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There’s just one more rugby game in the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL) season, and it will produce the first Legacy Cup champion. The Colorado Gray Wolves and Berkeley All Blues ..
The Legacy Cup holds its semifinals on Saturday in Madison, Wis., and The Rugby Breakdown is on the ground to document it. And the rest of the country starts to open up this weekend, ..
USA RUGBY — The USA Rugby Women’s Sevens Program is commencing their build toward LA 2028, beginning with a high performance camp aimed at identifying and preparing athletes ..
It’s go time! The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is down to its final three rugby 15s games, with Legacy Cup semifinals on Saturday, Sept. 7 and then the championship on Sept. 14. The semifinal ..
Berkeley finished atop the Women’s Premier League (WPL) standings and takes the top seed into this Saturday’s Legacy Cup semifinals, hosted by Women’s Elite Rugby (WER). Head ..
Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) is now accepting applications for head coaches to lead one of the teams in the inaugural six markets: Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, ..
Of the 22 NCAA women’s rugby programs playing in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), half of them are Division I. Last Saturday was opening day, and 10 DI teams ..
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) and Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) are inextricably linked. The former is a foundation, the latter is a future, and they’re working together to form ..
The 2024-25 season is upon us, and the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) is the first competition to log multiple regular-season games. Several DI and DII programs contested ..
As is the case every year, there is a lot of reorganization that occurs ahead of every collegiate season, including the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), home to most ..
In November 2018, Life West faced the D.C. Furies in a Women’s Premier League (WPL) challenge match, the stakes being a spot in the 2019 rugby 15s competition. The Gladiatrix put in a statement ..
The National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) pre-season rankings have been published and Women's Director Angela Smarto is sharing some inside knowledge on the Division I, Division II and Division ..
The Midwest High School Thunderbirds (“Baby Birds”) planned its most ambitious rugby tour to date, taking close to 100 players and family members to New Zealand for a 15s tour in June. ..
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) wrapped up its regular season on Sunday – sort of. The rugby 15s game between the Colorado Gray Wolves and Life West did not occur, and the competition ..
Last weekend, the New England Junior Jacks took 22 U18 girls and five staffers to Canada for a 15s match against the Rugby Quebec U18s. But the trip across the border provided much ..
The following is a list of girls and women’s rugby scores for games occurring in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Aug. 23-25, 2024. Attention is directed toward Round 14 of the Women’s ..
New York Rugby Club (10-2) ended its Women’s Premier League (WPL) regular season with an affirming win against Berkeley in Moraga, Calif. The rest of the competition will play its final ..
Traditionally, the new rugby season begins on Sept. 1, but there will be several regular-season matches that occur at the end of August and count toward the 2024-25 season. The onset ..
PRESS RELEASE — Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) is thrilled to announce New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Twin Cities will be joining Boston, Chicago and Denver as the first ..
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) accounts for 80% of women’s college rugby teams in the U.S., and the organization is poised to make 2024-25 its best year yet. In part one of this ..
The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) covers girls and women's rugby in the U.S. JACKIE FINLAN is the sole employee creating content and the paid subscription base supports this full-time enterprise. For $5/month (or $60/year), subscribers access features covering the USA Eagles, senior clubs, colleges, high schools, and everything in between. TRB prides itself on original, interview-based articles that showcase the people driving this great sport in the U.S.