OK, here we go with a huge assist to a Certain Emailer whose information on this year's edition of the above action is unapologetically reproduced here, almost verbatim:
The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) 7s tournament will be played at PPL Park in Philadelphia this weekend. Dartmouth is the two-time defending champion. Tournament information is available here.
• There are 20 teams, in pools of 4, in the Elite Division. The top eight teams advance to the quarterfinals.
• Dartmouth’s pool includes Penn, Wisconsin, and Arizona. Dartmouth beat Arizona last year in the final to win the title.
• Dartmouth plays Penn today at 5:40. The game will be streamed at this link.
• Dartmouth plays Wisconsin Saturday morning at 11:50 and the game will be streamed on the same link.
• Dartmouth plays Arizona Saturday afternoon at 3:30. That match will be live on NBC part of tournament coverage that runs from 3 to 4:30.
• The match will be shown again Saturday night from 8 to 10:30 on NBCSN.
• The quarterfinals are on Sunday morning from 10 to 11:15 and again will be streamed at this link.
• The semifinals are Sunday afternoon at 3 and 3:25. They will be live on NBCSN. Coverage runs from 2 to 4.
• The finals are Sunday afternoon at 5:30 and will be carried live on NBC. Coverage runs from 4 to 6.
If you are on the run and all you have is your mobile device, there's a twitter feed for the tournament as well.
Graduating Dartmouth football players Garrett Wymore and Rob Bathe both played rugby this spring.
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More rugby news:Dartmouth grad and architect of the team that won the past two national titles Alex Magleby is stepping down as USA Eagles Sevens coach. There's a Rugby Mag story here.
