The National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) was created in 2006 by Chip Auscavitch and Steve Cohen to support and encourage the development and organization of Division III and IV college rugby across the country.

The NSCRO runs national championship events for small-college rugby programs competing in USA Rugby

USA Rugby

USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...

 Divisions III and IV. Prior to 2007, the national championship were known as the East Coast Division III Collegiate Rugby Championships.

Critics of the NSCRO have pointed out that many of its participants are not "small colleges." They have also pointed out that other participants in the program compete in NCAA athletics at the Division I level, and have regularly declined promotion to Division II, which would make those teams eligible to participate in the USA Rugby Collegiate Championships.

Reigning Champions

2009-2010 Men’s Division III National Championship

Champion: Penn State Berks

Penn State Berks

Penn State Berks is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.-History:First known as Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute, Penn State Berks became part of the Penn State system in 1958. The Berks campus has experienced many changes...

Runner Up: Keene State

2010 Women’s Division III National Championship

Champion: Bentley

Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley known as W.O. Bentley or just "W O". Bentley had been previously known for his range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later...

Runner Up: Drexel

Drexel

-People:* Anthony Joseph Drexel I, a Philadelphia banker, founder of Drexel University* John Armstrong Drexel, aviation pioneer* Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, socialite and author* Francis Anthony Drexel, a Philadelphia banker...

2010 Women’s Division IV National Championship

Champion: Lock Haven

Runner Up: Mount Holyoke

Mount Holyoke

Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain, elevation , is the western-most peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile Metacomet Ridge. The mountain is located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, and is the namesake of nearby Mount Holyoke College. The mountain is located in...

Participating Rugby Unions

Region 1 (Automatic Bid)

New England Rugby Football Union

New England Rugby Football Union

The New England Rugby Football Union is a stand-alone union for rugby union teams in New England.NERFU had been a local area union , and part of the Northeast Rugby Union , which is the governing body for three LAU's The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) is a stand-alone union for rugby...

http://nerfu.org


Region 2

Great Plains Rugby Union

Heart of America Rugby Football Union

Minnesota Rugby Football Union

Minnesota Rugby Football Union

The Minnesota Rugby Football Union is the Local Area Union for Rugby Union teams in the state of Minnesota. The MNRFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union , one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby....

Southern California Rugby Football Union

Southern California Rugby Football Union

The Southern California Rugby Football Union , is the governing body of rugby in Southern California, and represents the union of clubs at the USA Rugby level...

Texas Rugby Union


Region 3

Potomac Rugby Unionhttp://pru.org

Virginia Rugby Union http://rugby.org
USA Rugby South

USA Rugby South

The USA Rugby South is the Territorial Union for rugby union teams playing in the Southern United States. It is one of seven TU's that govern specific regions of USA Rugby.-LAU's:...

:

• North Carolina Rugby Football Union
  North Carolina Rugby Football Union
  The North Carolina Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams playing in North Carolina.-Men's Clubs:*Bragg Rugby Football Club - NCRU Division III*Cherry Point Rugby Football Club...
  
   (NCRU)
• Georgia Rugby Union
  Georgia Rugby Union
  The Georgian Rugby Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the nation of Georgia. Founded in 1964, it was part of the Rugby Union of the Soviet Union until 1991, with the Independent Georgian Rugby Union being established on May 27, 1991...
  
   (GRU)
• Palmetto Rugby Football Unionhttp://www.palmettorugbyunion.com (PRU)
• Deep South Rugby Football Unionhttp://www.deepsouthrugbyunion.com (DSRFU)
• Florida Rugby Football Union
  Florida Rugby Football Union
  The Florida Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in the U.S. state of Florida. The FRU is part of the USA Rugby South, one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby...
  
   (FRFU)
• MidSouth Rugby Football Union
  MidSouth Rugby Football Union
  The Mid South Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Tennessee and portions of Kentucky and Arkansas.-Men's Clubs:* Chattanooga* Hopkinsville Headhunters* Huntsville* Johnson City* Knoxville* Little Rock...
  
   (MSRFU)

Region 4 (Automatic Bid)

Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union

Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union

The Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, as well as Delaware and parts of New Jersey...

Metropolitan New York Rugby Union

Metropolitan New York Rugby Union

The Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union governs more than 80 men's and women's clubs, college, high-school, and youth rugby union teams in the Greater New York metropolitan area, which covers parts of the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. It is a member union of USA Rugby and...

New York State Rugby Union http://nysrugby.org
Allegheny Rugby Union

Allegheny Rugby Union

The Allegheny Rugby Union is a non-profit corporation whose objective is to promote, serve, and manage the game of rugby union in the Allegheny area, at all levels of play. The Allegheny area is the region described as Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, Northern West Virginia and Eastern Ohio...

 http://alleghenyrugby.org

Past Champions

2001-2002

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Bethlehem, PA

Champion: Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....

Runner Up: Stonehill College

Stonehill College

Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...

3d Place: Lehigh University

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

4th Place: Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

2002-2003

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Raleigh, NC

Champion: Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

Runner Up: Stonehill College

Stonehill College

Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...

3d Place: Franklin & Marshall

4th Place: Wake Forest

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Bethlehem, PA

Champion: College of New Jersey

Runner Up: University of Maine

University of Maine

The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...

2003-2004

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

Runner Up: Central Connecticut State University

Central Connecticut State University

Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.The school was moved to its present campus in 1922...

