Give Rugby A Try!! - Every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-9 at 1251 Park W Blvd!

No experience needed. Bring cleats and water! 

REGISTER (OR RENEW) USING RUGBY EXPLORER

You can register with Wando Rugby and pay for any season using USA Rugby's Rugby Xplorer.

If you registered via Rugby Xplorer in prior seasons (even if for a different rugby team than Wando), be sure to use the same email address that you used in the past.

To learn more about Rugby Xplorer, or see detailed instructions that USA Rugby has published regarding how to create a member profile and register, please visit https://usa.rugby/members.  If you encounter technical issues when using Rugby Xplorer, please email USA Youth & High School member support at  registration@usayhsrugby.org.

WANDO RUGBY SEASONS OF PLAY

• Wando Rugby plays three seasons of rugby:

  • • Fall 7s

    • Winter (with the Rugby South Carolina League)

    • Spring (with the North Carolina Youth Rugby Union)

• Each season is separate and has its own fee; players may register and participate in any, or all, seasons

  • Practice for all seasons is every Tue & Thu from 7-9 pm at Cario Middle School field

• Come to practice and give it a try EVEN if you haven't registered yet!

  • Registration fees for the seasons are:

    • Fall:  $250 + $30 USA Rugby Fee + processing fee (Registration begins August 2025 - OPEN NOW)

    • Winter:  $300 + $50 SC Rugby Fee +processing fee (Registration begins Nov 1, 2025)

    • Spring:  $400 + processing fee (Registration begins February 2026)

  • Notes:

    • Your RX registration cost for your first season of play in 2025-26 will be higher due to paying your annual fees to USA Rugby, USA Youth & High School, and Rugby South Carolina.

    • Any player transferring into Wando Rugby from another club (for example, Oceanside, Lucy Beckham, Bishop England, James Island, or Stratford), must also initiate a transfer request following the transfer instructions near the bottom of this page so they can be transferred from their original team's roster to the Wando Rugby roster

The Wando Rugby season fees above will cover the basics of making sure that Wando Rugby can:

• lease a field for practices/matches

• purchase equipment such as balls and tackle pads

• pay referees and athletic trainers for home matches

• send our volunteer coaches to away matches

• other expenses needed to operate the club

Fall 7s Season Overview

• Practice begins in August and goes thru October 

• Three Rugby 7s Festivals

  • Sun Sept 28, 2025 - Huntersville, NC

  • Sun Oct 12, 2025 - Southern Pines, NC

  • Sun Oct 26, 2025 - Fayetteville, NC

• Possible local play as well.

Winter Season Overview

• November thru February

• Local games along with multiple away games in Columbia and Greer.

  • Game dates and times - TBD

• Matches are both 10s style rugby and 15s style rugby

Spring Season Overview

• March thru May

• Matches are 15s style rugby only

• Travel increases in the spring with games against teams in the North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (Charlotte, Raleigh, Clayton, Southern Pines, and others)

• Participation in the 2-day Charlotte Ruggerfest tournament (the largest youth rugby tournament in the US) - 

  • 2026 dates - TBD

• Participation in 2nd rugby tournament - TBD

• Potential for elite, post-season play in May (which may include national-level tournaments that require air travel)

• The spring season fee is not all-inclusive; please understand that most travel (including helping with player food & snacks, gas, hotel, and, potentially, even airfare) is a family responsibility.  However, you will find the rugby community to be like few others - other parents and players come together to ride-share, room-share, fund-raise and enable our children to play this amazing sport.  The board and coaches help facilitate this and ask for your help and participation to make the season successful.

• The club continues to look for opportunities to play closer to home; kindly keep the above travel requirements in mind. If you are unable to attend all weekend match opportunities or tournaments, the Tuesday/Thursday training sessions offer an incredible opportunity to learn or improve your rugby skills and IQ with our fantastic, volunteer coaches, improve your physical fitness, and join the rugby community - we have a unique ethos and culture unlike any other sport you have participated in. 

Transferring To Wando Rugby From Another Club

1. Go into your membership page in RX, try to register with Wando Rugby.

2. The system will block the request and prompt you to submit a transfer request. This will send a notification to your home club and local union, informing each of your intent to transfer.

3. If you have no outstanding financial or disciplinary issues, the home club and local union will approve the transfer.

4. Once approved (or denied) for the transfer, you will receive an email notification confirming the transfer has been approved (or denied).

5. If approved by both the home club and local union, you must go back to your RX account and continue to register for Wando Rugby. You will be charged the Wando Rugby membership fee for the season. IF transferring in from a club outside of Rugby South Carolina, you may be required to pay a Rugby South Carolina fee as well. 

6. At this point you will appear on the Squad Member list of Wando Rugby.

Rugby is an inclusive sport and Wando Rugby strongly believes that no one should ever be turned away from the sport due to financial constraints. If you want to play but are not able to pay the fee at this time, please complete this fee request.

For questions about Wando Rugby registration, please email: register@wandorugby.org

For technical problems with Rugby Xplorer, please email: registration@usayhsrugby.org