The US has been divided into three competitive regions. MidAtlantic, Northeast, and USA Rugby South are part of competitive region 3 (CR3). West and Midwest are in competitive region 2 (CR2) and Pacific and Southern California are in competitive region 1 (CR1).
This is the third year year of the competitive region structure. Last year at the 2010 D1 Round of 12 the teams gathered together with USAR and expressed their frustration with the current Round of 12 and specifically the BYEs for the top four teams. USAR heard our concerns and worked all summer to remedy this issue! As a result this year it will not be a Round of 12 but an Elite 8. This has not been officially announced by USAR but I received confirmation from USAR Competitions Committee Chair Alan Sharpley that I could announce it here.
CR1 and CR3 have had cross league systems in place since the beginning. This year CR2 has worked out that they will also have a cross league match. Good news as we will all be following similar paths to Nationals now!
CR1 Standings can be found here.
CR2 Rules, Regs and Schedule can be seen here.
CR3 Standings, Regs and Schedule are here.
2010 Standings and Results
2009 Standings and Results
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CR3 has a website here:
http://womensd1cr3.blogspot.com/
Excellent, I have updated that info!
Thanks!
Wendy
“Last year at the 2010 D1 Round of 12 the teams gathered together with USAR and expressed their frustration with the current Round of 12 and specifically the BYEs for the top four teams. USAR heard our concerns and worked all summer to remedy this issue! As a result this year it will not be a Round of 12 but an Elite 8. This has not been officially announced by USAR but I received confirmation from USAR Competitions Committee Chair Alan Sharpley that I could announce it here.”
As a D1 player, I’m just as frustrated with this outcome as the round of 12.
1) Seasons have already started. Shouldn’t a decision like this been thought through and decided *before* summer so that teams could have time for a more finalized schedule?
2) It doesn’t prevent additional travel costs. The WPL & DII championships have an Elite 8 in VA. Why are the DI teams travelling to Austin at all? It just shows once again how disorganized USA Rugby is as well as how much DI is an afterthought.
The challenge (I think) that is different, is that all 8 from D1 will go into Nationals with a chance to win. In the WPL, the top 4 teams play for the championship, the others for the plate.
What might be a better option than a excessive round of 8 where teams only play one game, is to simply have the higher seeds host a play off match with whover they are paired up with. Only 4 teams would travel instead of 8, and the winners of the playoff rounds would go on to Final 4.
But yea, having a special event so 8 teams can fly, rent cars, and get hotels, to play one game doesn’t seem like the best use of resources.
Just curious if Chicago women should have 9 or 10 points since they have 2 wins?
Good catch! I’ve added 5 points to their total as they scored 4 tries for a bonus point in their last match.