Club – Texas Rugby Union

Register for TRU Women’s All Star Tryouts – by Oct 19

October 12, 2018October 11, 2018 by Wendy Young

Tryouts for the TRU Women’s All Stars are next week! Tryouts are being held in Dallas (Grand Prairie), Austin (location TBD but hopefully Austin Valkyries) and Houston (Woodlands). Players are encouraged to register by October 19. If players are unable to attend the tryouts, please send game film to Head Coach, Holly Iker at hiker1973@yahoo.com ASAP. Summary What: All Star Challenge …

Summary of Significant Changes to the USA Rugby Eligibility Rules for 2018-2019 Competitive Cycle

September 25, 2018 by Wendy Young

Dear Red River Rugby Conference Clubs: The following is a summary of the major changes to the USA Rugby Eligibility Rules for the 2018-19 Competitive Cycle. This summary does not cover all the changes in the Eligibility Rules. A 2018-19 Regulations Redline v. 2017-18, and a 2018-19 Regulations.Aug.2018 – CLEAN, accompany this summary. Please review …

RRRC Competitions Committee Notes – 9/10/2018

September 24, 2018September 17, 2018 by Wendy Young

The Red River Competitions Committee releases their monthly committee call minutes and notes. View all of the archived RRRC minutes or read on for the most recent: Roll Call Young Dodge Kurylas Kolberg Keuppens Tolar Fosco Watson Hughes Dale Nezat Green Regrets Gross Schedule – Approval for Input into WTR/CMS Dodge: Travis, can you give us an update …

2018 TRU DIII Seat – Voting Results

September 17, 2018 by Wendy Young

The votes have been collected and confirmed by Kirk Tate and Wendy Young for the TRU DIII Seat. Please note that the men’s teams had 63% participation and did reach the required quorum. The TRU DIII Men’s rep, a three year term, will be filled by John Kurylas. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank …

2018 Reminders – Fall Season

September 13, 2018September 10, 2018 by Wendy Young

We hope you had a great summer! As we begin building to the fall we wanted to send out the annual club reminders and guide. CMS deadline is now 48 hours Eligibility Book Checks Updated Forfeit Policy Updated Operating Policies Other Reminders Register your club and begin CIPPing players. Eligibility Rule 2.5(a) clarifies that players …

TRU Regional Warmup Tournaments – FREE

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 by Wendy Young

The TRU will be partnering with TRRA again this year for a few early fall warmup tournaments. These are free for TRU men’s and women’s clubs in good standing to attend! While these are great warmups and a good way for teams to knock off the rust before league season begins, these are also the …

Welcome Social at Bubba’s On Washington – 2018 TRU Summit

August 17, 2018August 14, 2018 by Wendy Young

We’re kicking off our upcoming TRU Summit weekend with a welcome social at Bubba’s On Washington. It’s extra special this year as HARC is celebrating 20 years and so we’ve combined the two events. On August 24, 1998, three Clubs joined together and created the Houston Athletic Rugby Club we have today. Over the past 20 years, …

TRU All Star Challenge – Dec 1 @ Grand Prairie

October 11, 2018August 14, 2018 by Wendy Young

The Texas Rugby Union All Star Challenge is shaping up to be a great event this year. As always Texas will have a team and Mid-America returns for their third year. This year we’ll be joined by select teams from Capital Rugby Union and Stars Rugby. Capital will gather players from their union which spans …

Get #RugbyCertified at the TRU Summit!

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 by Wendy Young

If you haven’t heard the 4th Annual TRU Summit Conference on the game is taking place in Houston on August 24-26. To celebrate that event and the fact that we have SEVEN certification courses available we’re officially launching the #RugbyCertified hashtag! After you complete one of the courses you’ll be able to let all your friends …

CMS Deadline Now 48 Hours

August 4, 2018August 7, 2018 by Wendy Young

Please note that the CMS deadline has been moved from Wednesdays at 5pm to Monday at 5pm (approximately 48 hours after your match has concluded). This is a mandate from USA Rugby and the TRU agrees; the policy goes into effect immediately. CMS is paramount for ensuring that our competitions are accurate and fair. The …