Friday Night Rugby — Northeast battle!
📍 Vermont vs Norwich
📅 Friday, October 31, 7PM ET
📺 Watch it here

LIT7s Sevens
📍 Bradenton, FL
📅 Saturday, November 29

⏱️High School 15s countdown
SoCal — December
North Carolina — December

We were there. Here’s how it went 👇

🎬 Brothers on Three — coming November 7th.
A new documentary that every rugby fan should have on their radar.

Description: “An unprecedented look inside one of the most unique cultures in college sports — the West Point Rugby program.
Filmed primarily over the 2023 season — just one year after their national championship — the film blends vérité footage, intimate interviews, and rare archival clips to immerse audiences in two worlds few Americans truly understand: rugby and West Point.”
🎥Here’s the site where you can watch the trailer. It looks awesome fyi.

🏆 St. Ignatius (OH) — Four. Straight. Titles.
The Wildcats ran the table again, claiming their fourth consecutive Ohio Sevens Championship. Check this out: They haven’t lost a single sevens match in four years — 70-0 is their record over that span. Take a bow, lads.

🏆 Herriman (UT) — Back on top.
Herriman took down LCA 24–12 in the Utah Sevens State Final to capture their 7th overall 7s title, and first since their run of six straight ended in 2019. They did it without a single football crossover and down four starters. Hats off to head coach Jaeron Masina and assistants Mariano Delgado and Sami Khaled — all proud Herriman alums.

🏆 Christian Brothers Academy (NJ) — Still perfect.
CBA stormed through the season 20–0 to defend their New Jersey Sevens crown. We’ve noticed several familiar names on their roster from the spring 15s season. That bodes well for Spring 2026—could be a dangerous CBA team, folks.

🏟️ PA State Championship Incoming

The Pennsylvania Fall Sevens State Championship happens over two days this year.
🗓️November 1st — Malvern, PA
🗓️ November 2nd — Reading, PA
📺 Livestream

Teams to watch include La Salle (current leader at 22–4), Downingtown (19–7), and Berks, last year’s champs known for their physical, fast play.

The award for Earliest 15s Game of the Season goes to…

Okapi (FL) and Key Biscayne (FL)

These two sides faced off in a friendly match last weekend—with Okapi taking a 33-14 victory. Here’s the highlight reel if you wanna see the cool stuff!

People ask me this from time to time: Why “Riot”?

Well, when I was a kid, one of my aunts—a wild woman—used to describe anything fun, chaotic, or unexpected as a “riot.”

It might go something like this:
*Sees a backyard water-balloon fight
“Haha! What a RIOT!”

Or maybe:
“We went to the Christmas party dressed as reindeer and ended up sledding down the front hill on cookie sheets—it was a RIOT!”

So, for me, the word has always meant fun chaos—the kind that makes you laugh and shake your head at the same time.

Fast forward to the birth of this publication: I was searching for a name that captured the spirit of rugby without sounding too cute.
“Rugby Corner”? No thanks.
“The Breakdown”? Not my vibe.
“The Grubber”? I’ll admit—I considered it.

But “Riot” stuck.
It had a perfect blend of energy, mirth, and a little danger.

So when you see Rugby Riot, don’t picture hooligans flipping cars.
Picture something wild, fun, maybe a little reckless.

Because, you know, rugby is a RIOT!

📣Shout out to Spencer Huntley for:
1. Being called up to Hartpury’s top squad.
2. Scoring his first try with the #1s!

As a freshman!

We get excited about US players kicking ass overseas, and you should too.

Here’s the clip of Huntley’s try 👇

Oddball musings, induced by borderline hypothermia.

🏉 As promised…
People spotted wearing rugby shorts in the airport: 1.
Actually, they may have been boxers — did not confirm.

🏉 I just learned that Chris Farley played rugby in college.
That settles it. Rugby’s the best sport. I can stop typing now.