3d Place: Albright College

Albright College

Albright College is a private, co-ed, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1856 and is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.-Overview:...

4th Place: Bentley College

Bentley College

Bentley University is a private co-educational university in Waltham, Massachusetts, west of Boston. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Fordham University

Fordham University

Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...

Runner Up: Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University is a liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States, north of the state capital, Harrisburg.-Academics:...

2004-2005

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Greenville, SC

Champion: Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

Runner Up: Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

3d Place: Western Connecticut State University

Western Connecticut State University

Western Connecticut State University is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work...

4th Place: Lehigh University

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Bethlehem, PA 

Champion: Castleton State College

Castleton State College

Castleton State College is a public liberal arts college located in Castleton in the U.S. state of Vermont. Castleton has an enrollment of 2000 students and offers more than 30 undergraduate programs as well as master’s degrees in education...

Runner Up: Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University is a liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States, north of the state capital, Harrisburg.-Academics:...

2005-2006

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Richmond, VA

Champion: Bentley University

Runner Up: The Citadel

3d Place: Franklin & Marshall

4th Place: Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Wellesley, MA

Champion: Babson University

Runner Up: Ursinus College

Ursinus College

Ursinus College is a liberal arts college in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.-History:1867Members of the German Reformed Church begin plans to establish a college where "young men could be liberally educated under the benign influence of Christianity." These founders were hoping to...

2006-2007

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Wake Forest, NC

Champion: Bentley University

Runner Up: Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

3d Place: Longwood University

Longwood University

Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 and became a university on July 1, 2002...

4th Place: Allegheny College

Allegheny College

Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville. Founded in 1815, the college has about 2,100 undergraduate students.-Early history:...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Stonehill College

Stonehill College

Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...

Runner Up: Pennsylvania University

Pennsylvania University

Pennsylvania University may refer to one of two unrelated universities:* University of Pennsylvania, a private university* Pennsylvania State University, a state-related university...

Women’s Division IV National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...

Runner Up: Ursinus College

Ursinus College

Ursinus College is a liberal arts college in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.-History:1867Members of the German Reformed Church begin plans to establish a college where "young men could be liberally educated under the benign influence of Christianity." These founders were hoping to...

2007-2008

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Clinton, NY

Champion: Plymouth State University

Plymouth State University

Plymouth State University, formerly Plymouth State College, is a regional comprehensive university located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and part of the University System of New Hampshire....

Runner Up: Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

3d Place: Widener University

Widener University

Widener University is a private, coeducational university located in Chester, Pennsylvania.Its main campus sits on 108 acres , just southwest of Philadelphia...

4th Place: Hamilton College

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Easton, MA

Champion: Stonehill College

Stonehill College

Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...

Runner Up: Marist College

Marist College

Marist College is a private liberal arts college on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York. The site was established in 1905 by Marist Brothers, and the college was chartered in 1929...

Women’s Division IV National Championship

Location: Easton, MA

Champion: Roger Williams University

Roger Williams University

Roger Williams University, commonly abbreviated as RWU, is a private, coeducational American liberal arts university located on in Bristol, Rhode Island, above Mt. Hope Bay. Founded in 1956, it was named for theologian and Rhode Island cofounder Roger Williams...

Runner Up: Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...

2008-2009

Men’s Division III National Championship

See 2009 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

2009 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

The 2009 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament is a tournament which involved 103 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NSCRO Division III college rugby as a culmination of the 2008–09 rugby season...

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Coastal Carolina

Runner Up: SUNY Oswego

3d Place: Longwood University

Longwood University

Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 and became a university on July 1, 2002...

4th Place: Salve Regina University

Salve Regina University

Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a Catholic, co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Bryant University

Bryant University

Bryant University is a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S., that grants the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master's degrees in business, taxation and accounting. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College...

Runner Up: Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...

Women’s Division IV National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Holy Cross College

Holy Cross College

Holy Cross College may refer to:*Holy Cross College , Bangladesh*Holy Cross College , in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States*Holy Cross College , Western Province, Sri Lanka*Holy Cross College...

Runner Up: Albright College

Albright College

Albright College is a private, co-ed, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1856 and is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.-Overview:...

2009-2010

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Champion: Penn State Berks

Penn State Berks

Penn State Berks is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.-History:First known as Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute, Penn State Berks became part of the Penn State system in 1958. The Berks campus has experienced many changes...

Runner Up: Keene State

3d Place: Louisiana-Lafayette

4th Place: William Paterson

William Paterson University

William Paterson University is a comprehensive public institution located in Wayne, New Jersey serving nearly 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students through five colleges: , , , , and ....

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: MIT

Runner Up: East Stroudsburg University

Women’s Division IV National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

Runner Up: Wentworth Institute of Technology

Wentworth Institute of Technology

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is an independent, co-educational, technical design and engineering college located in Boston, Massachusetts...

2010-2011

Men’s Division III National Championship

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Champion: Longwood University

Longwood University

Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 and became a university on July 1, 2002...

Runner Up: Occidental College

Occidental College

Occidental College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or "Oxy" as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast...

3d Place: Salve Regina University

Salve Regina University

Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a Catholic, co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class...

4th Place: Ithaca College

Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...

Women’s Division III National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Bentley University

Runner Up: Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

Women’s Division IV National Championship

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ

Champion: Lock Haven University

Runner Up: Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...

External links

• www.nscro.org
• NSCRO documentation