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March 2006: a group of high energy women’s club and national team ruggers awaited two busloads of 20-something,  mid-level DI collegiate, American women’s players.  It was really, really hot outside.  The  visitors’ vehicles bottomed out on the dirt road rather violently at the entrance gate.  An assessment of the pitch from passenger windows came back [...]

Thanks to Deanna Church, I have the results of the MARFU Collegiate D1 & D2 Championships. Saturday, March 20, 2010 Women’s Div 1 quarterfinals (Pool A) – Navy (PRU1) 40 – Princeton University (EPRU3) 8 Women’s Div 1 quarterfinals (Pool A) – Virginia (VRU1) 27 – West Chester (EPRU2) 13 Women’s Div 1 quarterfinals (Pool [...]

The Brown women ruggers hosted Beantown RFC, a Super league women’s club team and one of the top 3 teams in the nation. The match was a real test of our ability to play at speed under a great deal of physical pressure – and the pressure was relentless from the opening kick off until [...]

from SARugby: The South African Women rugby squad gets together on Thursday in Cape Town for a four day training camp in preparation for their two Tests against fellow IRB Women’s World Cup qualifiers Kazakhstan next month in Dubai. The two international matches will be played on 8 and 10 April at the Al Ain [...]

As an athlete preparing for the season, we must remember that to be the best athlete possible we train year round.  Since we train year round it means that during the times that we are not in-season we need to have a different training focus compared to in-season. Knowing what to focus on in the [...]

Read below the Spring Break Tour Journal from Kelsey. Looks like Navy had a good time and got some great rugby in! Day 1- Saturday, March 13th, 2010 We landed at Heathrow airport this morning at what we think is about 9am? Feels like we left school forever ago (Friday at 7am to be exact!) [...]

from Bowdoin Athletics: BRUNSWICK, Maine -  The Bowdoin College women’s rugby team embarked on a five-day spring break trip to the Mid-Atlantic that included sightseeing, training and a pair of victories over the University of Mary Washington and American University. After a long day of travel on Wednesday, March 24, the Polar Bears arrived for [...]

from LSU Western Collegiate Championship website: BATON ROUGE – Beautiful but breezy conditions greeted players and fans at the start of Day 2 of the Western Rugby Union Collegiate Championships. The final day of tournament action kicked off at 9:00am Sunday at the LSU University Recreation Sport and Adventure Complex. The morning began with consolation [...]

I know I am a little late for Valentines Day, but this video was too funny to pass up! Thanks to John of Letchworth Girls for sending it to me. If you are not sure who Chabal is, check out this video (and this one) to get a peek… To view more YSC videos hover [...]

I had a thought the other day that I should combine all of the different score boards I have together into one large document. So I did that this morning and here is the result! Feel free to send me your own scores each week (please include full team names and League you play in), [...]