Just heard from Alex Williams, USA Rugby High Performance Manager that there have been some changes to the Women’s Premier League’s publicity channels. Please distribute this information to anyone you think that would be interested including your team and alum lists ASAP. Please specifically request that they sign up for the weekly WPL press releases, which will now be written by yours truly, Wendy Young of YSC. Alex is keen to show USA Rugby that women’s rugby does have an audience and the more folks we have signing up, the more leverage that can be generated!
WPL Publicity Update
- Every WPL Match Day will be covered with a USA Rugby press release, written by YSC’s Wendy Young. Wendy will also continue to cover the WPL here with the help of the YSC Reporters.
- To receive the weekly press releases about the WPL, please click here to sign up. USA Rugby will no longer be sending the releases out to the full membership and you will only receive them if you sign up. Please encourage everyone interested in the WPL to sign up to receive the weekly WPL eblasts.
In case you did not receive the first WPL Press release of this season, it can be found below or on the USA Rugby site here.
Women’s Premier League – Week 1 Scores and Stats
- Beantown downed by Keystone 19-5
- Berkeley All-Blues devastate the D.C. Furies 52-12
- Minnesota Valkyries crushed by the Twin City Amazons 62-12
- Visit the USA Rugby Stats Portal for match details
- Watch replays here
- Sign up for Women’s Premier League News here
The first weekend of Women’s Premier League play saw four games with brilliant individual performances that led to hat tricks in two of the four matches.
In the first match of the weekend the women from Keystone outscored their Beantown counterparts 19-5 in a defensive struggle on the East Coast. Stacy Baker of Keystone converted two tries to help her team get the first win of the season.
In the second match of the weekend between the Berkeley All-Blues and the DC Furies, Kelly Griffin of the All-Blues came away with three tries to help lead her team to a 52-12 victory. Griffin has continued her stunning form coming off two National Championships at the Club Sevens (where Griffin won the MVP) and All-Star Sevens Championships this summer.
The Twin City Amazons faced the Minnesota Valkyries this weekend, where Lynelle Kugler of the Amazons put on a remarkable three-try performance in their 62-10 victory.
It was a tough day at the office for hosts New York Rugby Club in their WPL opener against the San Diego Surfers, with the West Coast visitors running up 34 point score line and holding the New Yorkers to just a penalty in 80 minutes. Casey Fields scored a brace of tries, but had a strong supporting cast that all contributed to the 31-point win.
WPL Stats Leaders Through Week 1:
Tries: Lynelle Kugler (TC Amazons) 3 Tries, Kelly Griffin (Berkeley All-Blues) 3 Tries
Conversions: Rebecca Radtke (Twin City Amazons) 6 Conversions
Total Points: Lynelle Kugler (Twin City Amazons) 15 points, Kelly Griffin (Berkeley All-Blues) 15 points
| Berkeley All Blues 52 | DC Furies 12 |
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Tries: Cray, Griffin (3), Whitfield, Boone, Chou, Marchina |
Noto, Hogan |
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Conversions: Whitfield (3), Schukle (3) |
Shipley |
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Penalty Kicks: none |
none |
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Bookings: none |
none |
| Minnesota Valkyries 10 | Twin City Amazons 62 |
| Tries: Zdanczawicz, Chobot | Kugler (3), Braaten, Kingzett (2), Mulford, Radtke, Lundstrum (2) |
| Conversions: none | Radtke (6) |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: Zdanczewicz | none |
| Keystone 19 | Beantown 5 |
| Tries: Sachs, Worman, Hammond | Pappas |
| Conversions: Baker (2) | none |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: none | none |
| NYRC 3 | San Diego Surfers 34 |
| Tries: none | Blue, Lear, Bydwell, Fields(2), Wilson |
| Conversions: none | Hartos(2) |
| Penalty Kicks: Ruggiero | none |
| Bookings: none | none |
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