1) RENEW OR REGISTER WITH USA RUGBY / USA YOUTH & HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY ($40 FEE + PROCESSING)

USA Youth & High School Rugby is an affiliate of USA Rugby  and it is the sanctioned governing body for all youth rugby in the United States and its Territories. This includes community and school based programs for players ages 5 – 18. You must register with USA Rugby and USA Youth & High School Rugby every year that you play youth or high school rugby (on or about September 1). Registration expires every year on August 31.  This registration fee covers the cost of insurance that those governing bodies make available to all US rugby players - including you. You need only register with USA Rugby / USA Youth & High School Rugby once per year. That is, if you registered and played with Wando Rugby for the Fall 7s season, you do NOT need to register with USA Rugby / USA Youth & High School again for the 10s/15s season, but you DO need to register with Wando Rugby for a particular season of play (the Part 2 instructions below).  

USA Rugby / USA Youth & High School Registration instructions: 

• 2022 marks the first season that USA Rugby / USA Youth & High School is using the "Rugby Xplorer" software for registration. 

• Go to https://usa.rugby/

• Watch the following 2 videos (near the bottom of the page): "USA Create a Profile" and "USA How To Register"

• Armed with this new knowledge, use the "Register Now" button OR the menu option "Members" .. "Register/Login" to launch Rugby Xplorer. 

• When it comes time to search for a club, use "Wando Rugby" as your search.

• Complete the player registration and make payment. ($40 fee + processing)

• If you encounter technical issues when using Rugby Xplorer, please send your issue to registration@usayhsrugby.org

2) REGISTER WITH WANDO RUGBY FOR A PARTICULAR SEASON OF PLAY (the 2023 Spring season is open now!)

Spring practice begins Tuesday, 2/20/22 and continues every  Tuesday and Thursday from 5-7pm at Cario Middle School field until the end of May.  The registration for the February-May period will be $300 (payable in 4 installments).  Come out to practice to give it a try EVEN if you haven't registered for the season yet!  Anyone joining Wando Rugby for the the Spring season only (March-May) will be able to join for a lesser fee announced closer to March.

Register Here:  go.teamsnap.com/forms/344630 

The $300 season fee above covers 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, 

• and many other expenses needed to operate the club. 

While Wando Rugby expects to have more opportunities to play locally this winter, there will still be travel requirements (Columbia, Greer, Charlotte, and likely others). Travel increases in the spring with opportunities to play against teams in the North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (Charlotte, Raleigh, Clayton, Southern Pines, and others), participate in the Charlotte Ruggerfest tournament, and the potential for elite, post-season play in May (that may include national-level tournaments that require air travel). Your 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 but cannot do it all - they will need your help and participation to make the season successful.

While the club will look for opportunities to play closer to home, please keep the above travel requirements in mind. Even if you cannot make all weekend match opportunities or tournaments, the Tuesday/Thursday training sessions offer a great (and fun) opportunity to learn or improve your rugby skills and IQ with our fantastic, all-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. 

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 waiver request.

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

For technical problems encountered with Rugby Xplorer (the USA Rugby registration system), please email: registration@usayhsrugby.org