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 4, 2011
USA Rugby announced today that Peter Steinberg will be the new head coach of the USA Women’s National Team (WNT). Steinberg brings to the role a wealth of coaching and administrative experience at the age-grade, collegiate, senior women’s, and National Team levels. Steinberg’s coaching philosophy is of the whole player and self-sufficiency is a big… [Read more…]
February 2, 2011
The USA Women’s Sevens team that will be competing in the USA Women’s International 7s Tournament in Las Vegas has been announced. Team USA Head Coach, Ric Suggitt, has named a team with a mixture of sevens veterans, collegiate up-and-comers, and crossovers from the 15-a-side Women’s National Team. Suggitt recognizes that athleticism is plentiful in his side… [Read more…]
February 2, 2011
The men won’t be the only international athletes in Las Vegas next weekend as some of the top women’s sevens rugby teams in the world will be competing in the USA Women’s International 7s Tournament in Las Vegas. Played over the course of three days starting February 11th, the competition will be intense and the rugby… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
Rugby players all across the land, especially Old Boys, were distraught last week when it was announced that the Fort Lauderdale Ruggerfest would be cancelled. News that one of the longest running tournaments in the USA would have to take a year hiatus did not sit well with the many players and teams that had already… [Read more…]
January 6, 2011
USA Rugby is pleased to announce the rollout of an upgraded and improved Women’s High Performance Pathway beginning in 2011. The primary mission of Women’s High Performance (WHP) is to identify and develop athletes to lead the USA to the podium at the highest levels of international competition in sevens and fifteens, including the Olympics… [Read more…]
December 29, 2010
What an exciting year for American rugby! This past year has produced tremendous gains for the game at all levels, with youth and high school rugby seeing the most prodigious growth. This growth is accompanied by an all-time high in exposure for the sport as television networks are finally beginning to pay attention to rugby… [Read more…]
December 20, 2010
USA Rugby has announced the venues for the 2011 National Championships. Sites across the country have been selected to host competitions ranging from the high school on through club championships. Virginia Beach, San Francisco, Chula Vista, Austin, Glendale, Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Buffalo are just some of the locations hosting events this coming year. Steuber Rugby Stadium on… [Read more…]
December 13, 2010
A program to introduce contact to youth rugby is one of the highlights of the upcoming Youth Conference on the Game (YCOG) that is being held January 21-23, 2011 in Carmel, Indiana. The agenda for the USA Rugby 2011 Youth Conference on the Game (YCOG) sponsored by World Rugby Shop has been finalized. A highlight of the… [Read more…]
December 13, 2010
A program to introduce contact to youth rugby is one of the highlights of the upcoming Youth Conference on the Game (YCOG) that is being held January 21-23, 2011 in Carmel, Indiana. The agenda for the USA Rugby 2011 Youth Conference on the Game (YCOG) sponsored by World Rugby Shop has been finalized. A highlight of the… [Read more…]
September 6, 2010
The Women’s National Team will return home with some solace after defeating their arch-rival Canada 23-20 to take 5th place at the Women’s World Cup. After starting the tournament off slowly, the USA played better and better down the stretch. Their increasingly better play culminated in the big win over the Canadians. The Eagles hit… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
The Women’s National Team came out on top of their rematch with Ireland in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. With a final score of 40-3, the Eagles righted mistakes made in their previous pool play meeting. As a result, the Eagles will face their arch-rival Canada on September 5th in the 5th place playoff match.… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011
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