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• August 15th, 2025 – Registration opens, all players practicing rugby must be properly registered.
• April 1st, 2026 – Registration Deadline – Deadline to register as a player to be eligible for playoffs. (The player must still meet the other player eligibility requirements or obtain a waiver from the Senior Club Council Eligibility Committee).
• April 4th, 2026 – RRRC Semifinals
• April 11th, 2026 – RRRC Championships
• April 25th, 2026 – Gulf Coast Superregional Tournament (Round of 8)
• May 15-17th, 2026 – USA Rugby Finals Weekend

The Women’s Premiership consists of seven clubs split into Division 1 and Division 2. Teams play home and away games within their division, avoiding lower-division sides from multi-side clubs, and also compete in crossover matches between divisions. This format will span multiple years, with home and away games alternating annually for crossovers.

Divisional Alignments

• Houston sHARCs (D1)
• Austin Valkyries (D1)
• Dallas Harlequins (D1)
• Life University Eagles (D1)
• Little Rock Stormers (D2)
• Houston sHARCs 2 (D2)
• San Antonio Riveters (D2)

Playoffs & Seeding

At the end of the league season, the top two D1 teams will compete in a Championship final on April 25, 2026, at the Gulf Coast Super Regionals. The bottom two D1 teams will compete in a match at RRRC Championships on April 11, 2026. 

The top two D2 teams will compete on April 11, 2026 at RRRC Championships. 

The team crowned as the Gulf Coast Super Regional Women’s D1 Champion will move forward to the USA Rugby National Playoffs (Semi-finals) on May 15, 2026. The team crowned as the Red River Conference Women’s D2 Champion will advance to the Gulf Coast Super Regional on April 25, 2026.

The Men’s D2 division includes ten teams where clubs will play each of the other clubs, either Home or Away resulting in a nine game season. The top four teams will move on to the playoffs.

Texas Rugby Union – Men’s Division 2 Competition Structure

The Texas Rugby Union Men’s Division 2 competition consists of eight teams competing in a single round-robin season. Each club will play every other club once, either home or away, resulting in a seven-match regular season.

The regular season will begin in January 2026 and conclude at the end of March 2026. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top four teams in the standings will advance to postseason play.

Red River Rugby Championships (RRRC)

Playoffs & Seeding

The top team from each subdivision will advance to the Red River/TRU Semifinal Round on March 28th, 2026. The two semifinal winners will then move on to the Red River Championship on April 11, 2026.

Semifinal Format – 4

Teams Four subdivision winners will compete in the Semifinal Round, with the higher-seeded teams hosting.

Subdivision winners will be determined by standings points, with tiebreakers applied if necessary.

Seeding for the semifinals will also be based on weighted average standings points.

The #1 seed will host the #4 seed, and the #2 seed will host the #3 seed on March 28th, 2026.

The two semifinal winners will advance to the Red River Championship on April 12, 2025. The Red River Champion will then compete in the Gulf Coast Super Regional on April 25th, 2026. If the Men’s D3 Red River Champion wins both Round of 8 matches, they will advance to the National Finals Weekend from May 15-17, 2026

Advancement to USA Rugby Playoffs

The Red River Men’s Division 2 Champion will advance to the Gulf Coast Super Regional (GCSR), scheduled for April 25–26, 2026, at the Huns Rugby Ranch in Austin, Texas.

If the Red River Champion wins both matches at the Gulf Coast Super Regional, they will advance to the USA Rugby Men’s Division 2 Semifinal at the National Finals Weekend.

The Men’s D3 Competition is divided into North, Central, South, and D1-C (D1 sides with D3 sides) subdivisions. Teams will play home and away matches against others in their subdivision. Since D1-C has 4 clubs, compared to 5 in the other subdivisions, D1-C teams will play interdivisional matches against teams from the other subdivisions based on their seeding from the 2025/2026 season, creating a 9-match league schedule for most teams.

For example, the Austin Blacks (D1-C #1 seed from 2023/2024) will face Shreveport RFC (D3 South #1 seed), San Antonio (D3 Central #1 seed), and Little Rock (D3 North #1 seed). This format applies to the #2, #3, and #4 seeds as well. D3 Central’s 5th seed, McAllen, will play HURT 2 in interdivisional play, while Tulsa (another new 5th seed) will not have an interdivisional match this year.

Playoffs & Seeding

The top team from each subdivision will advance to the Red River/TRU Semifinal Round on March 28th, 2026. The two semifinal winners will then move on to the Red River Championship on April 11, 2026.

Semifinal Format – 4

• Teams Four subdivision winners will compete in the Semifinal Round, with the higher-seeded teams hosting.
• Subdivision winners will be determined by standings points within each subdivision, with tiebreakers applied if necessary. For D3 North, where Tulsa has one fewer match, the winner will be determined by a weighted average of standing points (Standings Points earned ÷ Maximum Possible Standings Points), with tiebreakers applied if needed.
• Seeding for the semifinals will also be based on weighted average standings points.
• The #1 seed will host the #4 seed, and the #2 seed will host the #3 seed on March 28th, 2026.

The two semifinal winners will advance to the Red River Championship on April 12, 2025. The Red River Champion will then compete in the Gulf Coast Super Regional on April 25th, 2026. If the Men’s D3 Red River Champion wins both Round of 8 matches, they will advance to the National Finals Weekend from May 15-17, 2026.

Women’s D3 clubs will play the other clubs of their conference both home and away. Points will be awarded per league match and recorded in RX in order to rank clubs for playoffs.

Playoffs & Seeding

With an emphasis on development of the game, Division 4 is subject to relaxed eligibility and competition rules. For full eligibility regulations, review the TRU Men’s D4 and Women’s D3 Division Regulations.