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Life West held its Women’s Premier League (WPL) home-opener Saturday as ORSU made its second trip to San Francisco in as many weeks. The Gladiatrix improved to 2-0 in the West ..
Photo courtesy Sacred Heart Athletics Congratulations to the 2018-19 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) All-Academic Team. The following student-athletes achieved a cumulative ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan GLENDALE, CO – Weekend passes are now available for the HSBC USA Women’s Sevens Glendale taking place Oct. 5-6 at Infinity Park. The tournament will bring ..
2018 national finalists reunite / Photo: Jackie Finlan San Diego and New York play their first games of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) season and thus draw the most interest ..
Photo courtesy Scion Rugby Academy FB Last weekend, American Rugby Pro Training Center (ARPTC) hosted the National Developmental Invitational Tournament (NDIT) at its home facility ..
After years of fielding a successful 7s program, fall 2018 saw the Chicago Lions break into the 15s game through the DII Midwest. The Lions are back for a sophomore season and another ..
Ashleigh DeWitt’s heading to Davenport / Photo: Jackie Finlan The 2019-2020 collegiate season is about to kick off and the competition will introduces hundreds of recent high ..
Photo courtesy Vassar Athletics During the fall, four collegiate competitions name 15s champions, and they account for hundreds of schools across the country. NIRA (the NCAA league) ..
The Rugby Breakdown is based in Oakland, Calif., and therefore able to watch many of Berkeley’s and Life West’s home games. ORSU traveled to San Francisco for the Women’s ..
Kuehl at 2018 nationals / Photo: Jackie Finlan The women’s rugby calendar hasn’t completely sorted itself yet, and the month of August sees a convergence of important events on consecutive, ..
Berkeley wing Laura Thacker / Photo: Jackie Finlan Thirty players scored a total of 193 points during round one of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Life West fullback Leti Hingano ..
Beantown flyhalf Tatjana Toeldte (2018) / Photo: Jackie Finlan Beantown opened up the Women’s Premier League (WPL) at home and treated fans to a 32-22 win against Atlanta. The outing ..
Chicago North Shore shifted to the East Conference this season, as it made more logistical sense for 2019 newcomer Life West (Calif.) to join the Women’s Premier League (WPL) West. ..
The Women’s Premier League held its opening weekend and saw Life West, Berkeley, Chicago North Shore and Beantown come away with wins. Below are the current standings. Note that ..
Back MVP Hingano (seen here during summer 7s) / Photo: Jackie Finlan With Saturday’s game against Glendale, Life West became the 13th team to compete in the Women’s Premier League ..
Donning sister college Cal’s jerseys, Berkeley banked the first win of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) Saturday afternoon on Treasure Island. The All Blues hosted a light ORSU ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan The National Development Invitational Tournament (NDIT) in Little Rock, Ark., and Women’s Premier League (WPL) season-openers are the big fixtures this weekend. ..
Poised to pounce / Photo: Jackie Finlan On Saturday, Life West contests its first-ever Women’s Premier League (WPL) match and it has traveled to Glendale, Colo., with heat. With ..
The National Development Invitational Tournament (NDIT) readies for its third iteration, this time occurring at American Rugby Pro Training Center’s facility in Little Rock, Ark., ..
Alex Ho photo (hoiho.net) The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) is the NCAA rugby league, and its fifth season begins Aug. 31 for the 19 member teams. The competition ..
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