LOVE the World Cup!

So yesterday afternoon I headed up to Bagpipes after my interview in North Austin. I was prepared to watch 6 hours of World Cup Rugby! How exciting! I started watching USA vs Tonga and after reading the comments on Goff, I agree and I disagree. The claim was that the Tonga players killed the ball … Read more

Rugby Here and There | Nov 9, 2007

Penn State Looks Towards Final Four Again From Collegian Online For 14 of the last 15 seasons, the Lady Ruggers have competed in the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) Final Fours and traveled to eight of nine national championship matches — winning it all last season. To continue down the same path, the team decided … Read more

BIG Hit by Paul Emerick (USA vs England)

Check out this HUGE hit by Paul Emerick…level 3 tackle or spear tackle? Emerick has been officially cited for the incident and now faces a ban for Wednesday’s game against Tonga… Your Scrumhalf Connection – Women’s Rugby Blog. Daily posts about rugby across the world! Read the blog at http://yourscrumhalfconnection.com and follow me on Twitter … Read more

Rugby Here and There

USA Rugby D1 League Games Sept 8, 2007: San Diego at Coast 68 – 0Berkeley v. Sacramento no resultsMudhens at ORSU no resultsWisconsin at Chicago 0 – 45 (* score was reported wrong earlier this morning) Friendly Games Sept 8 – 9, 2007: Austin Valkyries vs. Texas A&M: Scrimmage 40 minutes of A side and … Read more

Rugby World Cup Games This Weekend

Games on FRIDAY:France vs Argentina 3pm (ET) Games on SATURDAY:New Zealand vs Italy 7:45am (ET)Australia vs Japan 9:45am (ET)England vs USA 12pm (ET) Games on Sunday:Wales vs Canada 8am (ET)South Africa vs Samoa 10am (ET)Scotland vs Portugal 12pm (ET)Ireland vs Namibia 2pm (ET) **All these showings are on Setanta Sports WOOHOO!! I’m so excited! Your … Read more

Want to Host the Women's National DII Championship?

Bids are hereby formally requested from those interested in hosting the Women’s National DII Championship tournament (www.wdiirugby.org). * The dates are November 10-11, 2007. * ALL interested parties within USA Rugby South geographic territory are encouraged to bid. * Two fields are the minimum requirement. There will be 8-10 teams attending. Participating teams each pay … Read more

Mud Mud Mud

Last night the Valkyries practiced in sprinkling rain, downpour and large puddles of mud. Our coach made sure to take advantage of the softer ground and we did tackling practice. I will admit that the ground was remarkably softer last night, but the mud smelled horrible! Practice was good as we worked on ball handling, … Read more

More Rugby Here and There

Looks like most teams are having their first games of the season this weekend…pretty crazy that the Fall 2007 season is on us already! League Games this weekend:San Diego at CoastBerkeley v. SacramentoMudhens at ORSUWisconsin at ChicagoBeantown at Keystone Friendly Games this weekend:Austin Valkyries vs. Texas A&MGlendale vs. New YorkRuggapooloza Tournament (@ Carbondale, IL)Pumpkinfest Tournament … Read more