2016 Collegiate Rugby Championship

2016 Collegiate Rugby Championship
Tournament details
CountriesUnited States
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
DateJune 4–5, 2016
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Attendance27,224[1]
Final
VenueTalen Energy Stadium,
Chester, Pennsylvania
ChampionsCalifornia (4th title)
Runners-upUCLA
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The 2016 Collegiate Rugby Championship is a college rugby sevens tournament played June 4–5 at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.[2] It is the seventh annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the sixth consecutive year that the tournament will be at Talen Energy Stadium (formerly known as PPL Park). The event was broadcast on NBC and NBCSN.[3] Commentators were Todd Harris and Brian Hightower. California won the championship, defeating UCLA 31–7 in an all-Pac-12 final. Attendance for the two-day event was 27,224.[4]

  1. ^ "This Is American Rugby: Cal Claims Fourth Straight CRC". www.thisisamericanrugby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  2. ^ "Collegiate Rugby Championship gives US audience glimpse of Olympic future", The Guardian, June 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "NBC SPORTS GROUP TO PRESENT MORE THAN 15 HOURS OF THE 2016 PENN MUTUAL COLLEGIATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP", NBC Sports, May 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "Cal Mengklaim CRC yang Keempat Berturut-Turut".