Pete Steinbergfrom Eagle365.net: BOULDER, Colo. — The competition to make the Women’s Eagles National Team has become even tighter with the third and final installment of the ETC camps set to take place this weekend. Players included in the camp will make one last campaign for their name to be included on an Eagles player-pool list. … Read more
Houston 7s was a historic weekend for women’s rugby. The first-ever, stand-alone Women’s IRB 7s Tournament was held in Houston at the beautiful BBVA stadium. This is the first year of the IRB Women’s 7s series, which is part of the plan to help make the 2016 Olympics a great success for rugby. The first … Read more
from USAWomensRugby.org: Selections for a National Team in American because of the size of the country. In England the National Team Head Coach is no more than 4-5 hours drive away from any of their players. In the USA there are many great players who do not get the opportunity to be seen, or not … Read more
from USAWomensRugby.org: It is Wednesday and the result against France 4 days ago still stings. As the coach you take full responsibility for the performance of the team and we did not play our best in the final game of the tour. Hindsight is a great thing but those of us that have been in … Read more
One of the toughest jobs as the coach is managing selections. It is also one of the hardest parts for players as well. It is never nice to tell a player that they are not selected, and it is doubly hard when you are telling them they are not selected for an international tour. I … Read more
Dear Friends of Rugby I am writing this blog you today to ask for your help. The USA Women’s Eagles will depart for a tour of Europe in a little over two weeks. This exciting tour includes two tests against France and the USA’s first ever test match against Italy. The final match against France … Read more
from Eagle365.net: BOULDER, CO — The women’s national team has turned its focus toward getting back to the medal stand, this time at the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) in Paris. The Eagles won the first World Cup in 1991 and made the finals in both 1994 and 1998, but have not placed better … Read more
The Women’s Eagles are going to start their preparations for tour when 45 players gather at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on September 20th. The team will spend 3 days developing the approach to play for the tour, and this will also be the final selection vehicle for the top 28 that will … Read more
The top 100 female rugby players played the first round of the Elite Competition at the University of Northern Colorado on Sunday. In hot and dry conditions the 3 teams from the Women’s National Team pool and the All-Americans competed in the first of 3 match days throughout the week with Eagle Reds overcoming the … Read more
One of the new elements in the international women’s game is the increase in kicking. At the Nations Cup there was a game that had over 50 kicks in the game. This is a natural evolution of the game as defenses become more effective field position is more important. However in the domestic game there … Read more
