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When Sara Dougherty discovered rugby, there was just one team in Ethiopia for which she could play. Now that she’s in the U.S., there are more opportunities to play the sport, but the Illinois ..
Ilona Maher in Dubai / Photo: Mike Lee / KLC fotos for World Rugby USA RUGBY – Olympians return as Head Coach Emilie Bydwell names her side for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series ..
Photo: Travis Prior (@rugby_photog_co) for USA Rugby There are many ways to get a good rugby education, and Leila Opeti is an example of such. A fixture in the Rugby NorCal scene until ..
As USA U20 head coach Joel Bonnaud explained, more than half of the Winter 15s Camp attendees were completely new to the USA Pathway – a function of the pandemic. Katelyn Walker is one such ..
Photo: Travis Prior for USA Rugby (@rugby_photog_co) Soccer was Maddie Hughes’ first love. The North Carolinian started kicking the ball around at four years old and saw her future ..
The U.S. Olympic Training Site in Chula Vista, Calif., was once again abuzz with USA age grade pathway players, who spent a week (Dec. 27-Jan. 1) training together during the annual ..
The U.S. Olympic Training Site in Chula Vista, Calif., was once again abuzz with USA age grade pathway players, who spent a week (Dec. 27-Jan. 1) training together during the annual ..
People always ask me how this past year and Covid have been for me; i.e., whether The Rugby Breakdown has been able to survive when the sport was in pandemic mode. And I still ..
Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, Dubai – these rugby destinations mark just the second half of Emily Fulbrook’s 2021. The Virginia native won a club 7s national championship, scored ..
USA RUGBY – For the first time since 2019, USA Rugby Pathways will bring 82 women’s U18 and U20 players to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Site in Chula Vista, Calif., ..
Sam Tancredi / Photo: Neil Kennedy for USA Rugby GLENDALE, CO – USA Rugby announced an eight-team national women’s U23 competition to be held annually, in an effort to increase ..
Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby Spain is hosting the third and fourth stops on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, and the schedule for Malaga (Jan. 21-23) has just been ..
Photo: Alex Ho (hoiho.net) Sarah Levy went to college with the intention of leaving athletics in high school and focusing on academics, but that was before the SoCal native met rugby. ..
Photo: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby USA RUGBY – The USA Women’s Sevens National Team claimed fifth-place in the second of two back-to-back weekends in Dubai. Following ..
Naya Tapper / Photo: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby The 2021-22 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series began with the first of two tournaments in Dubai. Ten women’s teams featured ..
England’s Abby Dow / Englandrugby.com Photo The USA Women’s National Team finished its fall tour 0-4, dropping an 89-0 decision to England at Worcester’s Sixways Stadium. ..
Tausinga in Canada / USA Rugby photo USA RUGBY – For the first time since the pandemic, the women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will return with an expanded slate of seven ..
INPHO Photo WORCESTER, ENG – Head Coach Rob Cain has made nine changes from last week’s match against Ireland as the USA Women’s XVs National Team face England this Sunday, ..
NEW YORK — Coming off its successful Inaugural Championship event in October, Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) has positioned itself as the league of the future as it prepares for a nationwide ..
Photo: Jamie Schwaberow – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images The USA Women’s National Team is 0-1 on fall tour, dropping a 20-10 decision to Ireland in Dublin this evening. ..
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