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The Texas Rugby Union (TRU) is the Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams playing in Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma for USA Rugby. [1] It is a non-profit organization and is the primary overseeing body for the promotion of rugby union in the region. The TRU is divided into four divisions: Men, Women, college men ...
The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston, Texas. The team was founded in 2017 and competes in Major League Rugby, [1] the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018. The SaberCats organization was born from one of the founding amateur rugby ...
2022. 1st (Western Conference) 1st kit. 2nd kit. Official website. www .gilgronis .com. Current season. The Austin Gilgronis were a professional rugby union team based in Austin, Texas, United States. The team was founded in 2017 as the Austin Elite, and competed in Major League Rugby.
Houston SaberCats ( MLR) (2019–present) Houston Dynamo 2 ( MLS Next Pro) (2022–present) Houston Havoc ( UFA) (2023–present) Website. houstonsabercats.com. SaberCats Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Houston, Texas, United States as part of Houston Sports Park and is the home of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby.
College rugby is the fastest growing college sport in the US and one of the fastest growing sports in the nation as the number of athletes increased by roughly 350% from 18,500 in 2006 to 65,000 in 2010. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Women's rugby is an NCAA Emerging Sport. [1] Over 900 college teams—male and female—are registered with USA Rugby ...
The Harlequins formed in 1971. The team name is a tribute to Harlequin F.C., an English club that competes in the Aviva Premiership. In 1972, the Harlequins became the first Texas RFU club to win a match against a club from outside the United States when they defeated the Baillou Club of Nassau, Bahamas. Though the Dallas Harlequins had begun ...
The Texas Rugby Alumni association and the Texas Exes have begun an endowment to award scholarships to Texas rugby players, which is viewed as a vital recruitment tool. [48] The Longhorns' improvement led to Texas winning the Southwest Conference in the 2011–12 season to qualify for the sweet sixteen of the 2012 national championship playoffs ...
History. The club was founded in 1968. In 1978 they became the first Texas club to tour overseas when they toured England and Wales. Dallas RFC was also the first Texas rugby club to tour Australia in 1988. The side played matches in Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.