Indiana High School Rugby

Indiana has become one of the premiere states for high school rugby, with the boys' top league, the Super League, crowned the 2014 toughest high school league.[1] Indiana teams have claimed multiple national and regional championships.[2] At the start of the 2016 season, there were approximately fifty boys teams and fifteen girls teams competing in Indiana.[3] The fifty boys teams were organized into four programs in the Super League, eight in Division 1, twelve in Division 2, and one developmental side. In addition to varsity competition, many programs also contest in junior varsity and developmental competitions, allowing programs to put forth multiple teams.

Governance

Unlike most high school sports in Indiana, governed by the Indiana High School Athletic Association, rugby in Indiana is governed by the Indiana Youth Rugby Foundation, Inc., which was formed in 1999[4] to replace the Indiana Youth Rugby Association, Inc. (1990–1999).[5] The foundation operates under the brand Rugby Indiana[6] and is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit corporation that operates outside the governing structure of the Indiana Rugby Football Union.[7] Rugby Indiana's stated vision is:

• To make rugby a legitimate high school sport opportunity for all athletes by providing a great experience on and off the field, and by gaining recognition in High School, Middle School, and Grade School administrations
• Stimulate the quality, growth and development of Rugby at the High School and Youth level
• To raise awareness of, and educate the general public about the sport of Rugby[8]

Top performing teams may also compete in a regional competition governed by the Midwest Rugby Football Union and a national invitational competition. These competitions, unlike Indiana state-level competition, make a distinction between whether teams are composed of players drawn from a single school or a club program open to multiple student bodies.

Play and participation

As Allyn Freeman explained in an article for RugbyToday.com, "America's high schools represented the last place of expansion" for domestic rugby.[9] Although slow to catch on, rugby at the high school level has exploded in growth since the close of the twentieth century. From 2008 to 2013, rugby participation grew by 81% in the United States, while participation in American football fell 21.1% in the same span.[10] In 2014, participation reached 1.2 million,[11] making rugby the fastest growing sport in the United States.[12] As of 2011, Indiana Rugby boasted 1,227 players at the high school level (902 boys, 325 girls).[13]

Lineout during Fishers v. Avon, 2016 D1 Varsity Boys Final

Unlike senior level clubs, which play two forty-minute halves, youth rugby in the United States is capped below the traditional eighty-minute match. In Indiana, matches are scheduled for two thirty-minute halves, with players not allowed to participate in more than ninety minutes of scheduled match time in a single day. In competitions in which teams compete in multiple matches, the total length of the match is truncated to comport with the ninety-minute daily cap, thus, the matches are contested at two halves each of 22.5 minutes in duration. Matches consist of fifteen players on the field for each team along with eight reserves on the bench (23 total).[8] Matches will end in a draw if level at the end of full-time unless in a championship competition. In a championship competition, if the match is level at full-time, an additional ten-minute sudden death period is played. If the match remains level after sudden death, then the outcome is decided on drop kicks. If multiple matches are to be contested in a single day, the sudden death period is foregone.[8] Coed play at the high school level is not permitted.[8] The coed prohibition was tested in May 2001 by the Mishawaka High School boys squads' attempt to include Nicole Kodba in its playoff lineup. Despite arguments from her coach and a community petition, Kodba was not allowed to compete for the boys team.[14] The ruling was controversial and drew critics from among the rugby coaching ranks.[15]

Rugby Indiana's season is broken into three different phases: a competitive season from March through June, a select side season (akin to all-star teams) from June through July, and a fall sevens season from September through October.[13] Based upon team participation, competition is held across a divisional and conference structure. At the top of the boys' competition is the Super League, comprising four teams. The next tier is Division 1 which divides eight teams among a north and south conference. In addition to the typical varsity competition, both Division 1 and the Super League hold a junior varsity competition that competes for a state championship. Below Division 1 is Division 2, which presently includes twelve teams split into north and south conferences. At times, Rugby Indiana has also conducted a developmental league to aid new programs. When participation is sufficient, the girls competition is broken into two divisions.[13] In 2016, only a single division was used for girls rugby spread across north and south conferences of unequal numbers.[16]

