The 2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament played June 1–3 at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It was the ninth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the eight consecutive year that the tournament was at Talen Energy Stadium (formerly known as PPL Park). The event was broadcast on ESPN+, ESPN2 and ESPNews.[2][3] The men's tournament consisted of 24 teams split into six pools.[4] Lindenwood won both the men's and women's championships.[5] To claim their first title in only their second appearance in the tournament, Lindenwood defeated UCLA in the men's final.[6] Total attendance for the three day tournament was 27,002 including a record setting 15,109 for Saturday pool play.[1]
