Anticipated Playoff Pairings

 Fans and media alike are anticipating the WGR playoffs  next weekend.   While unofficial, these are the anticipated pairing based on the unofficial standing s at LLR:

Championship Tournament Oct 19th at Cottage Grove

DSHA HS  v Hamilton HS

Catholic Memorial HS v Green Bay

Consolation Tournament Oct 19th at Cottage Grove

Bruisers v SPASH

DSHA jv v Fox Cities

A league sources has CONFIRMED PLAYOFF MATCH TIMES and Opponents:

The schedule for this playoff weekend is:

9:00am - Field 1 -  Fox Cities (Oliver 3) vs DSHA B (Noe 4)

9:00am - Field 2 - CMH (Noe 1) vs Green Bay (Oliver 2)

11:00am - Field 2 - DSHA A (Oliver 1) vs Hamilton (Noe 2)

1:00pm - Field 2 - Bruisers (Noe 3) vs SPASH (Oliver 4)

WGR 2024 State Tournament Gear (Sale Closes Oct 17th)

 The 2024 WGR State Tournament begins next weekend.  Official tournament gear may be purchased online and orders are due Oct 17th.  Supporters are able to pick up their items at the State Finals on Sunday Oct 27th at Hart Park in Wauwatosa.

Check it out-prices are great.   WGR State Tournament Online Store (click here)

Thank you so much for supporting our league and state tournament.

Regular Season Concludes

 Looking ahead to the final week of the 2024 regular season?  Here we go.  Stay tuned for some possible changes with the Fox Cities v DSHA matches.  Fox Cities is navigating Homecoming and availability so organizers are looking to accommodate the new team with a possible shift to an earlier kickoff.  Check back for confirmed game times.  

The Semifinal playoffs take place Oct 19th at the Madison United Rugby Complex in Cottage Grove.  The top notch facility has hosted multiple championship level events including last year's high school national tournament.  Game times are expected to be at 9am, 11am, and 1pm

Week 5 Saturday Oct 12th

DSHA jv  0  Hamilton 47

     945am Nashotah Park (updated)

DSHA 138 Fox Cities 0

      11am Nashotah Park (updated)

Madison Furies 0 Catholic Memorial HS 83

   10am Minooka Park

Bye: Bruisers and SPASH

WGR Playoffs Saturday Oct 19th at Madison United Rugby Complex in Cottage Grove.

9am      

11am

1pm   

  -----2024 CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----

The Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA 3-0

Green Bay 2-1

Fox Cities 1-2

SPASH 0-3

The Tony Oliver Conference

Catholic Memorial  4-0

Hamilton 3-1

Bruisers 2-2

DSHA jv 1-3

Madison 0-4

WGR Week 4 Schedule & Notes

It's time for October rugby and the last two weeks of the Wisconsin Girls Rugby (WGR) regular season.

The Bruisers have a shot to create a three way tie for their conference lead.  A three way tie negates head to head tie breakers.   Things get interesting then.  The Bruisers have a bye next week on top of this, so they’ll be all-in with their last match before playoffs.  One of these two-win teams will be in the second tier playoffs.  

Week 4 Saturday Oct 5th

Catholic Memorial HS 61 @ Bruisers  17

         10am Nashotah

Stevens Point Area HS 0. Green Bay 79

          10am Barney Williams Field

DSHA jv  24 @ Madison Furies 7

            10am Cottage Grove

Bye: Fox Cities and Hamilton HS

Looking ahead to the final week of the regular season?  Here we go:

Week 5 Saturday Oct 12th

DSHA jv @ Hamilton 10am Nashotah Park

DSHA @ Fox Cities 12pm Nashotah Park

Madison Furies @ Catholic Memorial HS 10am Minooka Park

Bye: Bruisers and SPASH

  -----2024 CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----

The Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA 2-0

Green Bay 2-1

Fox Cities 1-1

SPASH 0-3

The Tony Oliver Conference*

Catholic Memorial  3-0

Hamilton 2-1 (holds tie breaker over Bruisers)

Bruisers 2-2

DSHA jv 1-2

Madison 0-3

WGR Week 3 Scores

 Fox Cities 44 SPASH 30

     *The Iron Maiden’s score a famous first-ever victory in their first Fall 15s Conference season.

