The 2025 rugby season is here! Springfield Rugby and the Queen City Chaos have a big 2025 in store and it’s already begun. Let’s get into it!
February 1 - Bash at the Beach Rugby Tournament @ Volleyball Beach Ozark
The inaugural Bash at the Beach was a perfect kickoff to a huge 2025 for rugby in the Ozarks. 9 men's sides and 4 women's sides squared off in our 69° venue, playing fast-paced rugby on two fields, each seeing a match starting every 15 minutes over 4.5 hours. Click here for more…
March 8 - Queen City Chaos @ Tulsa Ladies RFC
The Chaos kicked their spring campaign off with a solid win on the road. They traveled down to Oklahoma to play the Tulsa Ladies RFC on March 8th during their annual Irish Fest and took home a convincing 46 to 15 victory.
Photos: Alix Cooper
March 15 - Springfield Rugby vs Kansas City RFC
Springfield Rugby travels to the home of the KU Jayhawks, Westwick Rugby Complex, this Saturday to take on Kansas City RFC at 1:00 PM. This will be a friendly to get us primed for an important stretch of games. We look to work on our cohesion and depth Saturday against a great DII side.
March 22 - Springfield Rugby vs Rowdies @ 2:00 PM
We unveil our brand new 2025 home kits in front of a big home crowd on March 22nd at 2:00 PM. This match against Rowdies RFC is a divisional battle. Currently we sit at #2 and the rowdies are at #4. We are all fighting for those 4 top spots in the league that will advance to the semi-finals on April 12. We’ll have concessions on hand by Stacia from Top Hat Package. We’ll also be introducing our brand new platinum sponsor 4 By 4 Brewing Company as the official beer sponsor of our club. We’ll need all the help we can get from our supporters for this big match so please tell your friends!
March 29 - Drury Rugby 7s Tournament
The Drury men’s and women’s rugby clubs will be hosting a college 7s tournament Saturday, March 29th. This will be a massive day of rugby at the Springfield Rugby Pitch with top college teams from across the midwest competing against each other in the olympic version of the sport. This will be high-flying and hard-hitting so bring a chair and get a good seat early! The tournament will be from 9:00 AM till around 4:00 PM and we will have concessions available for everyone.
April 5 - Springfield Rugby @ Sunday Morning @ 1:00 PM
Your Mudpuppies will make a big trip to St. Louis to face off against the #3 ranked team in the Mid-American Rugby Union, Sunday Morning RFC. This will be at the beautiful Emerson Central Fields in Forest Park at 1:00 PM.
April 5 - Queen City Chaos vs Tulsa Ladies RFC
This match will be at the Springfield Rugby Pitch so come support the ladies as they take on Tulsa for their first home match of 2025. The Chaos will also be unveiling their new kits and welcoming 4 By 4 Brewing Company as their official game day beer sponsor!
April 12 - MARFU Semi-Final TBD
If Springfield Rugby can win against the Rowdies and Sunday Morning we will likely retain our #2 spot. This would mean we can host the MARFU Semi-Final in front of our home crowd! If we host it would be the #3 ranked team which would be Sunday Morning right now. If we lose one of these next two divisional matches we could drop to #3 in the league. That means we could be on the road for the semi-final against whoever is the #2 team. We’ll see how it shakes out over the next month but anything could happen!
April 19 - MARFU Championship
Anything could happen in the next month but it looks like the St. Louis Royal Ramblers are determined to take the #1 seed in the league again. If they make it through the semi-finals they will host the championship match. If we can make it past the semi-finals we will look to march into St. Louis with our best foot forward. We will need to be running on all cylinders and all hands on deck this season to dethrone the defending champions.
April 19 - Queen City Chaos vs Fayetteville Phoenix
Queen City will be hosting the Fayetteville Phoenix Saturday, April 19th. This will be a great match against a really good side so please come support the ladies. Stacia from Top Hat Package will have concessions going and 4 By 4 Brewing will be on-hand to wet your whistle.
May 3 - Queen City Chaos vs Wichita Valkyries
Yet another ladies home match on May 3rd against the Wichita Valkyries! The Valkyries are a good side so this will be a really good match to see after the ladies have had a few under their belt to build that cohesion. This will be Queen City’s last home 15s match of the season. They’ll then travel to Wichita to play them the next weekend on May 10th. The next time the Chaos plays at home will be summer 7s on June 14th.
May 2 - 4 - Northern Super Regionals
The 2025 USA Club Rugby Northern Super Regionals will be held in Springfield for the first time ever! This will be top 12 men’s and women’s teams from DII and DIII battling it out at Allison Sports Town. This will be a big tournament and we have an opportunity to play in it if we can win our division!
May 17 - Rugger Mortis Old Boys Tournament
This will be the second annual Rugger Mortis Old Boys Rugby Tournament! This tournament will have two divisions, 35 - 44 and 45+. Last year we had 3 teams and this year we already have 5 teams committed and likely more to register. This is also homecoming weekend for the SMSU Rugby Club. We’ll also have a showing of our brand new documentary this weekend. Stay tuned for more info on the schedule for this weekend. Sign up for our mailing list to hear more!
June 14 - 4 By 4 Brewing 7s Rugby Tournament
This is our annual 7s rugby tournament that will feature men’s and women’s high school, college, and senior clubs throughout the midwest. This is usually our biggest tournament of the year and is a full day of intense 7s rugby at the Springfield Rugby Pitch.
We have a big lineup of top-tier rugby coming to the Ozarks over the next few months. Please come to support the club this year. See you out there!