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The Potomac Rugby Conference is a men's intercollegiate rugby
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of the
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. This conference now consist of the college men rugby teams from the
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and
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. It previously included other teams and was also a DII conference affiliated with USA Rugby.


Member schools


Current members


Former members

A new Division I-AA conference named Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference was established to begin competition in Fall 2016, consisting of schools from the Potomac, Atlantic Coast and Cardinals Conferences. Georgetown, Mount St. Mary's, Salisbury, and Towson joined the new conference. Gettysburg College transferred to the Potomac Conference in the Fall of 2016 from the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union, but moved to the Mid Atlantic Rugby Conference in 2018.


Conference champions

Loyola took 4th place at the
national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
in 2018.


References


External links


Official website
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