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.

FINALS ARE OVER!!!

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Sorry all, I have been stuck in finals land…a land where caffeine and pizza is a must. In reality my finals weren’t that hard, I just loathe SCHOOL so freakin‘ much…that I make it harder than it is. I mean I had a lot of writing to do (4 essays) and only 1 real final, … Read more

DEBUTANTE BALL – RUGBY IN DRESSES

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Lone Star 7sJune 2nd, 2007Ft. Worth, TX DEBUTANTE BALL (contact Wendy at scooterwe@gmail.com) We will be having the traditional Debutante Ball after the Men’s Final match! Don’t know what that is? READ ON!! Buy the most hideous dress you can find at the Salvation Army, Good Will or perhaps you have an old bridesmaid dress … Read more

Philly Fundraiser

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Philadelphia Women’s Rugby Football Club is holding an auction as part of the2nd Annual Friends & Family Day on May 12th, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA. Included in the lots for the auction we have many items that we thought the rugby community would be interested in having the opportunity to bid on (and saving money!) … Read more

Rugby Here and There…I Can't Believe its Almost MAY!

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I can’t believe it is almost MAY!!! This year is literally blazing faster than a burning fire…jeez. Just got back from West All-Star Tryouts in Ft. Worth this weekend. Four teams attended the tryouts and they were in tournament form. Texas Rugby Union (TRU), Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union (ERRFU), Heart of America (HOA), and … Read more

Monsters Under the Bed

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The outpouring of support, love and discussion from this topic has been phenomenal. I think we have seen a few sides of this argument that should have been brought to light. In reality it wasn’t a personal attack on Belmont, more of an open forum to bring some thoughts out into the open. I posted … Read more

And the thunder rolls on…

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More and more details are coming out about this topic. Check it out this is the information I have found while digging around on the Internet. I love the Internet, you can find ANYTHING! WARNING: Austin has NOT decided to challenge yet, some of us want to, but most just want to forget this ever … Read more

We are Still Standing, Will you BE?

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Austin opened the 2007 season a different team. We lost 8 veterans and longtime friends and mates. Life was calling them in the direction of family, work, opportunity and more. We understand that you had your time with the Valkyries and that time was over. That doesn’t mean that you don’t think often of us … Read more

Austin Valkyries vs. Belmont Shore

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Austin Valkyries vs. Belmont Shore 0-86 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 at http://twitter.com/scrumhalfblog

Division I College Playoffs Results

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Round of 16Saturday Matches (@ Florida and Penn State) Ohio State vs. Penn State 5-19Army vs. Chico State 20-10Appalachian State vs. University of N Iowa 12-58University of Virginia vs. UC Davis 27-29Navy vs. Brown 41-10UC Santa Barbara vs. New Mexico 28-10West Chester vs. Clemson 48-12Stanford vs. Texas A&M 52-24 Sunday April 22, 2007 (@ Florida … Read more

H2O BOAT RACES!

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So my team is awesome. Really. Last night after a few of them read my blog they decided to have a H2O boat race after practice. It was really fun! For those of you that don’t know what a boat race is…its really simple. You get in teams and you are racing each other. A … Read more