National Collegiate Rugby

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National Collegiate Rugby
National collegiate rugby logo.png
Sport Rugby union
AbbreviationNCR
Founded2007;15 years ago (2007)
Affiliation USA Rugby
Headquarters Wilmington, DE
PresidentRafael Zahralddin
CEO Jeremy Treece
Vice president(s)Jayme Pendergast
SecretaryAudrey Billingsley
Official website
www.ncrugby.org

National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) formerly the "National Small College Rugby Organization" is a rugby union governing body in the United States. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, NCR was created in 2007 by Chip Auscavitch and Steve Cohen to support and encourage the development and organization of small college rugby in the country.

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In 2020, NSCRO re-branded as "National Collegiate Rugby" as the organization saw massive growth in competition with teams leaving their USA Rugby based leagues for the NCR. As of 2022, NCR competitions include men's and women's championships.

Championships

The NCR runs the following national championship events for both men's and women's college rugby clubs in both 15s and 7s rugby:

National Championship Competitions
Open DivisionSmall College Division
Men's XVs Grand Cup Men's 15s Champions Cup
Men's 7s National ChampionshipMen's 15s Challenge Cup
Women's XVs Cup National Championship (Fall/Spring)Women's XVs National Championship
Women's 7s National ChampionshipMen's 7s National Championship
Women's 7s National Championship

Prior to 2007, the men's Small College XVs national championship (Men's Champions Cup) was known as the East Coast Division III Collegiate Rugby Championships, and Men’s Division III National Championship until 2012.

History

The National Small College Rugby Organization has its beginnings in 2002 to organize the first-ever small college men's and women's college rugby national playoff system, the East Coast D3 Championship. In 2008 was approved by USA Rugby. In August 2012, NSCRO reclassified Division 3 as Small College Rugby, and since 2015 Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company is the main sponsor. [1] Men's Challenge Cup was introduced in 2014 for colleges with developing clubs. In May of 2020, NSCRO was renamed as NCR or National Collegiate Rugby with the goal to serve and work with all collegiate rugby programs of all sizes.

Conferences

Men's Conferences
Small College DivisionOpen Division
Allegheny Rugby UnionAllegheny Rugby Union
Cardinals Collegiate Rugby ConferenceCardinals Rugby Conference
Chicago Area Rugby UnionDeep South Conference
Colonial Coast Rugby ConferenceGateway Conference
Deep South Rugby ConferenceGreat Lakes Conference
Dixie Rugby ConferenceGreat Midwest Conference
Florida Rugby UnionMid Atlantic Conference
Georgia Rugby UnionMidwest Rugby Conference
Gold Coast Rugby ConferenceNorthern Lights Rugby Conference
Great Lakes ConferenceSouthern Rugby Conference (SoCon)
Lonestar Rugby ConferenceTri State Rugby Conference
Mid America Conference
Mid Atlantic Conference
Midwest Rugby Conference
Minnesota Rugby Union
New England Rugby Conference
Northern California Conference (NorCal)
Northwestern Rugby Conference
Potomac Rugby Conference
Rocky Mountain Rugby Conference
Southern Conference (SoCon)
Three Rivers Conference
Tri-State Conference
Upstate Conference
Wisconsin Rugby Union
Women's NCR Conferences
Small College DivisionOpen Division
Allegheny Rugby UnionAllegheny Rugby Union
Carolinas ConferenceGreat Waters Women's Conference
Capital Rugby UnionIllinois Women's Rugby Conference
Cascades ConferenceMidwest Women's Rugby Conference
Colonial Coast ConferenceNorthern Lights Conference
East Penn Rugby UnionUpstate New York Conference
Great Waters Women's Conference
Illinois Conference
Independents
Northern Lights Conference
Ohio Valley
Pacific Desert
Prairie States
Rugby Northeast
Texas Rugby Union
Tri State Conference
Upstate New York Conference

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References

  1. "Evolution of NSCRO" . Retrieved 2018-11-28.