unite. empower. advance.
The URA unites, empowers and advances youth rugby initiatives serving under-resourced communities across the United States.
Leveraging 50+ years collective experience in urban rugby development and organizational leadership, the URA creates transformative rugby experiences, delivers pro-bono organizational consulting and provides catalytic financial investments to a national network of organizations leveraging rugby for social change. United around a commitment to diversity, access and the research-backed benefits of sport, the URA exists to fundamentally change the landscape of empowering opportunities available to youth in low-income communities, while redefining the future of American rugby.
Starting, scaling and sustaining a rugby program that reaches minority students born into poverty, responsively meets their needs and holistically drives growth on and off the pitch is difficult. Extremely difficult. URA affiliates benefit from a vast array of services, resources and opportunities that ensure nobody needs to “reinvent the wheel,” and empower programs to be and become the best versions of themselves.
National Network
URBAN RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The first and only space in American rugby dedicated exclusively for minority students born in under-resourced communities across the country to connect, compete and grow into the bright future we are all building together.
The URA High Performance Rugby Development Camp is designed to provide underrepresented youth in American rugby with a unique opportunity to engage with - and excel at - the highest level of the sport. The residential camp will select deserving athletes from our national network for a week of the best coaching, training, competition and and mentorship our country has to offer while creating a unique context for the continued development of the national community that will transform the future of American rugby.
HIGH PERFORMANCE CAMP
