USA Rugby Senior Women NASCs (ITTs) All Star 15s Championships

YSC Intern Ashley strikes again with a great writeup on the upcoming USA Rugby Senior Women NASCs (ITTs) All Star 15s Championships…gosh that title is a mouthful! For more posts from Ashley, go here for Rites of Spring Tournament coverage and go here for her writeup on the NRU vs MARFU matches.

Also Wendy (YSC Editor) will be playing scrumhalf for the West Mustangs. I will have YSC Tshirts with me and they are ONLY $10! I will also be giving away YSC stickers for free!

I am going to try to videotape a few of the games but I am not sure how that is going to work with training etc. If you would like to volunteer to videotape a game or two I am glad to give you a tshirt for your help!

Please make sure you following me on Twitter as I will be posting scores!

The National All-Star Championships will be held this weekend, May 29-31 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The USA Rugby National Championship Series is the highest level of play within its domestic competition structure.

There will be a total of 8 teams one from each region in the US. For one of the teams, this will not only be its first appearance at the NASC’s but also its first year as an actual team as well. For the first time, the Collegiate All-Americans will form their very own team instead of only being a named honor. They will take on Southern California in the first match of the day.

Of course, the usual suspects will be in attendance as well. The remaining teams are West, South, Midwest, Pacific, Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic.

Every one of these teams is a contender but only the top 4 in Tier 1 can can walk away with the title. The bottom four teams are fighting for the right to be back in Tier 1.

This year was the 2nd year that NASC Warmup matches were played and thanks to the Ruckosphere we were able to gather those scores for a preview of how the teams are playing:

West vs Pac Coast 0-63 (video available to watch here)
West vs South 24-26
MARFU vs Midwest 13-23
MARFU Dev vs South 25 -15
Pac Coast vs Midwest 17 – 0
NRU vs MARFU 26 – 7
NRU vs MARFU Dev 40 – 18

*Some of these scores were gathered from Jeanie the Greek’s comments section…thanks everyone!

Last year the NRU had a very convincing win over the two-time defending champions from the Midwest with a score of 34-0. Their victory was attributed not only to their speed, but also to their powerful pack. Assuming they bring the same type of arsenal they had last year, they will be hard to beat.

However, that is not to say it can’t be done. Jeanie the Greek also agrees that the NRU will be tough to beat, but also believes there are certain teams who just might take the title away from them.

Friday, May 29
Match 1 10:00 am SoCal vs Collegiate All-Americans 12 – 42
Match 2 12:00 pm West vs South 0-39
Match 3 2:00 pm Midwest vs Pacific 0 – 30
Match 4 3:30 pm Northeast vs Mid-Atlantic 32 – 23

Sunday, May 31
Match 5 8:30 am Loser # 1 – SoCal vs Loser # 2 – West 0 – 3
Match 6 10:00 am Winner # 1 – Collegiate All-Americans vs Winner # 2 – South 32 – 5
Match 7 11:30 pm Loser # 3 – Midwest vs Loser # 4 – Mid-Atlantic 22 – 5
Match 8 1:00 pm Winner # 3 – Pacific vs Winner # 4 – Northeast 36 – 5

Also Wendy (YSC Editor) will be playing scrumhalf for the West Mustangs. I will have YSC Tshirts with me and they are ONLY $10! I will also be giving away YSC stickers for free!

I am going to try to videotape a few of the games but I am not sure how that is going to work with training etc. If you would like to volunteer to videotape a game or two I am glad to give you a tshirt for your help!

Please make sure you following me on Twitter as I will be posting scores!