Q&A with Illinois’s Mike Waszkowski

By Matt Trenary | Published: January 25, 2013

Mike Waszkowski is the President of the University of Illinois Rugby Football Club. Illinois recently moved up from Division 2 to join the Big Ten in D1-A. Their development has been a great success and they have qualified for the Big Ten semi-finals this spring where they will play Ohio State. Mike was kind enough
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Random thoughts from USA Rugby’s College 7s

By Matt Trenary | Published: December 11, 2012

I recently was fortunate enough to attend USA Rugby’s Collegiate Sevens National Championships in College Station, TX. I encourage you to take a look at the YouTube replays or the ESPN3 coverage if you haven’t. For those of you that weren’t in attendance, I figured I would jot down my highlights from the weekend as
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Point Counter-Point: Collegiate Sevens Championship

By Matt Trenary | Published: November 6, 2012

Back from a bit of an in-season hiatus, we’ll do something different today. We being Matt Trenary and Eric Taber. This will be a point counter-point piece on whether or not teams with significant travel should attend USA Rugby’s Collegiate Sevens National Championship. This centers around the financial commitments of championships as any free championships
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Q&A: Brad Kilpatrick on starting a collegiate rugby endowment

By Matt Trenary | Published: August 28, 2012

Brad Kilpatrick of World Rugby Shop fame sat down with me to discuss his involvement with Auburn University’s rugby program. Brad has been instrumental in helping the program start an endowment within the university. A handful of college programs have developed resources in this manner, most of them are extremely successful. It’s nice to see
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USA Rugby Women’s 7s Open Camp with Coach Ric Suggitt

By Michelle Wong | Published: August 22, 2012

“Don’t be last!” shouted USA Rugby Women’s 7s National Team coach Ric Suggitt as he urged players to hustle to start the camp, “Sevens is a fast game, don’t be last!” On Sunday August 19, Ric Suggitt held an open camp for players and coaches after the 7s National All Star Championships at the Olympic
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