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from Scrumqueens: The year following the Women’s Rugby World Cup is normally fairly quiet as teams regroup and rebuild, and this year has been no different. Just 54 test matches were played in 2011, making it the quietest year for women’s test rugby since 2005. However, fears that the lure of Olympic rugby would mean [...]

It seems like women are getting tired of being considered second class athletes, first the WCSC letter to USA Rugby asking for gender equity…the UK is struggling with their own issues… We can’t ignore that these issues are worldwide and affect all female athletes. from theguardian: A group of leading British sportswomen has called for [...]

YSC received permission to publish this letter from Sue Parker, on behalf of the USA Rugby Women’s Collegiate Strategic Committee. Join the movement! We’ve created a Facebook page for this issue, join today! USA Rugby WCSC letter to BOD 120911 [PDF] I’m sure I don’t have to express to you how important these issues are, not [...]

from USA Rugby: A USA Rugby and USOC partnership will allow USA Rugby to provide 23 rugby sevens athletes (15 men, 8 women) with fulltime training contracts in January 2012 The 23 athletes will live near and have fulltime access to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Both the men’s and women’s sevens [...]

from IRB.com: The International Rugby Board is set to launch the IRB Women’s Rugby Plan, an exciting new strategic vision to drive the direction, development and growth of one of the world’s fastest growing sports throughout the next decade. The IRB Women’s Rugby Plan will harness the collaborative commitment from the IRB and its Member [...]

I have recently started contributing to the UK blog Talking Rugby Union. They were looking for a women’s perspective and women’s coverage so I was happy to contribute. Make sure to check their site out! from Talking Rugby Union: For my first post with Talking Rugby Union I thought I would give a quick overview of Women’s [...]

One of the mini-highlights I had at the Hong Kong 7s tournament was meeting one of the members of the Chinese 7s team. I happened to be sitting right behind her during one of the Sunday games, so I introduced myself. Her name is Guan Qi Shi. She wears jersey #9 and she’s the team’s [...]

from IRB: The 12 teams set to participate in the Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens have been announced, with Malaysia set to make their debut in Women’s Sevens. This year’s Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens will be the 13th edition of the tournament, which has grown into one of the top annual [...]