Maddogs Take the Inaugural Ernie Silva Cup
Augusta Maddogs beat Exiles 19 to 12 at Larry Bray Field on August 29 to lift the inaugural Ernie Silva Cup; Greenville beat Augusta 42 to 0 the same day.
Friday, September 4, 2026
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Senior Men's Season Opens on Saturday, September 12: Augusta at High Country, Athens Hosts Gainesville, the Bucks Are Back From Brisbane
Saturday, September 12 is the first full Saturday of senior men's rugby in Georgia. Augusta Maddogs travel to High Country in Atlanta, 1 PM per Augusta's schedule. The Athens Eagles host the Gainesville Spartans in Athens at 1 PM, the annual meeting the Spartans call the showdown that never disappoints. The Atlanta Bucks, home from the Bingham Cup in Brisbane, host the Columbus Cruise-A-Matics in Atlanta, and open the morning with a free Rugby 101 from 11 AM to 1 PM at 709 Hortense Place NW: learn the game, meet the team, social after. Atlanta Old White fill their Saturday with a touch and BBQ day at the field.
The season already started in Snellville on Saturday, September 5, where the Gwinnett Lions hosted Athens at South Gwinnett Park. The Lions' schedule has them at the Bucks on Saturday, September 26 and home to the Renegades on Saturday, October 24.
Two things every away fan should know. Augusta's home matches now play at Augusta Rugby Pitch, 2055 Division Street, Augusta 30904, per the club's schedule, which also lists 1 PM kickoffs: Charleston on Saturday, October 17 and Columbus on Saturday, November 7 at home, Hilton Head away on Saturday, October 24. Macon Love posted their full 2026-27 schedule: the opener is Saturday, September 19 at High Country, home dates are at Carolyn Crayton Park starting with Savannah on Saturday, November 7, and practice has moved to the South Bibb Recreation Complex, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 PM.
The Atlanta Renegades' fixtures are on their site: Augusta on Saturday, September 26, Gwinnett in October, Charleston away on Saturday, November 7, Columbus away on Saturday, February 6. Both Augusta and the Renegades list September 26 as a home match, so we are confirming the venue with the clubs and it goes on the calendar the moment we have it. Training is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 to 9 PM, at Peachtree Middle School in Dunwoody, no experience needed.
Old White's site names a new head coach, Matt Heaton, and their home match against the Exiles on Saturday, September 26 kicks off at 1 PM at the Atlanta Rugby Grounds on Fairburn Road. The Exiles hold their AGM the morning of September 12 and get their next 15s in Marietta two weeks later. And for the old boys: Peg Leg's 4th annual golf tournament tees off at 8 AM on Friday, September 11 at Woodland Hills in Cartersville, $100 a player, the day before their alumni match against Kennesaw State's current side.
Every fixture above is on the Radar calendar with the club's own post as its source. Send corrections and kickoff times to hello@therugbyradar.com.
This Season's Stories
The RecordThe Men's Fall Kicks Off Saturday, September 5 in Lilburn
Gwinnett hosts Athens Eagles on Saturday, September 5, and the season opens from there: a full Saturday slate on September 12, and published schedules from Gwinnett, Exiles, and Macon Love now live on the calendar through March. The Ernie Silva Cup was contested in Augusta on August 29; the result goes up here the moment the clubs publish it.
Monday, August 31, 2026
The Atlanta Bucks Reach the Bingham Cup Challenger Semifinal in Brisbane
The Atlanta Bucks played the Bingham Cup, the world championship of gay and inclusive rugby, in Brisbane on August 22 and 23, and reached the Challenger Cup semifinal — including a 19-0 quarterfinal shutout of the Chicago Dragons Blue, the side that had beaten them in pool play.
Monday, August 24, 2026
The Bucks open the Bingham Cup in Brisbane on Thursday, August 20
Atlanta's inclusive club is in Australia. The world tournament runs Thursday, August 20 to Sunday, August 23, and the Bucks spent August introducing the squad one interview at a time.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
The Ernie Silva Cup Kicks Off Saturday, August 29 in Augusta
The inaugural Ernie Silva Cup brings Augusta Maddogs, Greenville, and Exiles RFC together for a three-club round robin at Larry Bray Field in Augusta on Saturday, August 29, first whistle framed for 1 PM. In the clubs' own words: "Three clubs. One pitch. One very hairy trophy."
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The Shamrock 7s Returns to Daffin Park Saturday, August 15
The Savannah Shamrocks host the Shamrock 7s at Daffin Park in Savannah on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with first games at 9:00 AM. Hilton Head Island RFC is among the entrants and calls it "the club's last 7s tournament of the summer." Registration closed Saturday, August 8, so this one is for spectators.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Three Georgia Fixtures on Hilton Head's Fall Slate
Hilton Head Island published five fall dates and three involve Georgia clubs: at Savannah Shamrocks on Saturday, September 26, hosting Augusta Maddogs on Saturday, October 24, and hosting Exiles RFC on Saturday, November 14 for the first leg of the Palms and Pines Cup. All three are on the calendar.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Atlanta Bucks Are Flying to Brisbane
The Bucks are taking a squad to Brisbane for the 2026 Bingham Cup. Tell us your dates and your travel fund and we will put both in front of the whole state.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The Maddogs Moved the Address, Not the Pitch
Fall training is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 pm at Maddogs Pitch, 2055 Division Street, Augusta. The club's five-game fall opens with the Ernie Silva Cup on Saturday, August 29, and Thursday, August 13 is a fundraiser night at the Augusta GreenJackets game.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The Golf Tournament That Has Outlasted Most of the Fixtures
The MacFitch runs for the thirty-sixth time on Saturday, August 15 at Chastain. Eighty-five dollars if you pay dues somewhere, a hundred and forty-five if you do not.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Fifteens Came Back. It Immediately Got Rained Out.
