Posts Tagged ‘high school rugby’
New Partnership Between Play Rugby and Rugby New York
Rugby New York and Play Rugby USA are delighted to announce a multi-year partnership in which professional New York players will be trained as Youth Development Mentors and assist the Play Rugby Academy in its drive to create a better world through rugby. “Both organizations believe passionately that rugby can be a force for good for…
Read MoreCelebrating 50 Years of Title IX
Play Rugby USA was recently featured by ABC News on “Our America: Fifty50,” an ABC Owned Television Stations special commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, hosted by Sofia Carson. Click the link below to view the full video!
Read MoreSchool Feature: High School of World Cultures
Play Rugby USA is excited to announce the renewal of our partnership with New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to provide after-school rugby programming at the High School of World Cultures. Funded by a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant, the 2019-2020 programming starts on Monday, September 9th, 2019. To…
Read More2019 Rugby Cup is a Success!
12th Annual NYC Rugby Cup On Saturday, June 8th 2019, Play Rugby USA hosted the 2019 NYC Rugby Cup, on Randall’s Island. Started back in 2008, the Rugby Cup is our biggest annual rugby tournament. This year, we brought together over 600 students from 52 schools from all five borough of New York City together…
Read MoreAcademy Seniors Win PSAL Wingate Awards for Rugby
The Play Rugby family would like to congratulate our Academy seniors, Destiny Quinones and Dylan Swincicki, for receiving the prestigious PSAL Wingate Award for Girls Rugby and Boys Rugby respectively. Despite many worthy nominees of PSAL rugby participants, Destiny and Dylan, were honored with these awards. Girls Rugby Winner: Destiny Quinones Senior at the Bronx…
Read More2019 PSAL Rugby Championship
Play Rugby USA hosted the 2019 Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) Rugby Championship on May 31st – a sunny Friday afternoon on Randall’s Island. Since 2010, Play Rugby has partnered with PSAL to host annual rugby tournaments that bring together teams from different boroughs together to play rugby and demonstrate their #GoForward spirit. This year,…
Read MoreAcademy/NYRC Girls Win the Rugby NY State Championship
On the first weekend of June, the Play Rugby Academy teams competed at the Rugby NY State Championships at Binghamton University. A total of 16 Girls’ teams — including notable teams like Syracuse, City Honors and Corning — gathered from all over New York State. Despite the tough competition, the Academy/NYRC combined team won first…
Read MorePlay Rugby Academy Teams Head to NY State Championship
The most anticipated HS rugby event of the season, Rugby NY State Championships, are taking place on the first weekend of June, in Binghamton, NY. After a very successful regular season, both the U18 Academy Boys and Girls teams will be battling it out, in hopes of bringing home the title. The Academy Boys have…
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