by Ted Hardy In just a little over a week, USA Rugby’s annual Youth Conference will welcome coaches, referees, and administrators from all over the country to participate in professional development opportunities focused on growing youth and high school rugby. With a growing number of offerings for the above mentioned grassroots leaders, the conference mirrors… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Team USA finished its Pan American Games debut in rugby sevens with a bronze medal victory, 21-17, against Uruguay on Sunday, the final day of the Games. They qualified into the bronze medal game after defeating Guyana, 24-12, in the quarterfinal and suffering a, 21-19, loss to Canada in the semifinal. The… [Read more…]
October 21, 2011
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The 12-man rugby sevens squad heading to Guadalajara, Mexico on October 24th to join Team USA at the 2011 Pan-American Games, will be engrained with a mantra that will help it maintain focus in the quadrennial tournament: ‘Play in the moment.’ “Playing in the moment helps every athlete and staff member… [Read more…]
October 14, 2011
by Ted Hardy Before I am inundated with tasks this morning, I found a small window of opportunity to crank out some thoughts. So much has been or is going on right now it is hard to focus on one or two items. Instead, let’s go for a run through recent events. Rugby World Cup… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
BOULDER, Colo. – Two USA Rugby representatives have been elected to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Athletes’ Advisory Council (AAC). Christy Ringgenberg was elected as the AAC rep and James Gillenwater will serve as an alternate. Ringgenberg and Gillenwater applied to be on the AAC and underwent an extensive selection process to eventually be… [Read more…]
September 8, 2011
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Men’s Sevens coach, Al Caravelli, has named three player pools for the 2011-2012 international rugby sevens season: a pool for the 2011 Pan-Am Games; a pool for the 2011-2012 HSBC Sevens World Series; and a developmental squad. The final Pan-Am squad will be named on Oct. 21 and the traveling team… [Read more…]
September 2, 2011
by Ted Hardy Yesterday, after months and months of speculation, USA Rugby released information on a fall season of 7′s tournaments that culminates in a National Championship tournament in December. The problem is that, as with many USAR releases, the information was limited and vague at best. The location for the championship has yet to be determined… [Read more…]
June 15, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com As the only man to have been involved in all 100 events played since the inception of the World Series back in 1999, Gordon Tietjens has seen and won it all in Sevens. This season, though, for the first time since 2001, he will add something new to his mantelpiece after… [Read more…]
May 24, 2011
by Ted Hardy In preparation for the upcoming Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia, the Columbus Rugby Club in association with the Ohio State Buckeyes are hosting an eight team Olympic Rugby event this weekend. The tournament is named for Terry Larrimer a prominent Columbus attorney. Larrimer played for Princeton, Michigan, SudAmericano, Ohio State and Scioto… [Read more…]
April 14, 2011
BOULDER, Colo. – The first ever Men’s Collegiate All-American Sevens (CAA7s) team will assemble this August and plans to compete in the National All-Star Sevens Championships. The formation of the CAA7s mirrors the creation of the High School All-American Sevens team this past February. There is now a rugby sevens pathway from high school to college… [Read more…]
April 5, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com - Global participation increase of 19% since Rugby World Cup 2007 - Olympic Effect being felt throughout the global Rugby family - IRB investment and hosting strategies driving factors The International Rugby Board has welcomed the findings of a major new study which highlights strong growth in Rugby participation since Rugby… [Read more…]
April 4, 2011
by Tim Maitland of IRB.com Olympic status for Sevens is changing rugby exponentially away from the sport’s heartlands. In part 1 of this series Tim Maitland looked at how 95% of the benefit of being in the Games from 2016 isn’t the money that comes from the IOC, but the investment from individual nations into their sport.… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012
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