The following teams will compete at Midwest at the Moose Rugby grounds on April 25th & 26th, 2026.
Penn,
Grandville,
Warsaw,
Catholic Memorial,
Divine Savior,
St. Joseph,
Hamilton,
Westside,
Ft. Wayne,
Morton,
North Central,
Mudsock,
Brunswick,
Pendleton.
Schedules and brackets will be released soon. Location details and brackets can be found on the Midwest Youth Website.
The annual girls high school national tournament has released the list of competing teams. Held in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday and Saturday May 15th & 16th, seven teams listed as school programs will compete. Club teams will also be competing in a separate bracket.
Teams include (listed alphabetically):
City Honors (New York)
Divine Savior Holy Angels (Wisconsin)
Eagle High School (Idaho)
Kahuku (Hawaii)
Meridian Warrior Rugby (Idaho)
Rocky Mountain RFC (Idaho)
Summit (Colorado)
The event returns to Utah for the third time in event history. The shift sees increased participation from teams in the West (five) and an all-time event low in Midwest representation (one). Idaho programs have offered strong competition over the last several years, driving single school growth out west. While held in Utah, no single school teams from Utah are involved. California continues to be notably strong in club teams and absent in single school participation. The event marks another year where the South is not represented. Columbia Central out of Tennessee last participated in 2024 and Carolina teams have shifted to club models.
Individual player registrations are due in one week by March 27th.
Complete the form linked here.
Looks like a fun way to kickoff the spring season
Congrats to the following student-athletes as they look to continue their path in higher education and varsity NCAA rugby. They continue a long tradition of success as student-athletes by many WGR alumni, joining the ranks of dozens and dozens of girls who came before them.
Ana Byrne Quinnipiac NCAA & NIRA Division 1 DSHA HS
Grace Houts Harvard NCAA &NIRA Division 1 Hamilton HS
Zion Lavoe Brown NCAA & NIRA Division 1 DSHA HS
Cassidy Lewandowski Quinnipiac NCAA & NIRA Division 1 Catholic Memorial
Aubree Rzepka Mount St Mary's NCAA&NIRA D2 Stevens Point Area HS
Trinity Ruati Davenport NCAA & NIRA Division 2 Fox Cities
Only a few more days for teams to apply to compete in the girls high school national tournament.
The 2026 event, held in Utah, has both club and school teams competing on Friday and Saturday.
In addition, Madison is hosting a new pre-season girls high school 15's tournament on April 19th in Cottage Grove. Without a WGR 7's tournament that day, this looks like an appealing option for a lot of teams to get out there and gain some experience. It will be interesting to see if out of state teams participate.
Congrats to the following student-athletes as they look to continue their path in higher education and varsity NCAA rugby. They continue a long tradition of success as student-athletes by many WGR alumni, joining the ranks of dozens and dozens of girls who came before them.
Ana Byrne Quinnipiac NCAA & NIRA Division 1 DSHA HS
Cassidy Lewandowski Quinnipiac NCAA & NIRA Division 1 CMHS
USA Rugby has announced a series of talent identification days as well as key events where staff will attend to scout and test potential athletes.
High School Girls National is one of the scouting events. Chicago will host a talent ID day one a TBD date. Check back here or with USAR for more updates.
