Wendy Young 
On May 26, USA Rugby released their Return to Play (RTP) Guidelines. The newly formed TRU RTP Taskforce has reviewed them in detail, alongside World Rugby guidelines and various state-level governors’ orders from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. Although we’re all anxious to get back on the pitch in some form, given that our sport …
Read moreTRU Statement on USA Rugby Return to Play Guidelines
By now many of you have heard that USA Rugby filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. Rather than filing under Chapter 7 (liquidation), the Chapter 11 (restructuring) filing was made possible by an additional infusion of cash from World Rugby. Even so, the future of USA Rugby is uncertain. Since USA Rugby announced the creation …
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Hall of Fame Class of 2020 has been extended until April 6. With the suspension of the season and everyone’s attention being understandably focused elsewhere, we know that rugby in general and the HOF in particular have not been at the forefront of our members’ thinking. However, life …
As previously posted, USA Rugby has suspended all rugby matches *and* trainings for 30 days. In addition, current CDC guidelines advise canceling all events involving 50 or more people for the next 8 weeks, and some local governments have issued stricter limits. As a result, the 2020 RRRC/TRU XVs season is suspended indefinitely, and the …
At the request of our members the TRU Board will be releasing their monthly board call minutes and notes. View all of the TRU archived minutes or read on for the most recent notes: Roll Call Young O’Gara Kurylas Wilson Tate Kolberg Hiller Fosco Tomsak Tolar Dale Dodge Leming Hughes Keuppens Roche Regrets Watson (Congress call) Daniels (Congress …
USA Rugby posted this notice to members earlier today on their website and we wanted to share with the TRU membership: Dear Members, Since the initial suspension, many questions have surfaced regarding which, if any, rugby activities are to be postponed during the hiatus. To clarify, all rugby activities across each level of the game …
Read moreClarity of Suspended Competition & Rugby Activities – COVID-19
With the threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) escalating day by day, the need for suspended activities was a complicated but necessary resolution. USA Rugby today announced the decision to suspend sanctioned rugby competition and activities for a 30-day period effective immediately. With the threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) escalating day by day, the need for suspended activities …
Read moreUSA Rugby Suspends Sanctioned Competition and Activities for 30 Days
UPDATE March 13 at 11:16 AM: We’d like to thank all our member clubs for their cooperation in rescheduling this weekend’s matches per yesterday’s guidance. There will be no games in the TRU this weekend. We are continuing our work on contingency plans for the remainder of the season, and will have an announcement early …
Read moreCOVID-19 Guidance for TRU matches scheduled for this weekend – 3/13-15
We wanted to remind clubs that you can embed the USA Rugby Competition Management System (CMS) on your personal club website. CMS has iFrame/embed technology built in throughout the system to allow for teams to frame schedules, rosters, match data, and standings without having to replicate the results seen elsewhere. This also allows your website …
It’s that time of year again! We wanted to remind you about an important transfer and registration deadline, April 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM MST. Please note the following information applies to transfers for XV’s only. There are different deadlines for 7’s. To fully understand this deadline, we strongly encourage you to refer to the USA Rugby …
Read moreUSA Rugby Transfer & Registration Deadline – April 1, 2020