The 2023 Division 1-A Rugby Championship is the eleventh season of the Division 1-A Rugby championship, the annual university rugby union competition run by USA Rugby involving the top twelve college teams in the United States. Navy won their first Championship with a 28âÂÂ22 win over California, capping a perfect 18âÂÂ0 season.
Teams
Twelve clubs from the six major conferences compete in the 2023 National Championship playoffs.
The distribution of teams is:
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team locations
Standings
Bracket
Round 1
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Rudy Scholz Award
Winner
- Lewis Gray, US Naval Academy
Finalists
- Wyatt Parry, BYU
- Max Schumacher, Cal
- Joe Marchant, Saint Mary's
- Lewis Gray, US Naval Academy
- Orrin Bizer, Life University
2022âÂÂ2023 First Team All Americans
- Gabe Mahuinga â Brigham Young University
- Runako Brynard â Lindenwood University
- Joe Marchant â Saint Mary's College
- Ben Haugh â Navy
- Lucas Pattinson â Army
- Kaipono Kaioshi â Saint Mary's College
- Alex Cleary â Central Washington University
- Orrin Bizer â Life University
- Tiaan Mosconi â Army
- Max Schumacher â University of California â Berkeley
- Nick Hardrict II â Lindenwood University
- EJ Freeman â University of Arizona
- Lewis Gray â Navy
- Daelen Denenberg, Santa Clara University
- Roanin Krieger â Navy
- Emilio Shea â University of California â Berkeley
- Adam Chadwick â Life University
- Connor Devos â Lindenwood University
- Jack McMahon â Navy
- Dominic Besag â Saint Mary's College
- Cole Semu â Brigham Young University
- Calvin Liulamaga â Central Washington University
- Donovan Law, Life University
See also
References