Spring Season getting ready to kick off!
I've been on a rugby-watching bender for the last few weeks catching up on the fall season re-runs and six nations rugby so I'm just getting this preseason newsletter out late on a Saturday night.
Women's season starts tomorrow February 26th! The ladies are participating in the Frostbite 7's tournament and playing some 15's up at Penn State. Good luck, ladies!
The Men's and Women's spring seasons are up on the Navy Sports website and there have already been a few changes as well as some game times have been finalized. Headlining the spring calendar are the following games
- Women are playing some sevens and some 15's through the spring and starting this weekend. If you're at the games, post updates and tag #NRAA!
- Men's scrimmage against Western Ontario on March 4th at 2pm eastern time (ET)
- First ever home match vs Cal at 12:30pm ET
- Men's match vs Army in West Point under the lights on Friday night, 24 March (this is a change from the originally scheduled Saturday game!)
- Women's match vs Army at Segra Field as a curtain raiser for Old Glory DC MLR match.
Make sure to bookmark the schedule tabs above. Official schedule changes will be posted there!
In this spring season kickoff newsletter, we have an update from Director of Rugby, Gavin Hickie and Women's Head Coach Murph McCarthy. We also have a fundraising update from the NRAA Fundraising committee. Our fundraising role is immensely important as Navy Rugby solidifies our status as a national powerhouse and a varsity program within Navy Athletics. We are incredibly grateful for your donations. Your donations are supremely important to maintaining our status as a varsity program as well as our continued success . Lastly, we also have a few pre-season media updates that we've included.
Plans are in place for official NRAA tailgates on March 11th for the match vs Cal and April 15th for the D1A Championship Playoff. Come out and join us!
We are always incredibly thankful for the support of our alumni, parents and friends of Navy Rugby. Hope to see many of you out at the games this spring!
All donations through the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation link below ARE tax deductible.
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