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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 ..
Fallbrook Open’s Liliana Woodworth in the tackle vs. San Marcos Southern California Youth Rugby kicked off its high school season last week, and everyone’s playing 7s. There ..
@CardinalsRugbyClub photo (link to original) The North Carolina Youth Rugby Union (NCYRU) started its Winter High School season in early December and kicked off the 2022 segment of play ..
Colonial Coast won the last all-star 7s championship in 2020 PRESS RELEASE – National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has formed 16 conference all-star teams that will compete for the Women’s ..
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 ..
Midwest returner Lexi Erdolino in January 2020 / Photo: Christine Varga Despite the two-year pandemic disruption, interest in and support for the Midwest High School Thunderbirds have ..
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 ..
PRESS RELEASE – In an effort to rebuild team rosters by attracting new players to the sport the Tri-State Conference for the first time has placed a significant emphasis on the Seven-a-side ..
Photo: BUCS (www.bucs.org.uk) There’s a substantial contingent of Eagles who are competing in the Allianz Premier 15s, the English professional league, but there’s also a solid ..
The 22nd Annual Girls High School Rugby National Tournament will be held Saturday-Sunday, May 21-22, 2022, at Notre Dame College in Euclid, Ohio. Teams may now register for 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 ..
PRESS RELEASE – National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) announced that the 2022 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) will return to Gold Mine on Airline, in New Orleans, Louisiana, home ..
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 ..
Not every success ends with a championship, title or MVP nod, and that was especially true this past fall – the first collegiate season to show some semblance of pre-Covid normality. ..
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 ..
In September 2021, Newberry College announced the addition of women’s rugby to its varsity athletic offerings and intends to compete in NIRA’s Division II in fall 2022. On Dec. ..
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 ..
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