National Collegiate Rugby

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.

National Collegiate Rugby
SportRugby union
AbbreviationNCR
Founded2007 (2007)
AffiliationUSA Rugby
HeadquartersWilmington, DE
PresidentRafael Zahralddin
CEOJeremy Treece
Vice president(s)Jayme Pendergast
SecretaryAudrey Billingsley
Official website
www.ncrugby.org

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 Division Small College Division
Men's XVs Grand Cup Men's 15s Champions Cup
Men's 7s National Championship Men's 15s Challenge Cup
Women's XVs Cup National Championship (Fall/Spring) Women's XVs National Championship
Women's 7s National Championship Men'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 Division Open Division
Allegheny Rugby Union Allegheny Rugby Union
Cardinals Collegiate Rugby Conference Cardinals Rugby Conference
Chicago Area Rugby Union Deep South Conference
Colonial Coast Rugby Conference Gateway Conference
Deep South Rugby Conference Great Lakes Conference
Dixie Rugby Conference Great Midwest Conference
Florida Rugby Union Mid Atlantic Conference
Georgia Rugby Union Midwest Rugby Conference
Gold Coast Rugby Conference Northern Lights Rugby Conference
Great Lakes Conference Southern Rugby Conference (SoCon)
Lonestar Rugby Conference Tri 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 Division Open Division
    Allegheny Rugby Union Allegheny Rugby Union
    Carolinas Conference Great Waters Women's Conference
    Capital Rugby Union Illinois Women's Rugby Conference
    Cascades Conference Midwest Women's Rugby Conference
    Colonial Coast Conference Northern Lights Conference
    East Penn Rugby Union Upstate 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

      References

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