The Potomac Athletic Club, one of the leading rugby organizations in the country, offers “non-contact” tag rugby for boys and girls ages 5 through 15. Youth “tag” rugby involves running, passing, kicking, offense, defense, scrums, lineouts, mauls, and scoring!  We also support introduction to tackle programs for our u13 and u15 players who are interested in exploring the contact game.

Players must play both offense and defense because possession can and will change at any time. It brings together skills from lacrosse, soccer, basketball, lacrosse and football and a lot more…all wrapped into one, fast, exciting game.

There are programs based in Silver Spring, MD and Bailey’s Crossroads VA, though players from any community are welcome. Co-ed teams are organized to suit the number of youth in the program.

The Silver Spring club participates in the Potomac Rugby Union Youth League with other under-9, under-11, under-13, under-15 teams from the Washington metro area.  Also, both in in Silver Spring and Bailey’s we offer an “in-house” u7 program to teach the basics and encourage participation of all ages. The older of these players will sometimes get a chance to play in the under9 games.  The Bailey’s club participates under-9, under-11, under-13, under-15 within the Northern Virginia conference.  Typically, the under-9 and under-11 will practice together but play as u9 and u11 teams. Similarly the under-13 and under-15 squads train together though play in different age based divisions. Occasionally players will cross over to a different age group if skill levels and competition is appropriate.