All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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The USA Falcons were busy during the month of June, sending both its 7s and 15s teams on tour. While the developmental 15s program traveled to Brazil for two games against the host ..
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Corning Rugby Club won its second-ever Rugby New York Girls’ High School 15s Championship last month. The season was especially poignant for a group of seniors who had helped drive ..
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Doylestown last won the Rugby Pennsylvania Girls’ High School 15s Championship in 2021, and rising senior Nolah Flynn has been there for every step of the rebuild. The scrumhalf was only ..
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The Brunswick Valkyries have won the Rugby Ohio girls’ high school 15s championship in the past, but the 2025 title run was certainly one to remember. With only four seniors on the squad, ..
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Montana has garnered attention in the last couple of years, as the girls’ high school competition has grown from 7s to 15s, and its state all-star team most recently finished second ..
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After a fruitful tour in 2024, the USA Falcons returned to South America for a two-game series against the Brazil women’s national 15s team. The teams split the two contests on June ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) sent its first-ever women’s select side on tour last week, competing in the Algarve 7s in Portugal. Led by head coach Deven O’Crump (née Owsiany) ..
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Haley Harris is on a mission. She’s back in San Diego, where she played her high school rugby, and looking to stoke the girls’ game in SoCal. She’s getting that opportunity with ..
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The Liberty Rugby Club won the Rugby Washington (Rugby WA) girls’ high school championship for the first time ever, but that title run wasn’t the prime topic for Shannon Nielsen. ..
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Rocky Mountain is Rugby Idaho’s complete champion. The Meridian-based program swept the 7s titles in the fall and looked to replicated those successes in the spring. Rocky Mountain ..
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When Mary Lastowski and Mike Streicker joined the Raleigh Cobras coaching staff this past fall, they inherited a group of very talented players. But there was a rigidity to the team’s ..
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Father Ryan graduated a core group of seniors from its girls’ high school rugby team last year, and so the program expected to rebuild during the 2024-25. But by the time the Tennessee ..
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The Utah Vipers formed in 2014, and out of necessity. David Shelledy and Olive Ahotaeiloa had been coaching the U19 Lowland Lions, and for those graduates who remained in the South ..
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Las Vegas is all about the spotlight, and the city has beens sparkling with some extra rugby glitter this past month. The Las Vegas Rugby Club women’s team won gold at the local, ..
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For the second-straight year, the Woodlands Youth Rugby Club sent two sides to the Rugby Texas girls’ high school 7s championship. But the 2025 title run was a bit of a surprise, ..
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Eagle won its second-straight Girls’ High School Rugby 15s National Tournament, and this title run was trying and ultimately highly rewarding. The Mustangs waded through adversity ..
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When Belmont Shore debuted at the Girls' High School Club National 15s Rugby Tournament last year, that title run was an announcement. “We’re here.” This 2025 championship was different, ..
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Northern California runs two competitions for its girls’ high school teams in the spring: 15s and 10s. The Sacramento Amazons won the Tier 1 15s title, and Tier 2 went to East Palo ..
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The Northern Virginia (NOVA) Women’s Rugby Club has featured in the previous four USA Club Rugby 15s National Championships, winning the titles in three of those finals. The Piranhas ..
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In the U.S., so many rugby players find the sport in college, which means club teams have to have a good on-campus recruitment game. But even the best funded and supported programs ..
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