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The Alternate Plays of the Rugby World Cup 2011 [VIDEO]

Wendy Young — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:53:19 +0000

You know those plays that don’t go so well? A missed pass or an ill-timed knock-on? They are all here for you to enjoy, plus some of the best plays of the tournament…thanks to the Men’s Rugby World Cup of 2011 & RugbyDump:

Wendy Young

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USA Sevens – Women’s International Invitational 7s in Vegas – Discount Hotel & Ticket Deals

Wendy Young — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:46:05 +0000

We have been able to secure discounted hotel rates at the same hotel that the International Women are staying at, as well as discounted 3-day tickets to USA Sevens. While the discounted ticket price is incentive enough, the better news is that this is one of the few opportunities to date for all the folks out there who so passionately support women’s rugby and want improvements in how the women are portrayed, funded and treated TO MAKE AN IMPACT!!!

Every USA Sevens ticket that is purchased using this code will send a portion of the price back to the women’s tournament and will also help to prove that there IS a market out there for Women’s International Rugby, that people want to support the women and watch them compete in top-notch tournaments!

Tickets – 3-day Field Level, ONLY $89! (vs. $140 at gate)

Includes Women’s Cup Semi-Finals and Finals!
Code: LVI200
Use link http://www.usasevens.com/lvitickets (have to include http://www) or http://ev2.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/EVExecMacro?linkID=unlv&evm=prmo&RSRC=&RDAT=&caller=PR

Hotel (Palace Station Hotel) $79 a night

Adjacent to the Strip
Free airport shuttle
Shuttle to USA Sevens
Same hotel as Women’s National Teams, including the USA Eagles
Low rates of $79 per night for Courtyard and $99 per night for Tower Rooms
Call 800-634-3101 and use Code: PCIRUFF to get discounted rates

Any help you guys can give in spreading the word as far and wide as possible and encouraging EVERYONE who is planning to go to Las Vegas in February to buy their tickets using this code is greatly appreciated. It is an easy way to take action to support International Women’s rugby, the USA team, and our tournament!

Note that the ticket deal expires this Friday, January 13, so folks will need to get online THIS WEEK to use this code and buy their tickets.

Thank you!
Alex Willilams

USA Rugby High Performance Manager

To see the teams, rosters and scores from the Women’s International Invitational Tournament, go here.

Wendy Young

Editor of Your Scrumhalf Connection. Passionate Rugger since 2001.

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Wendy Young — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:25:53 +0000

I thought my pups could do some cool tricks, but this one takes the cake! Check it out: http://a.yfrog.com/img560/2933/7s0.mp4

Sorry, couldn’t get the embed links to work…weird.

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From A Rugby Life: Podcast – Stuart Krohn & Dennis Lovelace (Scrum – Rugby in the Inner City)

Wendy Young — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:52:48 +0000

from A Rugby Life:

Following the theme of youth rugby in California with our last podcast, in this episode I talk to Los Angeles based former International player Stuart Krohnand Filmmaker Dennis Lovelace. Stuart is the Director of the Inner City Education Foundation Public Schools (ICEF) Rugby Program that serves schools in the South LA area. The rugby program caught the eye of Dennis, who in collaboration with Stuart and ICEF, is currently filming a documentary about the program called “SCRUM – Rugby in the Inner City”.

We talk about how the program and film respectively got started, and the impact Stuart and Dennis’s partnership has had on the lives of the kids involved.

You can listen to the podcast on the player below or head on over to iTunes, our Facebook page, or our RSS Feed. To learn more about ICEF visit http://icefla.org. For more on “SCRUM – Rugby in the Inner City” visit http://scrummovie.com/ and check out the trailer below!

Wendy Young

Editor of Your Scrumhalf Connection. Passionate Rugger since 2001.

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Norwich University takes Inaugural USA Rugby Women’s College Sevens Championship

Wendy Young — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:41:29 +0000

See rosters and scores from the weekend, go here.

from USA Rugby:

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – As the sun set on the 2011 USA Rugby Women’s College Sevens Championships on Saturday evening one team found themselves recapping a children’s movie at halftime in the final.

