Rugby is played on a football or soccer field that has a lot of similarities to both of those sports. Oliver Weidner’s role on St. Xavier High School’s rugby team is similar to a quarterback in ...

Students at Xavier High School are not newbies when it comes to rugby — the Manhattan institution boasts the oldest high school program in the United States. But the kids will have an added incentive ...

Xavier High School’s junior varsity rugby coach Tim Walsh came to the sport the same way most of his current players did — as a curious neophyte with other plans. When he arrived at the Jesuit school ...

Mike Tolkin began playing rugby in grammar school out of curiosity. He stuck with it because it was fun. It’s now his full-time job as the Xavier coach and the teacher was named the new coach of the U ...