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• Return to Play

  By DWC on February 8, 2021

  The Capital Rugby Union sanctions rugby activities for all member jurisdictions where local health departments and governments permit sports activities. [Click on the title for more details.]

• The Fall Season, Return to Play, and MAC

  By DWC on September 16, 2020

  From Capital President Matt Robinette: USA Rugby updated their Return to Play document on Friday, August 28, 2020. The Union carefully reviewed the updated Return to Play information and evaluated the new policy against our jurisdictions’ regulations and will sanction… Read More ›

• Capital Annual General Meeting (Aug 9, 2020)

  By DWC on August 10, 2020

  Meeting was held via Zoom on 08/09/2020 at 3:00 PM. Meeting concluded at approx. 6:07 PM. The Zoom recording is at https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/tOYpcKHK2F1Ladb99k-DWa46J9jveaa8gHMaqKAPyx7V3Qgjw3NVtonkITuhxgcf and will be deleted on 9/9/2020; please note that this starts 30 minutes into the meeting. Reports: Welcome… Read More ›

• Sportlomo and USAR Registration

  By DWC on July 10, 2020

  We are adding items to the new Registration tab (above in the main men as we get them.

• Return to Play – Not Yet, Folks

  By DWC on July 10, 2020

  Important Return-to-Play information from the Union:Due to guidance from the governments where our members, reside the Capital Rugby Union will not sanction any rugby activity. North Carolina (Raleigh), Virginia, D.C., and Maryland health departments have each announced regulations that restrict… Read More ›

• USA info regarding 7s

  By DWC on June 3, 2020

  USAR will be posting a statement saying that the 2020 National 7s Championship will be cancelled. When that posting is released, we will add that to our Facebook and MAC website postings. The MAC 7s Committee is under discussion about… Read More ›

• MAC Info (05/14/2020)

  By DWC on May 14, 2020

  The MAC Committee met and discussed both 7s and 15s. 7s As most of you know, USAR will announce something around June 1. IF we get an “all clear” by USAR, we still have a number of other bodies that… Read More ›

• Suspension of activities due to COVID-19

  By DWC on March 20, 2020

  UPDATE (03/20/2020) From USAR, “All sanctioned competition and rugby activities are suspended for the foreseeable future, effective March 20, 2020. Members and clubs are asked to refrain from match play, training or team gatherings during this period. Accident and Liability… Read More ›

• COVID-19 and match suspensions

  By DWC on March 13, 2020

  The Capital Rugby Union supports MAC’s decision to suspend competition and revisit the situation on April 13, 2020 (changed on 3/13/2020 due to late announcement from USAR). The Capital would take it a step further and suspend any friendlies that… Read More ›

• COVID-19 and MAC Match Suspension

  By DWC on March 12, 2020

  All: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all MAC matches for the next few weeks will be suspended. On Monday, April 6, MAC will provide an update on the status of match play. We do not know what this means yet… Read More ›