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The 15th Collegiate Rugby Championship features 144 teams vying for National Championships across 8 divisions. Teams qualified through regional qualifiers and at-large bids.
Jon Prusmack founds the CRC, the first college 7s national championship. Utah wins the inaugural title in Columbus, Ohio, led by Eagle and future MLR pro Thretton Palamo.
Dartmouth men win the next two CRCs, launching the careers of Team USA Olympic captain Madison Hughes and Eagle and Freejacks GM Alex Magleby. Army win the inaugural women’s title in 2011.
Cal men win 5-straight titles with stars like 2x Olympian Danny Barrett. Penn State women win 3 in a row, followed by back-to-back titles for Life. CRC signs largest sponsorship deal in American rugby history with Penn Mutual.
Lindenwood takes over, the men unseating Cal and the women beating Life to win back-to-back double championships. Founder John Prusmack loses his battle with cancer in December 2018. 2019 marks 10-straight years of CRC on National TV.
Spring ’20, COVID pauses college rugby. NCR partners with Prusmack’s wife, Patti, to take majority ownership of the event. CRC moves to New Orleans and is only national college competition of 2021, safely returning 56 teams to meaningful play.
Kutztown tops the podium as the Men's Premier National Champions, while Lindenwood women secure an impressive fourth-consecutive championship title. With 110 teams, this was the largest collegiate rugby tournament in the country.
The CRC moves to the Maryland SoccerPlex located outside of Washington, DC. 122 teams competed in a rain-soaked tournament with Mount St. Marys winning the men’s premier cup and Brown University capturing the women’s premier cup.
144 teams competed for a National 7s title with Wheeling winning the men's premier cup and Brown University women repeating their premier cup victory.
144 teams competed for a National 7s title. Premier women achieved a historical first having been comprised entirely of school funded varsity programs. Brown women three-peat, and coach Rosalind Chou makes history with a 5th CRC championship under her belt. Wheeling men claim their second consecutive National 7s title.
Wheeling men claim third straight championship. AIC women defeat Brown dynasty and earn first program National Championship.
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