Growing the Game
Competitions
Youth and middle school competitions are co-ed and run by local youth organizations. There is St. Louis Youth Rugby on the East side of the state, which operates youth and middle school touch and flag rugby in the spring. In Kansas City, there is Mid-America Youth Rugby, which offers youth and middle school touch and flag rugby during the summer.
High school girls play a 7-on-7 season in the fall, leading to the official Missouri Youth Rugby Girls State Championship. The schedule consists of a series of one-day tournaments in September and October, which seed the State Championship. In the spring, players who play against one another in 7s come together to form 15s teams and play one-off test matches.
Currently, all of the Girls HS rugby in the state of Missouri resides in the Kansas City area.
2023 State Champion: St. Thomas Aquinas (KS)
2023 Runner Up: Liberty North
2022 State Champion: United (Liberty/Independence)
2022 State Runner Up: Park Hill
High school boys play 15-on-15 in the spring, with games spanning February through April and the official Boys Missouri Youth Rugby State Championship in May. In the summer, some clubs will elect to play 7-on-7 in various regional tournaments.
2023 State Champion: SLUH
2023 State Runner Up: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2022 State Champion: SLUH
2022 Runner Up: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2019 State Champion: SLUH
2019 Runner Up: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2018 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2017 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2016 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2015 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2014 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2013 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2012 State Champion: Eureka
2011 State Champion: Kansas City Jr. Blues
2010 State Champion: DeSmet
2009 State Champion: DeSmet