My First Outing

Since I have been mainly stuck in the house since surgery I really wanted to try and get out of the house this weekend. The weather was gorgeous outside and Jake was dying to get some play time…so the girl and I decided to go to the Austin Blacks tournament here in Austin on Saturday. … Read more

Rugby Here & There

Feeling better and better everyday and craving rugby more and more. My team started practice Wednesday night and it was hard to sit on the couch at home when I knew my teammates were out there busting their arses. I can’t start anything remotely active until day 10, so I will continue to rest my … Read more

ELVs Not Becoming Part of Rugby Yet

Just in from USA Rugby, the Experimental Law Variations will not become part of the Law until late 2008 or early 2009. What are these experimental law variations anyways? Check out these videos I found on Youtube, they come in three parts and Paddy O’Brien explains each video: Your Scrumhalf Connection – Women’s Rugby Blog. … Read more

American Gladiators ROCK!

So with much anticipation my friends and I sat down Sunday night to watch the return of the show American Gladiators! And we were not disappointed!!! The show was a complete success and would have only been better in my opinion if the show had been followed up by a showing of an older Gladiator … Read more

Inbox is BURSTING!

Feeling pretty good this morning after surgery yesterday. The doc said that surgery went very well and that he had to completely replace the ACL as it was non-existent. He was amazed that I wasn’t in much more pain and that I was even walking, much less playing rugby. There was a small amount of … Read more

Down for a few days…

I will be down for a few days as I am having ACL reconstructive surgery tomorrow morning at 7am. Have a great week and I will be back blogging towards maybe Thursday or Friday. Peace. Your Scrumhalf Connection – Women’s Rugby Blog. Daily posts about rugby across the world! Read the blog at http://yourscrumhalfconnection.com and … Read more

Rugby Signs – What's Your Sign?

Found this on the web today in my surfing around…the source is here. While some of these descriptions are not entirely correct…Virgo and Pisces they are pretty funny to read. Enjoy and remember they are in good fun! Aries – Also known as the Ram; usually plays in the scrum and hence ends up with … Read more

West Coast Rugby League

Saw this on American Rugby News today. “The West Coast Rugby League has launched a drive to set up franchises from California north to Washington and Idaho, and from Montana and Wyoming south to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Clubs are forming in places like Colorado, Nevada and Utah, and earlier this month the fledgling … Read more

My Offseason and the New Year

It seems like last week we had just finished playing the fall rugby season. It blows my mind that the team will begin practice for the spring on January 9…that is less than two weeks away! With my ACL surgery set for January 7th, I am pretty much out on the Spring season this year. … Read more

More Notes on USA 7s – WOMEN WANTED!

From: Put Me in Coach!Spoke with Julie McCoy, the women’s 7s coach yesterday, and she asked me to pass this on, as well as some information regarding the USA 7s tournament. There are two big parts, i’ll summarize. USA RUGBY and the IRB need to SEE that women not only participate, but support their own … Read more