Bruisers 22 DSHA jv 21

Hamilton 46 Madison 0

  -----CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----

The Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA 2-0

Green Bay 1-1

Fox Cities 1-1

SPASH 0-2

The Tony Oliver Conference*

Catholic Memorial  2-0

Hamilton 2-1

Bruisers 2-1

DSHA jv 0-2

Madison 0-2

WGR Conference Week 3

After two weeks of conference play, play shifts towards mid-season form.  To replace Greenfield HS in the Jeff Noe Conference, coaches and league administrators have been working on developmental matches with our friends to the north and south. 

   Minnesota, which used to have a robust 15's girls rugby league, drives down to Milwaukee this Saturday for a developmental non-conference matchup with DSHA.   It's encouraging to see coaches willing to do this.  Minnesota Youth Rugby has been struggling with numbers since before Covid, going from 15's down to 10s and 7s.   The first ever Wisconsin girls high school matches occurred in 1996 when a girls team from Wayzata HS, MN drove down to play DSHA.  Wayzata, MN is the only other team besides CMH or DSHA to win the Midwest Girls HS Championship.  Perhaps it's serendipitous that now Minnesota drives down in an attempt to get 15's rugby played again up north.  DSHA is hoping to build more developmental relationships with programs from nearby Chicago this fall.  With a couple single school Chicago teams having played at Nationals last spring, these programs share some similar goals and experiences.  Stay tuned, hopefully, for more girls rugby development and opportunities to play.  

Update:  As the Scotsman Robert Burns said, "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"  Minnesota Youth Girls Rugby was not able to get enough players to travel this weekend and as a result the scrimmage has been put on hold.   Cheers to organizers for their enthusiasm  In the meantime, we'll see if the Green Bay league match is able to be rescheduled, seeing as each team has a bye week in addition to the hole in schedules from Greenfield stepping down from competitive play. 

  -----CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----

The Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA 2-0

Green Bay 1-1

SPASH 0-1

Fox Cities 0-1

The Tony Oliver Conference*

Catholic Memorial  2-0

Hamilton 1-1 (holds tie breaker over Bruisers)

Bruisers 1-1

DSHA jv 0-1

Madison 0-1

Week 3 Saturday Sept 28th

Bruisers @ DSHA JV 930am Brown Deer Park

Hamilton HS @ Madison Furies 10am Cottage Grove

Stevens Point Area HS @ Fox Cities 10am Greenville Lions Park

Bye:  Green Bay and CMH

WGR Week 2 Scores

 The second weekend of conference play kicks off Saturday morning.   The Hamilton vs CMH game will give everyone a good idea of the conference title contenders. 

Week Two:

Hamilton 5 at CMH 36. 2pm Minooka Park

Bruisers 41 at Madison 5  10am Nashotah Park

DSHA  118 at SPASH 0 10am 600 Maria Dr

Fox Cities 0 at Green Bay 92 10am Barney Williams Park

   -----CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----

The Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA 2-0

Green Bay 1-1

SPASH 0-1

Fox Cities 0-1

The Tony Oliver Conference*

Catholic Memorial  2-0

Hamilton 1-1 (holds tie breaker over Bruisers)

Bruisers 1-1

DSHA jv 0-1

Madison 0-1

Week 3 Saturday Sept 28th

Minnesota @ DSHA 1130am Brown Deer Park*

   Non conference match.  

Bruisers @ DSHA JV 930am Brown Deer Park

Hamilton HS @ Madison Furies 10am Cottage Grove

Stevens Point Area HS @ Fox Cities 10am Greenville Lions Park