In order for players to compete, they must be registered both with Rugby Indiana and USA Rugby. Players must also not have reached nineteen years of age prior to September 1. Girls in the 8th grade who are at least 14 years of age may, at the head coach's discretion, compete on a high school team. Players must be enrolled in high school, enrolled in a GED program, or meet the standards of Indiana home school requirements. Players are also required to attend at least four practices with coached supervised tackling prior to participation in a sanctioned match. Players are also required to hold amateur status.[13]

Boys Championships

2016 D1 Varsity Boys Award Presentation

Super League

In 2014, four perennial powerhouse teams formed a new top tier, supplanting Division 1 as the highest tier. The original four teams forming the Super League were Brownsburg, the Royal Irish Rugby Club based out Cathedral and Bishop Chatard, Notre Dame de La Salette of Georgetown, Illinois, and Penn. Each team has reached tremendous heights on the national stage: the Royal Irish have claimed four national titles (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017),[17] Brownsburg claimed the 2005 Tier II national championship,[18] and both Penn and La Salette have reached the national finals.[2] After the 2014 season, this prolonged success led Goff Rugby Report to declare the Indiana Super League the toughest high school league in the United States.[1] In 2017, Notre Dame de La Salette began to compete in Illinois, leaving the four-team super league structure missing a fourth team. The Super League was expanded to nine teams split into two divisions. In the North Division were Bishop Dwenger, Carroll, Culver, and Penn. In the South Division were Brownsburg, Fishers, Hamilton Southeast, Royal Irish, and St. Xavier. At seasons end, Royal Irish, fresh off a national championship, would edge Penn for the Super League title.[19] The restructured competition also introduced the Challenge Cup as a consolation competition at the state playoffs. In 2019, the Super League contracted to seven teams with St. Xavier and Hamilton Southeastern dropping to Division 1.

Varsity State Champion

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2014	May 31, 2014	Royal Irish	5–3	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Notre Dame de La Salette	Noah Schrader Royal Irish	[20][21]
2015	May 30, 2015	Penn	33–14	Royal Irish	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Notre Dame de La Salette	Inoke Moala Penn	[22][23]
2016	May 30, 2016	Royal Irish (2)	23–19	Penn	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg Notre Dame de La Salette	David Hannon, Royal Irish Will Vakalahi, Penn	[24][25][26]
2017	May 29, 2017	Royal Irish (3)	19–15	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Fishers Carroll	Gabe Coleman Royal Irish	[19]
2018	May 28, 2018	Royal Irish (4)	17–12	Fishers	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Penn Culver	Andy Guhl Royal Irish	[27][28]
2019	May 27, 2019	Royal Irish (5)	20–12	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Fishers	Russell Lemaster Royal Irish	[29]

Varsity Challenge Cup Champion

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2017	May 29, 2017	Culver	31–12	St. Xavier	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Bishop Dwenger Hamilton Southeast		[30]
2018	May 28, 2018	Carroll	28–23	Bishop Dwenger	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg		[31][32]

Junior Varsity State Champion

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2014	May 31, 2014	Notre Dame de La Salette (JV)	29–17	Penn (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg (JV) Royal Irish (JV)		[20][21]
2015	May 30, 2015	Penn (JV)	19–17	Royal Irish (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg (JV) Notre Dame de La Salette (JV)		[23][33]
2016	May 30, 2016	Royal Irish (JV)	29–22	Penn (JV)	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg (JV) Notre Dame de La Salette (JV)	Stuart Earnhardt Royal Irish	[26][34]
2017	May 29, 2017	Penn (JV) (2)	29-14	Fishers (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Royal Irish (JV) Carroll (JV)		[35]
2018	May 28, 2018	Fishers (JV)	31-12	Royal Irish (JV)	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Culver (JV) Penn (JV)		[36][37]