“We talked about How to Train a Dragon,” said Austin Hall, Head Coach of Norwich University, and the first ever Women’s College Sevens Champions. “We used that movie as a backdrop to our team and style this weekend,” continued Hall noting that his team needed to continue to work hard and hope for the best.

It must have worked. Norwich University dominated Boston College in the cup final of the Women’s College Sevens 34 – 5. Norwich came out of the gates with intensity that was unmatched all weekend.

“We knew we would win if we just had fun, worked hard, and kept our game simple,” said Captain Kate Hathaway. And that they did. Norwich University exploited BC in the simple side of the game, completing more passes, making more of their tackles, and using possession to get points on the board.

They were crisp in their execution and showed that they were the better conditioned team outrunning and outworking Boston College in the open field but especially at the breakdown. Norwich continuously turned over the ball by thoroughly counter-rucking Boston’s vulnerable support.

Rebekah Bernheim was named MVP of the final, and undoubtedly deserved it. Scoring tries all weekend, Bernheim touched down twice in the final, showing her pace and hard support lines through the 20 minute game, putting up six tries to Boston’s one.

Norwich quickly fell into a pattern and found themselves thinking about the post-match interviews. “I actually thought about this interview during the game,” said Hall. “We were playing our game, and I knew we would win if we just kept playing the way we have all weekend,” continued the head coach.

Norwich University Rugby is a varsity program with the support of their Athletic Department and unyielding commitment of the individual players.

“We owe a lot of support to our alumni and Athletic Department, and the girls are just excited about playing rugby, whether for a championship or just a friendly,” said Coach Hall.

As they are usually focused on fifteens rugby, Norwich used the traditional code to prepare for this inaugural tournament. “We never play sevens, we are focused more on fifteens, but we came to College Station to win. Whatever style we play, we are always focused on having fun and winning,” said Hathaway.

Although the weekend was filled with intense and exhausting sevens action, Norwich came out on top in the end though by managing their downtime properly according to Hall, explaining that in sevens it’s more about getting the body and mind conditioned for a whole day of periods of action and recovery.

“The girls were exhausted but knew that we had to turn it on for this match,” said the captain. “We just wanted it really bad, we wanted to win a National Championship,” added Hathaway.

Norwich is already looking to next year’s title. “We have fifteens this spring but we can’t wait to come back and defend our title in sevens rugby,” said the captain. Young programs will undoubtedly look to Norwich University as an example of stellar rugby. Be it their varsity sport status, intense simplicity on the field, or reliance on children’s cinema for inspiration, these girls know how to play rugby and are now the 2011 USA Rugby Women’s College Sevens National Champions.

There were a number of other hard workers through out the weekend and a few more champions in the Women’s Sevens Championships. The University of California won the Plate Final defeating Oregon State 19-5 while the University of Texas beat Arizona State 26-5 in the Bowl Final.

For more information and a full schedule of matches and results from the weekend please click here.

For replays of the games, click here.

For photos of the games, click here.

See rosters and scores from the weekend, go here.

Wendy Young

Editor of Your Scrumhalf Connection. Passionate Rugger since 2001.

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Wendy Young — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:39:43 +0000

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Wendy Young — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:05:15 +0000

Wendy and The Girl braving the wind, rain and freezing temperatures to video tape the match.

Minnesota and Glendale descended down on Austin yesterday in perhaps the worst rain storm in nine months. Ok, its the only significant rainstorm we have had since the drought started in early spring…and it was a doozy. Luckily there was no lightening so the match was not delayed, and kicked off on time. Minnesota started off quick and put five points on the board right off the kick off. Glendale was slow to respond but once they did, it was all Glendale, all the time. Half time score was 17-5, Glendale and the full time score was 53-5 Glendale.

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Wendy Young — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:51:40 +0000

Prom Dress Rugby is probably one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. It never gets old!

Watch below for a video of Asheville Women vs Western.

Wendy Young

Editor of Your Scrumhalf Connection. Passionate Rugger since 2001.

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