Rosters & Rules

Players, Coaches, and Referees

• All players, coaches, and referees must be current members of USA Rugby to participate in the tournament 

Rosters

• Each team and its players must sign and submit their tournament roster to the tournament director before their first match. 

• Rosters are limited to 15 players except for women's qualifiers which is 13 players 

• Players may move within their registered club's first and second sides, players may not move from club to club within the tournament.

Women's Qualifier Divisions Tournament Rules 

• Five subs only per match 

• The top two teams from round-robin play advance to the championship match

• In the event of teams finishing with equal records, tie-breaking will be in this order 1) Head to Head, 2) Points Diff, 3) Tries Scored, 4) Point Against, 5) Coin Toss by the Tournament Director

Women's Social Teams

• Unlimited/Rolling Subs must be completed during a stoppage and with the ref's permission. 

Men's Open

• Unlimited/Rolling Subs must be completed during a stoppage and with the ref's permission. 

• The division is split into three Pools A, B & C

  • The top team from each pool advances to semi-finals along with the best 2nd placed team 

  • The remaining teams will be reseeded and play on more additional match 

• In the event of teams finishing with equal records, tie-breaking will be in this order 1) Head to Head, 2) Points Diff, 3) Tries Scored, 4) Point Against, 5) Coin Toss by the Tournament Director

Championship/Playoff Matches 

• Regular 7 minute halves will be played

• In the event, scores are level at the conclusion of play. A 2-minute break will be followed by 5 minutes of golden point play (the first team to score will be the winner) if at the conclusion of the 5 minutes no scores have happened repeat until a score happens.