Junior Varsity Challenge Cup Champion

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2017	May 29, 2017	Hamilton Southeast (JV)	34–19	Bishop Dwenger (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Culver (JV) St. Xavier (JV)		[38]
2018	May 28, 2018	Carroll (JV)	36–7	Bishop Dwenger (JV)	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg (JV)		[39][40]

Division 1

In the spring of 1990, the Indiana Youth Rugby Association was formed with teams drawn from the Indianapolis area and spearheaded by "members and alumni of the Indianapolis Rugby Football Club[.]"[41] Falling below the target of eight teams and 200 players, the inaugural season drew more than 100 players and produced five teams drawn from students of Scencina-Howe-Warren Central, Chatard, North Central, Lawrence Central and the Boys’ School. The teams competed in a seven-game schedule culminating in a playoff to crown a state champion.[42] With Lawrence Central's victory in what would become the Division 1 state championship, the school was awarded both the inaugural state title and an Indianapolis city championship.[43] By 2003, participation had expanded to 24 boys teams and 12 girls teams statewide.[44]

Varsity State Champion

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
1990	May 13, 1990	Lawrence Central	3–0	Northside Raiders	American Heritage Park Indianapolis, IN	Charlton Red Devils		[45]
1991	May 11, 1991	Ben Davis	11–0	North Central	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence Central (3rd) Lawrence North		[46][47]
1992	May 9, 1992	Ben Davis (2)	4–0	North Central	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	Cathedral (3rd) Lawrence North		[48][49]
1993	May 2, 1993	Ben Davis (3)	16–11	Knightstown		Cathedral (3rd) Lawrence North		[50]
1994	May 7, 1994	Knightstown	17–0	Carmel		Wellington (3rd) Ben Davis		[51]
1995	May 6, 1995	Wellington	27–10	Carmel	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	North Central (3rd) Morton Memorial		[52]
1996	May 4, 1996	Morton/Knightstown	5–0	Wellington		North Central (3rd) Ben Davis		[53]
1997	May 24, 1997	North Central	29–0	Penn	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	Columbus (3rd)	Jonathan Younger (MVP) & Adam Stockholm (MVB) North Central	[54][55][56]
1998	May 9, 1998							[57][58]
1999		North Central	–	Penn				[59][60][61]
2000	May 27, 2000	Bloomington South	22–0	Carmel	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	Penn (3rd)		[62][63]
2001*	May 12, 2001	Cathedral	18–5	North Central	Major Taylor Velodrome Indianapolis, IN	Marian Pike		[64]
2002	May 18, 2002	Penn	37–8	North Central		Mishawaka Pike	Tim Bugg Penn	[65][66][67]
2003	May 24, 2003	Penn	29–17	Pike	River Road Carmel, IN	Cathedral Marian	Ben Weber Penn	[68][69][70]
2004	May 22, 2004	Bishop Dwenger	14–5	Pike	River Road Park Carmel, IN	Brownsburg		[71][72][73]
2005	May 30, 2005	Penn	20–17	Brownsburg	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Marian Pike
2006		Cathedral		North Central	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Marian
2007	May 28, 2007	North Central	22–3[74]	Brownsburg	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Marian Penn
2008	May 26, 2008	Cathedral Royal Irish	–[75]		Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN
2009	May 25, 2009[76]	Cathedral Royal Irish	–[75]	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN		Jason Harker Penn
2010	May 31, 2010	Cathedral Royal Irish	–[75]	Brownsburg	Richard Wigh Fields[77] Columbus, IN
2011	May 30, 2011	Cathedral Royal Irish	15–10[75]	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg
2012	May 28, 2012	Cathedral Royal Irish	38–12	Penn	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN	Carmel Notre Dame de La Salette
2013	May 27, 2013	Cathedral Royal Irish	24–21	Penn	Cyntheanne, Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg	Max Schroeder[78] Cathedral Royal Irish
2014	May 31, 2014	North Central	29–22	Fishers	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Culver Hamilton Southeastern	Trevor Shirley North Central	[20][79]
2015	May 30, 2016	Hamilton Southeastern	7–5	Fishers	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Bishop Dwenger Avon	Tyler Janney Hamilton Southeastern	[23][80]
2016	May 30, 2016	Fishers	76–3	Avon	Cyntheanne, Park Fishers, IN	Bishop Dwenger North Central	Jake Nettleton Fishers	[26][81]
2017	May 29, 2017	Carmel	21-10[82]	Avon	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Leo Trinity
2018	May 28, 2018	Leo	29–24	Avon	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Noblesville North Central		[83]
2019	May 27, 2019	Leo	38–5[84]	North Central	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Avon Noblesville

