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D1A Rugby semifinal open thread: Cal vs. SMC (noon PT, CBS Sports Network)

First of all, a news update on Cal Rugby’s 7s plan for 2019. Bears’ season will extend until the first weekend of June as the Golden Bears will return to the Collegiate Rugby Championship in 2019 after one year absence. Cal has won 5 straight CRC titles from 2013-2017 before not participating in 2018 when NBC dropped out as a sponsor for that tournament (the matches are now on ESPN networks on cable rather than the national NBC channel).

I believe the plan is for the Bears to play in both the D1A Rugby 7s championship AND the CRC - so effectively shots at two different College Rugby 7s championships in 2019 - a double that was achieved by Lindenwood in 2018 when they beat Cal in the D1A Rugby 7s final and beat UCLA in the CRC 7s final.