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Rugby Arizona is a member of USA Youth & High School Rugby

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Our Mission

To Lead and Empower Arizona to Embrace the Rugby Experience.  UNITE an inclusive passionate rugby community, IGNITE sustainable development, and GROW opportunities in Arizona.

RUGBY ARIZONA VALUES

Passion, Leadership, Transparency, Inclusivity, integrity


2011 USA Rugby became a full sport member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and is now recognized by the USOPC as the governing body for rugby in the USA. Rugby is now played in the Olympic Games.

U19 and U16 Boys

Girls rugby

Girls rugby is fastest growing
area of rugby in the World

Youth Rugby


IS RUGBY A SAFE SPORT FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY?

The main reason rugby players have a relatively low risk of injury compared to football players is paradoxical – rugby players don’t wear protective equipment. Thus the rugby player doesn’t have the same disregard for the safety of his or her head, neck, and shoulders when tackling or trying to break through a tackle. The other reason is that unlike football, rugby is a game of possession, not yardage.  Consequently rugby players don’t tackle by “driving through the numbers,” as football players are taught to do with their heads when tackling a player. In rugby, players are taught to use their arms to wrap a player’s legs and let the momentum of that player cause him to go to ground. Furthermore, in rugby there is no blocking, and so players who don’t have the ball don’t get hit when they’re not expecting it.


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Rugby Arizona is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization

We are seeking donations for the development of youth and high school rugby in Arizona.  Our goals are to help elementary, junior high and high school develop rugby programs; to introduce rugby to kids through sport organizations in AZ; and to provide teaching clinics for the kids and adults for these schools and organizations.

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