2024 Division 1-A Rugby Championship


The 2024 Division 1-A Rugby Championship is the twelfth season of the Division 1-A Rugby championship, the annual university rugby union competition run by USA Rugby involving the top sixteen college teams in the United States. Navy entered as defending champions having won their first Championship, capping a perfect 18–0 2023 season. St. Mary's beat Navy in the final 26–22 in the final to secure their fourth championship.

Teams

Sixteen clubs from the six major conferences compete in the 2024 National Championship playoffs.
The distribution of teams is:
  • PAC Rugby Conference: three teams
  • California: two teams
  • Rocky Mountain: one team
  • Independent: three teams
  • Rugby East: five teams
  • Mid-West Conference: two teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
PAC Rugby ConferenceCaliforniaRocky MountainIndependentRugby EastMid-West

  • Cal Poly
  • Saint Mary's
  • BYU
  • Arkansas State
  • Central Washington
  • Grand Canyon
  • Army
  • Life
  • Mount St. Mary's
  • Navy
  • University of Mary Washington
  • Davenport
  • Lindenwood

    • Standings

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    Bracket

    ;Playoffs

    Round 1

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    Notes:
    • The Mids improved to 11–0 at home on the season outscoring opponents, 606–110
    • Beitia scored the fifth-fastest try to begin a game in team history
    • Krieger led Navy with 16 points in the win, which is the eighth-most points scored in a single game in program history
    • Krieger's effort helped him pass 300-points scored in his career.
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    Quarter-finals

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    Notes:
    • Krieger's point total helped him become the first mid to score more than 200 points in a single season
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    Semi-finals

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    Rudy Scholz Award

    Winner

    • Wyatt Parry – BYU

    Finalists

    • Eduan Van Heerden – Lindenwood
    • Wyatt Parry – BYU
    • Evan Roode – Arkansas State
    • Dom Besag – Saint Mary's

    Nominations

    • Caden Crist – Cal
    • Calvin Liulamaga – CWU
    • Cole Semu – BYU
    • Dom Besag – Saint Mary's
    • Eduan Van Heerden – Lindenwood
    • EJ Freeman – Arizona
    • Erich Storti – Saint Mary's
    • Evan Roode – Arkansas State
    • Hayden McKay – Mount St. Mary's
    • Ishma-eel Safodien – Life
    • Jack Phillips – Kentucky
    • Oliver Corbett – Brown
    • Peyton Wall – Indiana
    • Remy Thomson – Notre Dame College
    • Roanin Krieger – Navy
    • Tiaan Mosconi – West Point
    • Vaughn Schmitz – Navy
    • Wyatt Parry – BYU

    2023–2024 First Team All Americans