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The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2017. [1] The SaberCats organization was born from one of the founding amateur rugby clubs that pooled resources to emerge professionally, and were the first in MLR membership to build a rugby-specific stadium intended for MLR competition.
Houston Sports Park (HSP) houses Aveva Stadium, which is the home of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby and is the training ground of the Houston Dynamo, Houston Dash and its academy teams. The facility is made up of the Memorial Hermann Champions Field, [1] one artificial turf field, and five additional grass fields.
Houston's most meaningful current rivalry is with cross-town Rice University, which is a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars and Rice Owls have competed in football, annually with a few exceptions, for a trophy known as the " Bayou Bucket ", referencing one of the city of Houston's nicknames as the "Bayou City."
Construction of restrooms and locker rooms with east side stands and pavilion West side stands. In March 2017, local rugby organization and predecessor to the Houston SaberCats, the Houston Strikers publicly announced their plans to build a stadium at the Houston Sports Park located roughly three miles from NRG Park and eight miles from Downtown Houston along the South Freeway. [8]
The Texas Rugby Union (TRU) is the Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams playing in Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma for USA Rugby. [1] It is a non-profit organization and is the primary overseeing body for the promotion of rugby union in the region.
Four Division I college athletic programs play within the city of Houston, with the University of Houston as the sole member of a Power Four conference. A fifth, Prairie View A&M University, is located in the metropolitan area. A new venue, TDECU Stadium, opened in 2014 on the University of Houston campus at the former site of Robertson Stadium.
She plays for the Houston Athletic Rugby Club, is a player-coach for SHARCs and coaches the Woodlands Youth Rugby Club Girls and the Texas A&M Women’s Rugby Team. [5] James was named in the Eagles squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. [6] [7] She was selected in the Eagles squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [8 ...
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Texas. NCAA. Division I ... University of Houston: Houston: Big 12: FBS: Houston Christian Huskies: