a video acceptance speech saying, to begin with “I’m not there, and that’s a good thing.”

08/05/2024

United States Rugby Foundation College scholarships application window is open.

The application window for the US Rugby Foundation is open and will remain open through August 31. Eligible scholarship applicants must be graduating high school in 2024 and attending college and playing rugby for that college in the Fall of 2024. These scholarships all have their specific criteria....

08/04/2024

There's already good news on growth of rugby at the youth level. We look at that and maybe how there's more to come.
USA Youth and High School Rugby
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United States Rugby Foundation

The number of youth and high school players and coaches in the USA rose in the 2023-24 cycle, and one wonders if that growth will increase in the next cycle. Fueled in part by a return to the idea that going outside is good, and in part by more regions getting back to normal post-COVID, registration...

08/02/2024

Some small preview / review stuff in here along with the location and date details.

National Collegiate Rugby has confirmed its major postseason and tournament dates for the 2024-25 year. Houston's Aveva Stadium has been the home of NCR 15s championships for the last several years and will be the venue once again for the fall of 2024. The NCR Women's 15-a-side championship finals a...

08/01/2024

Good to get n op-ed sent in from former RugbyMag colleguae Pat Clifton. Good.points and a small personal anecdote that spells it all out.

(This is an Op-Ed by Pat Clifton)—Wednesday, in front of a packed Stade de France, with both the clock and the USA’s medal hopes dwindling, Spiff Sedrick ripped off an impossible 95-meter run, somehow escaping the grasp of two Australians, who looked to have her dead to rights, to deliver the US...

08/01/2024

Latest Premier Rugby Sevens Olympic show with Jaz GRay

Welcome back to Grab a Snack! In Episode 7, we celebrate a monumental moment in Women’s Rugby Sevens history as Team USA brings home their first-ever medal f...

07/31/2024

Honor the USA Rugby WNT 7s team's Olympic medal and also raise funds for grassroots rugby through the United States Rugby Foundation by bidding on either a signed USA Women's Olympic 7s Jersey or a USA Rugby Ball also signed by the team.

Bidding is open through the end of August!

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