NCR XVs Champions Cup

NCR XVs Champions Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2024
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2002;23 years ago (2002)
First season	2002
No. of teams	249 [1]
Most recent champion(s)	Brown (2024)
Most titles	Furman (3 titles)
Official website	https://www.ncr.rugby/nationals/2024-mens-championship-division-i

The NCR XVs Champions Cup is a single-elimination tournament played each year in the United States featuring men's college rugby teams from National Collegiate Rugby (formerly National Small College Rugby Organization) to determine the national championship.

From 2002 to 2006, event name was "East Coast Division 3 Collegiate Championship". In 2007, event was renamed to "NSCRO Men's Collegiate Division 3 National Championship", and "Champions Cup" since 2012. ^[2]

Results

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	4th Place	Finals venue	Ref.
2002	Western Carolina	Stonehill	Lehigh	Old Dominion	Bethlehem, PA
2003	Furman	Stonehill	Franklin & Marshall	Wake Forest	Cherry Hill, NJ
2004	Furman	Central Connecticut	Albright	Bentley	Cherry Hill, NJ
2005	Furman	Duke	Western Connecticut	Lehigh University	Greenville, SC
2006	Bentley	The Citadel	Franklin & Marshall	Virginia Commonwealth	Richmond, VA
2007	Bentley	Furman	Longwood	Allegheny	Wake Forest
2008	Plymouth State	Furman	Widener	Hamilton	Hamilton College
2009	Longwood	Coastal Carolina	SUNY Oswego	Salve Regina	South Jersey Rugby Football Club
2010	Penn State Berks	Keene State	Louisiana–Lafayette	William Paterson	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
2011	Longwood	Occidental	Salve Regina	Ithaca	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
2012	Salve Regina	California State Maritime	Franciscan	North Florida	Infinity Park
2013	Saint John's (Minn.)	Duke	New England	Denver	Infinity Park
2014	Saint John's	New England	Denver	Mount St. Mary's	Infinity Park
2015	New England	Mount St. Mary's	Saint John's	California State Maritime	Infinity Park
2016	Mount St. Mary's	Claremont	Southern Indiana	Eastern Connecticut	Infinity Park
2017	Claremont	Tufts	Xavier	Louisiana State	Infinity Park	[3]
2018	Iowa Central	Claremont	Salve Regina	Loyola (Maryland)	Life University
2019	Claremont	Christendom	Saint John's	Endicott	Siena College	[3]
2020	(not held due to COVID-19 pandemic) [n 1]				Life
2021	Christendom	New Mexico Tech	Holy Cross	Saint John's	Aveva Stadium, Houston	[4]
2022	Brown	Queens			Aveva Stadium, Houston
2023	Notre Dame College	St. Bonaventure	Brown	Indiana	Aveva Stadium, Houston	[5] [6]
2024	Brown	Queens	St. Bonaventure Wheeling		Aveva Stadium, Houston	[7] [8]

Notes

1. Loyola University Maryland ranked as #1 in National Final Poll.

See also

• College rugby
• Division 1-A Rugby
• Intercollegiate sports team champions

References

1. "2018-19 List of Men's Clubs" . Retrieved 2018-11-29.
2. "Evolution of NSCRO". Seven Rugby. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
3. "Claremont Colleges Lions Take NSCRO National Championship". Sagehen Athletics. May 1, 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
4. "NCR Championship Weekend Games and Scores". 10 December 2021.
5. "Notre Dame College Takes NCR D1 Title in Impressive Fashion". Goff Rugby Report. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
6. "NDC, St. Bonaventure to NCR D1 Final". Goff Rugby Report. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
7. "Brown University men's rugby team secures collegiate rugby national title". Brown. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
8. "Bonnies lose heartbreaker to Brown in national rugby semifinal". SBU. Retrieved 1 April 2025.