Wendy Young

Editor of Your Scrumhalf Connection and passionate rugger since 2001. Have been covering women's rugby in the USA and Internationally since 2006.

Released to play again!

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I have been holding out on announcing the good news, but I can’t hold out any longer! I am officially 7 days into my release to play rugby again! I had my last visit with the surgeon, PT and then did some functional testing yesterday so I could get a baseline of where I am … Read more

Rugby Video Monday: Rugby is beautiful

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This rugby video has over 15,000 views and is a great representation of rugby and its beauty. The beauty of its players, the beauty of the game, movement and more…love it. I’m not sure of all the teams, but it mainly seems to be England focused with them playing Wales, Scotland and a few other … Read more

Women’s Rugby Media Coverage

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While rugby has grown quite a bit in media coverage over the last few years, coverage of Women’s Rugby in general is still behind by leaps and bounds. A few nations are taking this insult to heart and are working to organize a call for more media for women’s rugby all around. The Women’s Sport … Read more

Experimental Law’s Variations – August 2008

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Thanks to Rosie for sending me this information about the Experimental Law’s Variations (ELVs) happening in August 2008. These were tested out in the Super 14 and really will affect us come August! Click here for the PDF that describes the new ELVs. Thanks for this information from Put Me in Coach:The new ELVs ar … Read more

Rugby Video Monday: Rugby in Dresses

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Whew, what a GREAT 3 day weekend, I hope you enjoyed your break as much as I did! I did some homework, cleaned house, worked out, did some wine tasting and had some fun with good friends. The video this week is a shout out to the upcoming Dallas 7s Debutante Ball on June 7, … Read more

2008 Men’s Club Championships Division I, II & III – Final Results

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2008 Men’s Club Championships Division I, II & III – Final Results Day 1 Results: http://westrugby.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-mens-club-championships-division-i.html Division IOlympic Club 43, Maryland Exiles 20Glendale 29. South Side Irish 21Pearl City 17, Hayward 15Life University 40, Las Vegas 5 ConsolationAspen 29, Palmer 24Long Island 26, Park City Haggis 20Los Angeles 53, White Plains 0Mystic River 17, Austin … Read more

Amsterdam 7s Results – Day Two

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Updates from Annemarie again and full results! Photos: http://www.paolopolla.com/Women Eagles Writeup: http://womeneagles.com/Tour Blog: What Happens on TourDay 1 Results: http://westrugby.blogspot.com/2008/05/amsterdam-7s-results-day-one.html MATCHES IN POOL 1USA 44 to 0 CorsolettesWooden Spoon 5 to 5 Brazil GoldUSA 24 to 0 Brazil GoldWooden Spoon 27 to 5 CorsolettesBrazil Gold 40 to 5 CorsolettesUSA 33 to 0 Wooden Spoon MATCHES … Read more