Austin Valkyries Ice Cream Fund Raiser

Ice Cream for a Good Cause On Thursday, June 26th, from 6-9 pm, Ben & Jerry’s in West Lake will donate 25% of its total sales to the Austin Valkyries Women’s Rugby Club. That means you have the best excuse ever to come cool off and eat ice cream while helping an active group in … Read more

Austin Valkyries vs Atlanta 2008 (Friendly)

I totally forgot that I never blogged about the Valkyries trip to Atlanta, read the recap from Bags below: The Austin Valkyries closed their spring 15’s season with a successful trip to Atlanta this weekend, earning a split decision against a strong Harlequins squad and having our usual bevy of adventures and mischief-making. Game & … Read more

Rugby Video Monday: Women’s NCAA Rugby

As promised last week here is the USA Rugby NCAA Video that was presented during the NASCs (ITTs) in PA this year. The video was shown during a few of the games at NASCs, and was awesome! So here it is and a few other highly recommended videos are listed as well: USA Rugby’s, Girls’ … Read more

2008 NASC Day 6 – West U23s & Seniors

The last day of the trip is always hard, but you have to wake up and play some rugby first. This year we (the West Senior team ) lost on Friday to MARFU 50 to 8, and that loss was hard to take. Our trainings the day before had felt strong, tight and intense, but … Read more

2008 NASC Day 5 – West U23s & Seniors

Saturday is a RUGBY DAY! Well not really, at NASCs it is a built in day of rest! Since everyone was recovering and revamping from the matches on Friday, it was a great rest day. The West Senior side had a light practice in the morning. After practice we were approached by the PerfectWater representatives … Read more

2008 NASC Full Results

I am only on Day 4 of my write-up of my trip, but here are the full results and scores from USA Rugby: PITTSBURGH – Mid-Atlantic (MARFU) defended its 2007 Under-23 title and the Northeast snapped the Midwest’s Senior division winning streak as the USA Rugby National Guard Under-23 and Senior Women’s All-Star Championships wrapped … Read more

2008 NASC Day 4 – West U23s & Seniors

Alrighty, time for another post! Yea for stale airport air and delayed flights! Seems that most of my teammates have had their flights delayed, moved or outright canceled, what a headache this trip has become! Back to the blog though, lets blog about Day 4 of my trip at the 2008 NASCs! The morning was … Read more