Men's Clubs

High Country posted "WIN 94-7" on Saturday, September 19 after beating Macon Love at Grant Park, 537 Park Avenue SE in Atlanta, a 2 PM kickoff. Macon Love had called it their season opener and the first meeting between the clubs "after several years of not facing one another." High Country's men, celebrating the club's 50th year, train at Coan Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM; Macon Love train Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 PM at Carolyn Crayton Park and are at Charleston on Saturday, September 26, an 11 AM listing on the club's calendar.

The Atlanta Renegades posted their fall on Monday, September 21: the Augusta Maddogs on Saturday, September 26, which the Renegades list at 2 PM at Silverbacks Park with a social after at the King George Tavern; Gwinnett away in October; Charleston away on Saturday, November 7; High Country at Silverbacks on Saturday, November 21; and an Old Boys match on Saturday, December 12. Augusta's own schedule lists the September 26 match at home at 2055 Division Street at 1 PM, so we are confirming the venue and kickoff with both clubs and it goes on the calendar the moment we have it. Renegades 15s training is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 to 9 PM, at Peachtree Middle School in Dunwoody. The Gainesville Spartans' match at the Renegades on Saturday, October 3 is postponed, per Gainesville, with a new date to come; the Spartans train Thursdays and Sundays and next play the Savannah Shamrocks on Saturday, October 17.

The Exiles and Hilton Head announced the Palms and Pines Cup on Thursday, September 17: a home-and-home series, the opener "among the palms" in Hilton Head on Saturday, November 14 and the return "among the pines" in North Fulton on Saturday, February 6, one win apiece to tie, and a tie decided by a boat race. Before that the Exiles are at Atlanta Old White on Saturday, September 26, a 1 PM kickoff at the Atlanta Rugby Grounds, 1035 Fairburn Road SW, which Old White bill as a test match, family friendly. Old White's D1 side is at Southern Pines the same day, then at Asheville on Saturday, October 10, and both Old White's D3 and High Country list their Saturday, October 3 meeting at Grant Park, per Old White's site, kickoff to be confirmed.

The Atlanta Bucks are running Rugby 101 inside practice for two weeks, Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at East Lake Park, "no experience needed, no tryouts, just show up," and open their home season against the Gwinnett Lions on Saturday, September 26 at 1 PM at Grove Park, 709 Hortense Place NW. The Bucks then travel to the Maul on the Mall tournament in Washington, DC over the weekend of Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4. Gwinnett train Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 8 PM, at Tribble Mill Park in Lawrenceville. The Columbus Cruise-A-Matics are back at practice Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM on Blanchard Boulevard, "active duty, veterans, spouses, locals, all skill levels" welcome. Athens' men, 66-12 winners at Gwinnett on September 5 per the club's site, are next at Columbus on Saturday, October 17.

The Savannah Shamrocks' men, GRU champions in 2025 and 2026, open at home against Hilton Head on Saturday, September 26 at 3 PM, the second half of a doubleheader with the women. Every kickoff the clubs have posted is on the calendar.

Life University's club side beat White Plains 53-5 at Lupo on Saturday, September 19, a 7 PM kickoff that rain held up for about an hour, a week after winning 38-18 at White Plains on the road. Two meetings, two wins, 91 points to 23.

Correction, September 29, 2026: this story's headline originally read 94-7, the score on High Country's own graphic, which still appears quoted above. The referee society's official record has the final 94-5, and the headline now carries the official figure.

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