The Atlantic Coast Rugby Sevens Championships is a double-qualification tournament, as the winner will automatically qualify for both the USA Rugby national college 7s championships and the USA 7s LLC Collegiate Rugby Championship held next year at PPL Park in the Philadelphia area.

So much is at stake for the ten teams gathering at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Va for the two-day tournament this weekend.

Navy, ranked #12 in the latest RUGBYMag.com rankings, heads up a tough Pool B that includes Maryland, who were Challenger (Plate) Runners Up in the 2012 CRC.

The Terps have been ranked by RUGBYMag this fall but are just out of the Top 25 at present.

Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest round out Pool B.

A competitive Pool A features Florida State, Clemson, 2011 winners NC State, North Carolina, and Virginia. NC State is a hard-nosed team that financed their trip to the 2012 CRC by cleaning out horse stalls at $2 a stall. They are currently ranked #23 by RUGBYMag.

The other three are not ranked, but all are really close and are in the list of potential teams.


Pool A - Clemson, Florida State, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia
Pool B - Georgia Tech, Maryland, Navy, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Saturday 27th October 2012

Game 1 - 10.00am     Florida State v Clemson    
Game 2 - 10.22am     Georgia Tech v Maryland     
Game 3 - 10.44am     NC Sate v North Carolina     
Game 4 - 11.06am     Navy v Virginia Tech
Game 5 - 11.28am     Clemson v Virginia    
Game 6 - 11.50am     Georgia Tech v Wake Forest
Game 7 - 12.12pm     Florida State v NC State
Game 8 - 12.34pm     Maryland v Navy
Game 9 - 12.56pm     North Carolina v Virginia
Game 10 - 1.18pm     Wake Forest v Virginia Tech
Game 11 - 1.40pm     Clemson v NC State
Game 12 - 2.02pm     Georgia Tech v Navy
Game 13 - 2.24pm    Florida State v North Carolina
Game 14 - 2.46pm     Maryland v Virginia Tech
Game 15 - 3.08pm     NC State v Virginia
Game 16 - 3.30pm     Navy v Wake Forest
Game 17 - 3.52pm     Clemson v North Carolina
Game 18 - 4.14 pm     Georgia Tech v Virginia Tech
Game 19 - 4.34pm     Florida State v Virginia
Game 20 - 4.56pm     Wake Forest v Maryland

Sunday 28th October 2012    


Game 21 - 10.00am     Play-In     B4 v A5
Game 22 - 10.22am      Play-In     A4 v B5
Game 23 - 10.44am     Quarter Final     A2 v B3
Game 24 - 11.06am     Quarter Final     B2 v A3
Game 25 - 11.28am      Quarter  Final     B1 v Winner Game 21
Game 26 - 11.50am      Quarter Final     A1 v Winner Game 22
Game 27 - 12.12pm      Challenger Semi Final     Loser Game 23 v Loser Game 25
Game 28 - 12.34pm     Challenger Semi Final     Loser Game 24 v Loser Game 26
Game 29 - 12.56pm     Championship Semi Final     Winner Game 23 v Winner Game 25
Game 30 - 1.18pm        Championship Semi Final     Winner Game 24 v Winner Game 26
Game 31 - 1.40pm        Challenger Final     Winner Game 27  v Winner Game 28
2.02pm        High School Exhibition Game
Game 32 - 2.24pm       Third Place Match - Loser Game 29 v Loser Game 30
2.46pm       High School Exhibition Game
Game 33 - 3.10pm       Championship Match     Winner Game 29 v Winner Game 30