by Ted Hardy, Editor, Rugby America As the college rugby season progresses and we inch closer and closer to the national playoffs, I can’t help but wonder if the process is in the very best interest of the teams involved. Before I get too far ahead of myself I must note that I am 100%… [Read more…]
March 14, 2011
by Ted Hardy, Editor, Rugby America Fan of college basketball’s March Madness? Mad that your team didn’t get invited to the 16-team Collegiate Rugby Championship out on by NBC and USA Sevens LLC? Wondering when in the heck college rugby is going to have a formalized 7’s championship? In our everlasting efforts to open up… [Read more…]
March 8, 2011
by Ted Hardy, Editor, Rugby America I have to admit, I’m pretty happy right now. The first major weekend of college rugby this season and from a reporting standpoint, college teams have got the message. The message was simple… better reporting was needed across the board. It doesn’t matter how great the rugby on the field is…… [Read more…]
February 22, 2011
By Ted Hardy As the college rugby season really gets rolling and the phantom of the new collegiate alignment looms in the next competitive cycle, I started to think about some of the college teams that will be effected. These are teams that I’d like to see rise up to the upper tier in college… [Read more…]
February 21, 2011
By Ted Hardy, The call for an upgraded domestic 7’s competition is needed now more than ever before. The player pool in 7’s is growing by leaps and bounds while at the same time improving in overall quality, athleticism, and skill. Collegiate 7’s is just getting rolling, so within a few years there is going… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
Written by Andy Richards, This weekend the USA leg of the International Rugby Board World Series Sevens took place in Las Vagas. The event was a resounding success with 50,000 paying customers coming through the gates. It was broadcast live on NBC on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. And with rugby Sevens now included in… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011
The IRB’s World Series is exploding like never before… major sponsors signing on at every turn, unprecedented media and broadcast coverage, and attendance records preparing to be broken. These events have fallen into place like tumblers in a lock. The most inspiring and hopeful part of the rise is that the IRB has been hard… [Read more…]
February 7, 2011
Editors note: This article was originally published on January 6th, 2009. Given the Packer’s Super Bowl victory last night, I thought it might be a good opportunity to revisit the article and share it with the many Rugby America readers that have come along since the early days. Some edits, to match up with current… [Read more…]
January 20, 2011
When I took my first glance at the USA 7’s schedule early yesterday morning, I immediately thought… “Wonder why they didn’t opt for a Friday night game?” Playing a single Friday night game could have saved teams from playing four games on Saturday. Adelaide adopted the format last year and Hong Kong has been doing… [Read more…]
January 14, 2011
Super Bowl parties are soooo ten years ago. If you want to be with the times, then you need to host a Super 7′s party. That’s right, take all of your Super Bowl planning and energy and funnel it towards the upcoming USA 7′s tournament in Las Vegas. It sure beats putting all of that time… [Read more…]
January 10, 2011
While we’re all excited about the new Division I Premier competition (aka CPL)… it would be naive to get too comfortable with the idea or plan out how it will look in another ten years. The whole competition is going to go through plenty of growing pains even it the first year of play. However,… [Read more…]
December 30, 2010
Just two days from the New Year and it’s time to think about some resolutions for the New Year. Unlike the billions of broken resolutions made every year, I’d really like to stick to these. Then again, doesn’t everyone say that? Here goes… 10. I’ve said it time and time again… more coverage for women’s, youth,… [Read more…]
March 22, 2011
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