Wendy Young College Rugby Standings – From Goffonrugby.com Army (-) Current Record 4-0 Won Beantown and beat Navy and Penn State in the process Penn State (-) Current Record 3-1 Lost Beantown final on last-minute try Virginia (-) Current Record 1-0 Big win early. We’ll see. Navy (-) Current Record 3-1 Always out of the blocks carefully. … Read more
I call this my maze of rugby connections and updates…you will see as you start to read! College RUGBY…and a few club teams too! The Arkansas Iron Maidens (club team) defeated the University of Oklahoma 5-17 on September 10, 2006. From Coach Tracy Curtis:“The Roses were defeated 5-17 by the Arkansas Iron Maidens on Saturday. … Read more
espn.com – NORMAN, Okla. — The Pacific-10 Conference suspended for one game the officiating crew and the instant replay officials that worked Saturday’s Oklahoma-Oregon football game after finding mistakes were made in calls near the end of the contest. Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen said Monday that a review by conference officials of video of the … Read more
USA Rugby Announces 2007 National Championships Sites BOULDER , Colo. – USA Rugby announced today the host sites for the 2007 USA Rugby National Championships. “We are very excited about the venues selected for this year’s championships,” USA Rugby Championships Director, Kim Brock said. “We received a lot of fantastic bids and it was a … Read more
New Zealand retain Women’s RWC crown 17 SEPTEMBER 2006 By Karen Bond and Katy Rank New Zealand have been crowned IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup champions for an unprecedented third time after a hard fought but pulsating 25-17 defeat of England at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada. A try by full back Amiria Marsh in … Read more
3 Women Eagles Selected to Women’s All-Star XV – womeneagles.com 9.18.06 – 3 Women Eagles have been selected to the Women’s World Cup All-Star XV. US Captain and lock Jen Crouse, flanker Phaidra Knight, and wing Ellie Karvoski were among those selected by team managers and tournament officials to the elite squad. The announcement was … Read more
Not sure how many of you follow College football, but this weekend was a great weekend to tune in! Or a crappy weekend if you LOVE notre dame football like I do! Notre Dame (ranked #2) was set to defeat the University of Michigan…who is ranked eleventh…but Brady Quinn had the worst weekend of football … Read more
McDonald’s often emphasizes its “long-standing global commitment to environmental protection and leadership.” So why did they give away 42 million toy Hummers in Happy Meals? The fast-food chain that helped make our kids the fattest on Earth cut a deal with General Motors to sell future car buyers on the fun of driving a supersized, … Read more
I have to give a shout-out to Angela from the Austin Valkyries for her interpretive dance after practice last night. As I explained in an earlier post about our trip to Pumpkinfest… Angela was given the task of putting together an interpretive dance of the tournament. IT WAS AWESOME! She even made a medley of … Read more
An inspirational return – from rwcwomens.com 14 SEPTEMBER 2006 By Karen Bond When Lynne Reid made her IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup debut against Kazakhstan, it was the culmination of a remarkable year for the Scotland prop which began with her undergoing surgery at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edinburgh. However this was no run … Read more