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BYU Rugby stripped of its 2015 National Championship

In 2015, BYU Rugby defeated Cal, 30-27, in the final of the Varsity Cup at Rio Tinto Stadium. The victory marked the 4th consecutive college rugby National Championship for the Cougars.

Today, the Varsity Cup announced that it has decided to strip Brigham Young University’s rugby team of it’s 4th National Championship.

BYU... [is] being stripped of their 2015 title for using an ineligible player.

It was also announced that BYU will not be participating in the 2017 Varsity Cup.

The Cougars have played in every Varsity Cup final in the short history of the tournament.