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Rugby is an amateur sport in the U.S., and the need to fundraise is insatiable. Even at the top, the Eagles run campaigns to raise tens of thousands of dollars just to compete. Ideally, ..
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There’s a performance gap between East Coast and West Coast girls’ high school rugby teams, and it’s revisited at nationals every year. But for West End (Va.) coach Matt Estes ..
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In an effort to elevate its constituents’ rugby IQ, the West Coast Rugby Conference sponsored representatives from member teams to a USA Rugby touch judge certification course, held ..
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This Saturday’s game between Glendale and Seattle brings two rugby champions together, but there is another detail on which to focus: The Saracens don’t really play U.S. teams anymore. ..
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This weekend brings two champions to the pitch. Glendale, the Women’s Premier League (WPL) titleholder, is traveling to Seattle to play reigning USA Rugby DI champion Saracens. ..
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Below is a recap of important club and college rugby games that occurred last weekend, January 16-17, followed by a preview of upcoming matches worth a follow. CLUB RUGBY One suspects ..
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Raleigh isn’t the only North Carolina women’s rugby team doing some league-leading (read more). Revitalized by eager Univ. North Carolina – Charlotte (UNCC) alumnae, the Charlotte ..
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It’s tempting to fixate on the numbers. When it comes to rugby, they decide winners, quantify improvement, and rank the competition. They’re shortcuts to a story. For the USA Women ..
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The Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) has done relatively well in promoting Division II teams to DI rugby. Last year, Pittsburgh won the MAC title during its first year in DI, and now Raleigh ..
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Stanford has confirmed that it is competing in the inaugural DI Elite championship this spring, and rounds out an eight-team field comprised of teams from around the country. It’s ..
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The Girls National Invitational Rugby Championship is drawing good interest for the single-school event, to be held May 20-22 at Lindenwood University. Teams from 12 states have expressed ..
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Ivan Pacewiczh had some concerns as he transitioned from UC Riverside’s backs coach to head coach. Last year, the Highlanders won the DII college women’s rugby spring championship, ..
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Arizona Women’s Rugby got its first win of the season, improving to 1-1 in the DI Pacific Mountain Conference South, but it was a heart-stopper. The Wildcats trailed CSU Northridge ..
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It had been some time, but spring 2015 marked the Kansas City Jazz’s return to national playoffs. The longtime Mid-America leader took the Frontier seed to last year’s DII Western ..
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The Pacific Coast rugby scene has undergone a lot of change in the recent past. Not too long ago, the women’s DI club league spanned from Seattle to Tempe, Ariz., but the travel ..
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The Serevi Selects have made their annual pilgrimage to the South Pacific for the Bayleys Fiji Coral Coast 7s. The rugby tournament draws good international competition and is a source ..
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Wisconsin is Vegas bound. Thirteen high school rugby players will represent the Wisconsin Girls U19 All Star 7s team at the Las Vegas Invitational, the first out-of-state fixture for the first-year ..
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Twelve women’s rugby teams will convene in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 20-21, 2016, for the second round of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series. The USA will compete in Pool ..
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Kalihi, Oahu, Hawaii – The Lady Raiders Rugby Club announced the hiring of Sefesi Green as their new head coach. Green will coach alongside assistant coach Sam Robinson. “The ..
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By 2014, Pittsburgh had outgrown Division II club rugby. The Angels were regulars at the DII national championships (winning in 2012 and 2014), but had distanced itself so far from ..
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