* – Penn did not compete in state tournament due to conflict with national championship tournament schedule.[85]

Varsity Challenge Cup

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2017	May 29, 2017	North Central	27-22	Warsaw	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Columbus Zionsville		[86]
2018	May 28, 2018	Arsenal Tech	29–19	Angola	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Carmel Columbus		[87][88]
2019	May 27, 2019	Carmel	55–5	Arsenal tech	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Marian Trinity		[89]

Junior Varsity

Historically, top-level rugby teams in Indiana would commit a B-side to playing in Division 2. In 2012, a formal Junior Varsity championship was implemented. It was abandoned following the 2016 season.

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2012	May 28, 2012	Penn (JV)	10–7	Cathedral (JV)	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN	Carmel (JV)
2013	May 27, 2013	Penn (JV)	39–7	Notre Dame de La Salette (JV)	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Brownsburg	Cory Christman Penn
2014	May 31, 2014	Hamilton Southeastern (JV)	13–12	Fishers (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Culver (JV) North Central (JV)		[20][90]
2015	May 30, 2015	Bishop Dwenger (JV)	18–0	Hamilton Southeastern (JV)	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Fishers (JV)	Charlie Perez Bishop Dwenger	[23][91]
2016	May 30, 2016	Fishers (JV)	63–0	Hamilton Southeastern (JV)	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Bishop Dwenger (JV)	Mason Miller Fishers	[26][91]

Division 2

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
1998		Carmel (JV)	15–10 (2OT)	Lawrence				[92]
1999	May 9, 1999	Pike	38–12	Carmel (JV)	Major Taylor Velodrome Indianapolis, IN			[93]
2000	May 27, 2000	Marian	–	Noblesville	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN			[94][95][96]
2001	May 12, 2001	Carroll	12–0	Noblesville	Major Taylor Velodrome Indianapolis, IN	North Central (B) Pendleton		[97]
2002		Pike	–			North Central (B)		[71][98]
2003			–
2004		Hamilton Southeastern	–[3]
2005	May 30, 2005	Columbus	16–15[99]	Bloomington North	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Penn (B)
2006		Penn (B)	23–15	Cathedral (B)		Lawrence North Noblesville
2007	May 28, 2007	Noblesville	12–7[74]	Columbus	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Edgewood Penn (B)
2008	May 26, 2008	Hamilton Southeastern	–[59]	Pendleton	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN	Columbus
2009	May 25, 2009[76]	Cathedral (B)	–	Hamilton Southeastern[59]	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	South Bend Mercenaries
2010	May 31, 2010	Zionsville	–[100]	Columbus	Richard Wigh Fields[77] Columbus, IN	Penn (JV) (3rd) Noblesville (4th)	Columbus, IN
2011	May 30, 2011	Penn (JV)	12–5[13]	Bloomington	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Lawrence Zionsville
2012		Columbus	15–13[99]	Culver	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN	Indianapolis Tech Zionsville
2013	May 27, 2013	Arsenal Tech	–[78]	Carroll			Shawn Nevers[78] Arsenal Tech
2014	May 31, 2014	Warsaw	29–10	Pike	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Angola Bloomington (Dev)	Jason Taylor Warsaw	[20][101]
2015	May 30, 2015	Carroll	15–7	Pike	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Angola Arsenal Tech	Derek Longenberger Carroll	[23][102]
2016	May 30, 2016	Carroll	52–10	Pike	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Homestead Arsenal Tech	JP Anzini Carroll	[26][103]
No Division 2 Boys Competition in 2017–2019

