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Life University Women's Rugby beat Lindenwood University in the teams' DI Elite spring rematch, and the ripple effect has been huge in Marietta, Ga. The Running Eagles are brimming ..
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The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is in its 15th year of existence, and 2024 will be the first full season for the new board of directors. The leadership is dense with rugby experience ..
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It’s been some time since the University of Oregon Women's Rugby has progressed beyond the 15s regular season. In the last decade, the Ducks’ most promising season occurred in 2019-20, ..
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Fallbrook High School won the Southern California Youth Rugby (SCYR) Girls’ High School 7s Championship, and did so with a relatively inexperienced team. It was a redemptive win for the Warriors, ..
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KB Slaughter is a recognizable figure on the U.S. rugby scene. That visibility built while representing the USA Women’s National Team, playing pro ball in Premier Rugby 7s, and winning ..
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The Los Angeles Rugby Club (LARC) had long talked about adding a women’s team, but that chat needed the right individual to own the project. Enter Emily Rodin. The 20-year veteran ..
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Heading into last weekend, there were still two undefeated teams in the Texas Rugby Union (TRU) Women’s Division II competition: Dallas Harlequins and Little Rock. Both teams featured ..
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Tempe Women’s Rugby went 0-3 against San Diego last spring, losing by a combined 174-22 as the Surfers built to the 2023 USA Club Rugby Division I National Championship. The Ninjas ..
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On May 17-19, the Girls High School 15s and High School Club 15s national tournaments will be filling the Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex in Cottage Grove, Wis. The event is a showcase ..
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La Costa Canyon High School came close to winning the Southern California Interscholastic Rugby Federation (SCIRF) Open Division last year, and was eager to close that margin in 2024. ..
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The Cascade Women’s Collegiate Rugby Conference joined National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) after the pandemic, but the Pacific Northwest (PNW) league has not featured in the organization's ..
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The Belmont Shore Rugby Club Girls’ U18 team is busy this 2023-24 season. The Southern California program has already traveled internationally, played 7s and 15s, and has two more ..
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The Capital Rugby Union is taking its men’s and women’s representative teams to Colombia for a joint 15s tour in February. The international outing is a first for the women’s ..
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For eight years now, the Midwest High School Thunderbirds have traveled to Florida for a winter 15s tour. The competition lineup has evolved over the years, but 2024 is finally meeting ..
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“Third time’s a charm,” New Haven Women's Rugby backs captain Brandice Neal looked optimistically toward the spring post-season. Neal was commenting on the likelihood of seeing ..
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The USA Falcons had a relatively active 2023 with two international rugby 7s events and several Chula Vista camps knitting those outings together. The USA developmental program brought ..
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Union County Women's Rugby repeated as the Empire Geographic Union (GU) Division III champion and became the first women's team across the entire country to secure a berth to a Super ..
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2023 has been a year of firsts for Northeastern University Women’s Rugby. In the spring, the Boston team won the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Division I 7s National ..
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Sparta-Rock won its fourth Rugby Michigan Girls' High School 15s Championship and got past a hungry Grand Haven 26-5 in the final. The game took place inside Rockford High School's ..
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St. Bonaventure University won the 2023 Women’s Small College 15s National Championship, defeating Univ. Wisconsin Platteville 22-17 during the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) finale ..
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