About TYRA
Texas Youth Rugby Association
| As the story goes, “with fine disregard for the rules of football” William Webb Ellis picked up the ball & began to run with it. The plaque at Rugby School claims this was the start of the sport rugby football in 1823. Although an apocryphal story about the origin of the game, we know in Texas that in 1993 two middle schools in Houston, St. Ambrose & St. Anne’s, played the first organized game. In 1998 our first High School aged teams began playing.
Texas Single School and Multi-School Program
As part of the Texas Rugby Union, TYRA was formed in 2007 to govern high school and youth rugby throughout the state of Texas. High Schools compete in the Texas High School Rugby Conference or THSRC and the multi-schooled teams compete for the TYRA championship. This website is to provide information to our existing teams and schools while offering some help for those interested in growing this sport in Texas. |
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