Girls Championships

Super League

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2018	May 2018	Warsaw	45–15	North Central	Moose Rugby Grounds, Elkhart, IN	Penn Pike		[104][105]
2019	May 27, 2019	North Central	50–15	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds, Elkhart, IN	Pike Warsaw Area		[84]

Division 1

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2000	May 27, 2000	Noblesville	3–0	Lawrence Central	Lake Sullivan Sports Complex Indianapolis, IN	Carmel	Nicole Connett (MVP) & Katelyn Balach (MVB) Noblesville	[106][107][108]
2001		Carmel	8–5	Bloomington				[109][110]
2002		North Central	39–5	Carmel				[109]
2003	May 24, 2003	Penn	22–15	North Central	River Road Carmel, IN	Noblesville South Bend Clay		[69][109][111][112]
2004	May 22, 2004	Penn (2)	17–0	Lawrence North	Carmel, IN	Brownsburg		[109][113][114][115]
2005		Warsaw	41–5	North Central				[109]
2006		North Central (2)	–	Clay		Noblesville Chaos		[109]
2007	May 28, 2007	North Central (3)	–	Brownsburg	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Noblesville		[109]
2008	May 17, 2008	Noblesville (2)	10–5	North Central		Brownsburg Carmel		[109]
2009	May 25, 2009	North Central (4)	30–5	South Bend Mercenaries	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Noblesville		[76][109][116]
2010	May 22, 2010	North Central (5)	–	Carmel	McCullough's Run Park[77] Columbus, IN			[109]
2011	May 21, 2011	North Central (6)	34–0	Columbus	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN	Brownsburg South Bend Mercenaries		[109][117]
2012	May 19, 2012	North Central (7)	10–5	South Bend Mercenaries	North Central Indianapolis, IN		Bianca McManus South Bend Mercenaries	[109]
2013		North Central (8)	–	Warsaw				[109]
2014	May 31, 2014	North Central (9)	34–24	Warsaw	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Penn Brownsburg	Pre Smiley North Central	[20][21][118]
2015	May 30, 2015	North Central (10)	32–17	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Warsaw Arsenal Tech	Yami Hernandez North Central	[23][119]
2016	May 30, 2016	Warsaw (2)	34–12	Arsenal Tech	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Penn Pike	Whitney Boren Warsaw	[26][120]
2017	May 29, 2017	Penn (3)	34–22	North Central	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Pike Warsaw		[121]
2018	May 28, 2018	Carroll	68–17	Brownsburg	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Avon Ft. Wayne		[122]
2019	May 27, 2019	Carroll (2)	84–0	Fishers	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Ft. Wayne High Schools Westfield		[84]

Varsity Challenge Cup

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2017	May 29, 2017	Avon	43–15	Westfield	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkart, IN	Carmel		[123]
2018	May 28, 2018	Westfield	66–5	Fishers	Cyntheanne Park Fishers, IN	Noblesville		[124][125]
2019	May 27, 2019	Brownsburg	20–12	Noblesville	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN			[84]

Division 2

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2000		Noblesville	–					[126]
2011	May 22, 2011	Bishop Dwenger	–	North Central (B)	Richard Wigh Fields Columbus, IN		Brie Rahrig Bishop Dwenger	[13][117]

Fall 7s Championships

Following the induction of the shortcode of Rugby Union, known as Rugby sevens, into the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rugby Indiana added a high school fall 7s competition to augment its XVs spring competitions. The inaugural season was 2016 and consists of a 4-week season, with games on Sundays. For the first three weeks, each team/side got a minimum of two matches on each Sunday. The first three weeks scores/results did not count toward the ranking for championship. The 4th week was a championship tournament.

