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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 Conference California Rocky Mountain Independent Rugby East Mid-West Arizona California UCLA 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
Team locations
Standings
+ Rugby East TeamRecord1 Navy7–04322 Life5–1–06263 Notre Dame College4–1–13214 Mount St. Mary's4–22185 St. Bonaventure4–32186 University of Mary Washington3–34167 Army2–4–14146 Kutztown2–56149 Queens2–431110 Southern Virginia1–53711 Penn State0–633
+ Big TenBig Ten East Team Record Points 1 Ohio State 3–1 122 Michigan State 2–0 8 3 Michigan 1–4 54 Notre Dame 0–3 2Big Ten West Team Record Points 1 Indiana 4–0 162 Illinois 1–1 43 Wisconsin 1–1 44 Purdue 1–2 4
+ Mid-WestTeamRecord1 Lindenwood3–02142 Davenport2–13113 Adrian0–2004 McKendree0–200
+ CaliforniaTeamRecord1 Cal Poly7–1+4228362 Saint Mary's7–0+5257353 UC Santa Barbara5–3+1185254 Long Beach5–2+665255 UC Davis4–4–1444206 San Diego State3–5–1326187 Santa Cruz1–5–1–291288 Santa Clara1–7–266379 Sacramento0–1–6–29813
+ IndependentTeamRecord Central Washington8–3+79 Grand Canyon University4–4+63
+ Pac Rugby ConferenceTeamRecord1 California3–0+1763152 UCLA2–1+292103 Arizona1–2–38274 Utah0–3–17011
+ Rocky MountainTeamRecord BYU5–0+339
Bracket Playoffs
Round 1
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.
Quarter-finals
Notes: Krieger's point total helped him become the first mid to score more than 200 points in a single season (219)
Semi-finals
Final
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 Emilio Shea – University of California – Berkeley Cade Crist – University of California – Berkeley Connor Devos – Lindenwood University Alejandro Martinez Tapia – Lindenwood University Will Sherman – University of California – Los Angeles Logan Ballinger – Life University Kaipono Kaioshi – Saint Mary's College Ben Haugh – United States Naval Academy Solomon Williams – University of California – Berkeley Wyatt Parry – Brigham Young University Dominic Besag – Saint Mary's College Erich Storti – Saint Mary's College Oscar Treacy – Central Washington University Josefa Toiaivao – Saint Mary's College Tayson Hammer – Brigham Young University Quinton Tindal – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Campbell Robb – Central Washington University Leon Best – Life University Hayden McKay – Mount Saint Mary's University EJ Freeman – University of Arizona Jake Cornelius – United States Naval Academy Rand Santos – University of California – Berkeley Ronan Krieger – United States Naval Academy
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