TAKING FLIGHT AMERICAN RUGBY CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST LAUNCHES

Presented by TAKING FLIGHT AMERICAN RUGBY CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST LAUNCHES IN THE US H2H Video Competition To Find America’s Future Rugby Stars NEW YORK, New York – June 7th 2012 – Bakline, A Rugby Life and H2H Media proudly announced the launch of Taking Flight,  a rugby scholarship contest to give the next generation of … Read more

Two Injured Rugby Players Need Your Help

Take part in the world-record attempt for the largest scrumdown at fundraiser for injured high school player April 7, 2012, Ronan Nelson, a sixteen-year-old sophomore student at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, CA broke his neck in a club game in San Diego. Following surgery, Ronan was transferred to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, … Read more

Women Referees in Rio de Janeiro

For the first time the State of Rio de Janeiro will have an arbitration group entirely feminine in a rugby match. The referees Cristiana Futuro, Esther Fonseca and Beatriz Magalhaes were in charge of the men’s game Rio Rugby “B” x Resende on May 19 this year. According to Henrique Platais, referee from Rio de … Read more

2012 TOLA 7s

What is the TOLA 7s Series? TOLA was started in 2009 by a few different teams and was created to promote a 7s Series in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. The series is semi-competitive but also allows for social teams to participate.  Late in 2009, a women’s bracket was added and so this series is bigger and better than … Read more

Adaptive tackling: Changing how we teach the tackle

Given that the referee community is themselves defining what is truly a “dangerous” tackle, it seems we have a responsibility as coaches to teach an more adaptive approach to tackling that allows tackled players themselves to adapt to a range of conditions and situations — without compromising our fundamental defensive principles. We’ve begun to teach … Read more