All posts by: Jackie Finlan
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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. ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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The Women's Premier League (WPL) is down to its final regular-season matches, which will occur this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 24-25. As previously mentioned, the semifinalists ..
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Lissa Salisbury is a talented athlete, and once identified, the Carmel, Ind., product was fast-tracked into elite and national-level rugby. There was an element of chance getting into ..
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National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) is by far the largest member organization for U.S. women's college rugby programs, and so tracking every update for the 2024 fall 15s season isn't really ..
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Scion didn’t actually go anywhere, but the team was absent from the 2023 USA Club Rugby 7s National Championship. The D.C.-based program had won the two previous trophies and was forced ..
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You’ve found rugby and are immediately hooked. You’re enamored by the community and camaraderie on and off the pitch, and the whole sport feels like a forever home. But what if your ..
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“Hey, you look athletic. Want to try rugby?” “Sure, why not?” It’s a classic recruitment tactic, and so many American rugby players can trace the start of their careers to that ..
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The USA Rugby Women’s U20 National Team ended its Transatlantic Quad Series on a high note, beating the England U20s 40-22 at Cardiff Arms on July 24. The junior Eagles had played ..
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There has been a good amount of international competition for girls and women’s rugby in the U.S. this summer, and there’s more to come before the onset of the fall 2024 season. ..
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The USA Rugby U20 Women’s Team is past the halfway point of its Transatlantic Quad Series tour. The junior Eagles are 0-2 against Canada and Wales U20 teams, although substantial ..
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Slaughterhouse was one of several women's rugby teams that debuted at club 7s nationals last year, and the Pennsylvania side did so in its first summer of existence. That exposure and success ..
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The 5th annual Armed Forces Women’s Rugby 7s Championship took place July 12-13 in San Diego, and Army won its fourth title after a 5-0 performance. The tournament was a superb showcase ..
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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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