Collegiate Rugby Championship

Collegiate Rugby Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Collegiate Rugby Championship
SportRugby sevens
Founded2010
First season2010
CEOJeremy Treece
Organising bodyNational Collegiate Rugby
No. of teams32
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Wheeling (1st title)
(2024)
Most titlesCalifornia (5 titles)
TV partner(s)The Rugby Network
Official websitecollegiaterugbychampionship.com
usasevenscrc.com

The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is an annual college rugby sevens tournament. The CRC began as the highest profile college rugby sevens competition in the United States, with the tournament broadcast live on NBC from 2010 to 2017, on ESPN News and ESPN3 from 2018 to 2019, The Rugby Network in 2021 and 2023, and on CBS Sports in 2022. The CRC capitalized on the surge in popularity of rugby at major universities following the 2009 announcement of the addition of rugby sevens to the Summer Olympics. Beginning in 2021, the tournament has been organized by National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) under license for the name and logo. Since the CRC franchise was licensed to NCR, the tournament has primarily featured comparatively smaller universities, as USA Rugby, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the sport's National Governing Body (NGB), holds the official championship in June 2024.[1]

  1. ^ Goff, Alex (2 February 2022). "Figuring Out the College 7s Landscape". Goff Rugby Report. Retrieved 2022-03-30.