All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) has toured to Spain before, but the National Development Program’s most recent trip marked the girls’ U18 program’s first appearance in Spain. ..
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Last year was an important one for Rugby Americas North (RAN), as it was finally ready to field a 15s competition for its senior women’s teams. The USA South celebrated that benchmark ..
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Aniya Merrill may only be 19 years old, but the Oregon-based scrumhalf is already skilled in balancing rugby, school, life and recuperation. It was an absolutely necessary skill to develop, ..
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And spring 2024 makes four. Knightmare has won the Rugby Pennsylvania 7s and 15s championships since fall 2022, and is the team to beat among girls’ high school programs. The team ..
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New York is 5-2 with 24 standings points this Women’s Premier League (WPL) season, which is enjoying the last week of summer break before resuming this Saturday. The team is in a good ..
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The Berkeley All Blues are 6-1 in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and lead the standings on point differential. That loss came right before summer break, but the team isn’t mad at it. Trials ..
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The Colorado Gray Wolves entered the Women’s Premier League (WPL) summer break on an important win, one that resonated throughout the squad and strengthened the team’s position ..
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Last month, the USA Falcons took a surprise tour to South America for two 15s games against host Brazil. Sarah Chobot and Katie Dowty served as head and assistant coaches, respectively, ..
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The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is halfway through its season and enjoying a three-week summer break. Reflecting on the first two months of play, Life West has once again drawn interest ..
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Eight U23 regional all-star teams took to the New England Free Jacks rugby stadium yesterday for the first of two game days in Quincy, Mass. Teams were placed into Tier 1 and Tier 2 brackets ..
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The Class of 2024 has been a special one for many high school rugby teams. For those graduating seniors who joined their respective teams as freshmen, they represent the covid class. ..
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This school year was a tale of two seasons for the East Country Grackles in Rugby Oregon. The girls’ high school team struggled to fill the leadership roles that had been vacated ..
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The Eagan Rugby girls’ high school team won its third-straight Minnesota Youth Rugby championship, but the pathway to the 2024 title required a lot of work. Eagan didn’t march ..
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Alexa Kirschner captained the Charlotte Cardinals girls’ high school team (“Roonies”) to its third-straight North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (NCYRU) 15s championship, but it was a season-long ..
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Prior to the pandemic, the Montana girls’ high school rugby league moved from 15s to 7s to accommodate dropping numbers. This past spring, however, the state pushed to restore the traditional ..
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Rugby New York held concurrent 7s and 15s competitions for its girls’ high schools this spring. Some teams didn’t have the numbers for 15s but could compete in 7s, while a couple ..
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St. Joseph Academy has won seven Rugby Ohio girls’ high school 15s championships since 2013, but the 2023 and 2024 titles mark the first time that the Jaguars have gone back to back. ..
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The Brunswick Valkyries graduated a big senior class in spring 2022, and the player pool needed time to refill those influential roles. But even during the rebuild, the team remained ..
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The Chicago Rugby Club (CRC) Valkyries are 4-for-4 on Rugby Illinois championships the past two years. The girls’ high school team retained the state 15s title after a competitive ..
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The Midwest Rugby Union is the only region that holds a senior all-star 15s tournament for its men's and women's teams, and the 2024 event -- Thunderbird Cup -- took place June 1-2 in Lemont, ..
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