Three clubs flipped to fifteens inside one week, and the Renegades' first night back was cancelled for weather, which is about the most fifteens thing that could have happened. Now Atlanta Old White have their date too: first session Monday, August 17 at Custer Park in Marietta, then Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 to 9 PM.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Fifteens Wants Its Thursdays Back
Fifteens preseason opened across Georgia: the Gwinnett Lions restarted men's and women's training Thursday, July 30 at Tribble Mill Park with a first match set for September, and the Athens Eagles opened XVs prep Sunday, August 2 at Southeast Clarke Park. Exiles RFC are still adding fixtures to a fall-to-spring calendar, and the inaugural Ernie Silva Cup lands Saturday, August 29 in Augusta.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Old White Runs the Table, Apex Flips the Final
The host side nearly wrote the storybook ending at the Hotlanta 7s on Saturday, July 25. Atlanta Old White went four for four through the men's competitive round robin, including a 26-17 win over Apex. Finals are cruel like that: Apex adjusted and closed it 21-10 for the title. The men's social bracket ran fourteen sides deep across four pools. Clamdigger Selects beat The Fast and The Fragile 21-14 in the final, with Lanier 7s and the Atlanta Renegades falling in the semis. Macon Love, the Peglegs, and sides from six states beyond Georgia all put boots on the grass, which is what an end-of-summer sevens day is for. Fifteens is next. Athens Rugby starts XVs training Sunday, August 2 at Southeast Clarke Park, the Gwinnett Lions restart fifteens training Thursday, July 30 at Tribble Mills Park in Lawrenceville, and the Ernie Silva Cup kicks off in Augusta on Saturday, August 29. Summer ends when the calendar says it does, and the calendar is starting to say it.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Beer City 7s Champions Named
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Exiles Name a Men's XVs Coach
Exiles have named Erik Saxon as their new men's XVs coach, joining head coach Marcus Hall and assistant Eric Hellman. The men's fall opener is Saturday, August 29, away at the Augusta Maddogs, with the full slate on the club's site.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Atlanta Copperheads Close 2026
The Atlanta Copperheads, Georgia's rugby league side, called time on 2026 with an awards banquet at Gate City Brewing on Monday, July 20. Eyes now firmly on 2027, with recruiting open to players from any background, no rugby league experience required.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Atlanta Bucks, Brisbane-Bound
The Atlanta Bucks, Atlanta's gay and inclusive club, are preparing for the 2026 Bingham Cup in Australia, the biggest stage in inclusive rugby, with a merch and fundraiser push running to help get them there.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
High Country Men Turn 50
A milestone: the High Country men's side turns 50 in 2026. Est. 1975, and still running out on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Coan Park.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Club Spotlight: Macon Love Rugby
A spotlight on Macon Love, a middle-Georgia men's side going since 1999 and built on hard-nosed forward rugby, having drawn players over the years from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia College, and Mercer. The club is recruiting for 2026-27.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Exiles Announce an Expanded 2026-27 Fixture List
Alpharetta's Exiles announced a board-approved slate of 10 to 12 men's XVs fixtures for 2026-27, with more home dates in Alpharetta and Milton, and laid out a long-term vision of multiple men's sides, a full women's XVs program, and a club academy.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Founded on the Fourth: the Columbus Cruisers
A spotlight on the Columbus Cruisers: the touring Cruise-A-Matics played their first rugby on July 4, 1983, and the club still runs four decades on. It owns a piece of state history in the Hotter than Hell 7s, first run in 1984 and into its 43rd year in 2026, the longest-running sevens in Georgia.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Exiles Men Reach the Cape Fear 7s Semifinals
Alpharetta's Exiles opened their summer at the Cape Fear 7s in Wilmington, North Carolina, going 3-2 in a 32-side field and reaching the knockout semifinals.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Atlanta Renegades Relaunch a 1971 Club
After weeks of a countdown clock, the Atlanta Renegades, founded in 1971, completed a top-to-bottom rebrand: a new website and a sharpened identity built around one word, brotherhood, with open summer recruiting. New look, same 1971 roots.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Rugby League Arrives in Atlanta: the Copperheads
A new club, the Atlanta Copperheads, brought rugby league, the 13-a-side code, to the metro. They trained at Roswell Area Park and played their first match on Saturday, June 6, 2026, away in Jacksonville.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Atlanta Old White Take the Men's National Club Title
Atlanta Old White won the men's national club final 32-10 over North Bay on Sunday, May 17, 2026 in Lemont, Illinois, sealing back-to-back national titles in 2025 and 2026.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Savannah Shamrocks Go Back-to-Back Men's Champions
The Savannah Shamrocks are back-to-back men's champions, following their 2025 title with a 30-25 win over the Charleston Outlaws in the 2026 final.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Senior men's rugby in Georgia covers the full spread: clubs that train for championships, clubs that train for the third half, and most clubs somewhere happily in between. Each listing carries the club's own description of its level.
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