Source: Rugby Indiana
Source: Rugby Indiana

Boys

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	MVP
2016	October 9, 2016	Carroll	22-12	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Broad Ripple (3rd) Avon		[127][128]
2017	October 13, 2017
2018	October 14, 2018	Hamilton Southeastern	21–12	Penn	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN		Donovan Riley Hamilton Southeastern	[129]

Girls

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Site	Semifinalists	MVP	Sources
2016	October 9, 2016	Penn	25–5	Indianapolis #1	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Bishop Dwenger (3rd) Hamilton #1	Kathleen Gearhart Penn	[128]
2017	October 13, 2017	North Central	24–7	Hamilton United	Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN	Avon Bishop Dwenger		[130]
2018	October 14, 2018	Carroll			Moose Rugby Grounds Elkhart, IN			[131]

Indiana Teams at Midwest Tournament

Boys

Season	Date	Location	Teams Participating	Results	Sources
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003			Penn	Penn – Champion	[132]
2004	May 1–2, 2004	Elkhart, IN	Clay Marian Penn	Penn – Champion Marian – 9th Clay – 12th	[133][134][135]
2005		Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Penn Marian
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	May 6–7, 2017	Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg (s) Carroll (c) Marian (c) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Brownsburg (s) – 5th Carroll (c) – 2nd Marian (c) – 8th Penn (s) – Champion Royal Irish (c) – Champion	[136]
2018	May 5–6, 2018	Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Carroll Fishers Penn Royal Irish		[137]
2019	May 4–5, 2019	Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg Carroll Fishers Penn Royal Irish	Penn – Champion Royal Irish – 2nd Fishers – 3rd Brownsburg – 5th Carroll – 8th	[138]
2020	May 2–3, 2020	Elkhart, IN

(c) – represents club team designation
(s) – represents single-school team designation

In 2018, the Midwest tournament ceased the split between single-school and club teams.[137]

Girls

Season	Date	Location	Teams Participating	Results	Sources
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019	April 27–28, 2019	Elkhart, IN	Carroll (s) Penn (s) Warsaw (s)	Carroll (s) – 7th Penn (s) – 6th Warsaw (s) – 5th	[139]
2020	April 25–26, 2020	Elkhart, IN

(c) – represents club team designation
(s) – represents single-school team designation

Indiana Teams at National Championships

Boys

Season	Date	Location	Teams Participating	Results	Sources
1991		Indianapolis, IN
1992		Doylestown, PA
1993		Seattle, WA
1994		Parker, CO
1995		Minneapolis, MN
1996		Fort Belvoir, VA
1997		Provo, UT
1998		Indianapolis, IN
1999		Provo, UT
2000		Provo, UT
2001		Columbus, OH
2002		Columbus, OH
2003	May 16–17, 2003	Kelly, TX		Penn – 5th	[140][141][142]
2004	May 22, 2004	Fort Worth, TX	Penn	Penn – 4th	[143]
2005		Palo Alto, CA	Penn	Penn – 3rd
2006		Hanover, NH
2007		Salt Lake City, UT	Penn	Penn – 3rd
2008		Pittsburgh, PA	Notre Dame de La Salette (s) Penn (s)	Notre Dame de La Salette (s) – 2nd Penn (s) – 3rd
2009		Pittsburgh, PA
2010		Sandy, UT
2011		Sandy, UT	Royal Irish (c)	Royal Irish (c) – 3rd
2012		Sandy, UT	Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Penn (s) – 2nd Royal Irish (c) – Champion	[144]
2013	May 16–18, 2013	Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg (ii) Notre Dame de La Salette (ii) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Brownsburg (ii) – 3rd Notre Dame de La Salette (ii) – Penn (s) – 4th Royal Irish (c) – 2nd	[145]
2014	May 16–18, 2014	Elkhart, IN	Brownsburg (s) Fishers (c) Notre Dame de La Salette (s) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Royal Irish (c) – Champion Fishers (c) – 7th Penn (s) – 3rd Notre Dame de La Salette (s) – 5th Brownsburg (s) – 7th	[146]
2015		Charlotte, NC	Fishers (ii) Notre Dame de La Salette (ii) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Fishers (ii) – 4th Notre Dame de La Salette (ii) – 3rd Penn (s) – 4th Royal Irish (c) – Champion
2016		Charlotte, NC	Brownsburg (ii) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Brownsburg (ii) – 3rd Penn (s) – 4th Royal Irish (c) – 2nd
2017	May 18–20, 2017	Kansas City, MO	Brownsburg (ii) Fishers (s) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)	Brownsburg (ii) – 3rd Fishers (s) – 8th Penn (s) – 3rd Royal Irish (c) – Champion	[147]
2018	May 17–19, 2018	Kansas City, MO	Brownsburg (s) Fishers (s) Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)		[148]
2019	May 16–18, 2019	Salt Lake City, UT	Penn (s) Royal Irish (c)		[149]

