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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. The team’s first and only head coach has dedicated her life to cultivating a safe, respectful and fun home for young rugby players, and the […]

In spring 2021, four high school girls’ rugby teams gathered in Clinton Township, New Jersey, in front of family and a handful of collegiate coaches and recruiters for the first Mid-Atlantic Women’s Rugby Showcase. That modest event, held at the tail-end of the Covid-19 pandemic, allowed talented young ruggers to be seen and has blossomed […]

Lots of international play this weekend, and TRB is excited to check in with those groups once they get back on U.S. soil. Minnesota names its high school champions and Elite Girls Rugby League holds its annual Showcase. and Women’s Elite Rugby heads into its penultimate regular-season round. [lead photo: Ami Kratt] USA USA Falcons 15s […]

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 then went undefeated in its Idaho Division I 15s season, a title run that included wins against the 2025 Girls’ High School 15s National Tournament finalists. (All […]

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 game, and the long-time club members endeavored to unlock the players’ creativity and confidence, and went to work. In May, the Cobras won their […]
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