High School and U19 Club Top 800
Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 in Grassroots Rugby High School
Words and photo by Ed Hagerty
A census conducted by ERugbyNews and Rugby Magazine over the past couple of months indicates that there are now 811 Boys and Girls High School / U-19 rugby clubs operating in the US. This is an increase of 254 (+46%) over the 557 clubs that were listed in Rugby Magazine’s April 2004 National Directory issue.
Our survey indicates that there are now 606 Boys’ HS/U-19 clubs, an increase of 170 (+39%) over the 436 that existed in 2004. The total number of Girls clubs is now 205, an increase of 84 (+69%) over the 121 that we had contacts for in 2004.
Of the 811 clubs, 305 (38%) are single-school, 471 (58%) are multi-school teams, while 35 (4%) were not characterized.
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| 2009 | 2004 | Gain # | Gain% |
| Boys Clubs | 606 | 436 | 170 | 39% |
| Girls Clubs | 205 | 121 | 84 | 69% |
| Total Clubs | 811 | 557 | 254 | 46% |
Largest Regions
The Eastern Pennsylvania RFU has the largest number (65), followed by Ohio (45), Northern California and Wisconsin, with 44 apiece.
Eastern Penn also has the largest number of Boys’ Clubs (42), followed by Northern California (38), Ohio (33) and Illinois (31).
Among Boys’ single-school teams, Wisconsin has 25, followed by Tennessee (23) and East Penn (20).
East Penn also has the largest number of Girls’ Clubs (23), followed by Minnesota (15) and Wisconsin (14). With 10 clubs, Tennessee has the largest number of single-school girls teams.
From the information we gathered it appears that there are HS / U-19 rugby clubs in 42 of the 50 states. We were unable to find information on clubs in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Nevada or Wyoming.
Rankings by Category
Total Clubs
LAU / SBO #
1) Eastern Pennsylvania 65
2) Ohio 45
3) Northern California 44
Wisconsin 44
5) Tennessee 41
6) Michigan 40
7) Illinois 37
8) Indiana 34
9) Oregon 31
10) Minnesota 30
Boys’ Clubs - Total
1) Eastern Pennsylvania 42
2) Northern California 38
3) Ohio 33
4) Illinois 31
5) Wisconsin 30
6) Michigan 28
Tennessee 28
8) Potomac 22
9) Indiana 21
Texas 21
Boys’ Clubs - Single School
1) Wisconsin 25
2) Tennessee 23
3) Eastern Pennsylvania 20
4) Potomac 15
5) New England 14
Girls’ Clubs – Total
1) Eastern Pennsylvania 23
2) Minnesota 15
3) Wisconsin 14
4) Indiana 13
Tennessee 13
6) Michigan 12
Ohio 12
Oregon 12
9) Southern California 9
Girls’ Clubs - Single School
1) Tennessee 10
2) Eastern Pennsylvania 7
3) Minnesota 6
Ohio 6
5) Wisconsin 5
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