In 2007, the national championship tournament split schools based upon whether their programs were made of students from a single school or a club of combined schools.

(c) – represents club team designation
(ii) – represents Tier II contestant
(s) – represents single-school team designation Source: Goff Rugby Report
Source: Boys High School Rugby National Championships

Girls

Season	Date	Location	Teams Participating	Results	Sources
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	May 21–22, 2016	Ellensburg, WA	None Participating	–	[150]
2017	May 19–20, 2017	Elkhart, IN	None Participating	–	[151]
2018	May 18–19, 2018	Murfreesboro, TN	None Participating	–	[152]
2019	May 17–18, 2019	Salt Lake City, UT	None Participating	–	[153]

(c) – represents club team designation
(s) – represents single-school team designation

Source: Goff Rugby Report

Mr. & Miss Rugby

Beginning in 2016, The Indianapolis Star added rugby to its list of Spring Award recipients. In 2019, the Star did not include rugby in its Spring Awards. Prior to that time, Mr. and Miss Rugby Indiana appears to have been selected by the Indiana Rugby Football Union, coinciding with all-state selections. The data below were sourced from Indiana newspapers searched through Newspapers.com from 1990 through 2019 and represent all information that could be gleaned therefrom.

Mr. Rugby

Season	Winner	Nominees	Sources
2001		Chad Murphy, Columbus	[154]
2002	Ryan Cole Penn		[155][156][157][158]
2003	Ryan Cole (2) Penn		[159]
2004	Chris McNamara (Northern Indiana) Marian		[160]
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Satchel Carnine Penn	Eric Bradley, Pike Russell Lemaster, Royal Irish	[161][162]
2017	Jonas Petrakopoulos Royal Irish	Isaac Good, Brownsburg William Vakalahi, Penn	[163][164]
2018	Michael Nettleton Fishers	Andy Gulh Peyton Wall	[165]

Miss Rugby

Season	Winner	Nominees	Sources
2002	Gina Benbow Carmel		[166]
2003	Andrea Hunt (co-Miss Rugby), North Central Kate Daley (co-Miss Rugby), Penn		[167][168]
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	Jessica Bammann Brownsburg		[169]
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Kathleen (Kat) Gearhart Penn	Hannah Garcia, Warsaw Victoria Jones, Noblesville	[170][171]
2017	Kathleen (Kat) Gearhart (2) Penn	Tori Jones, Penn Mikayla Tatum, Pike	[163][164][172]
2018	Meagan Reed Westfield	Sarah Duenas, Warsaw Delayney Moyer, International	[173]

See also

• Midwest Rugby Football Union
• USA Rugby

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