We really want to say something nice about the year that was 2020. But there isn’t much to say so we’ll just sum it up as a crapstorm. At publication of this article, 1.85 million lives have been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and life has been forever altered. Rugby ceased around the world … Read more
Last week we paused all women’s rugby news updates on our site and all social media channels to stand up for the Black Lives Matter movement. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to make changes to how we covered women’s rugby. Now the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota has done the … Read more
There seems to be something amiss in RugbyTown USA, AKA Glendale, Colorado. Glendale was pretty unknown to the rugby world until late 2006, “when city leaders developed a bold plan: The future of the city would be built around the sport of rugby” (About Us, Glendale Rugby). Part of the agreement of the city was … Read more
In May we took a break from our regular reporting to ask for help from the community. Our son suffers from rare genetic disorder called Costeff Syndrome which causes gross motor development issues. Cole uses a walker, wagon or stroller to go long distances and his PT recommended that an adaptive trike would help with … Read more
A special edition this week as we recap our amazing time at the 2018 Rugby World Cup 7s tournament in San Francisco, CA. With over 100,000 fans coming through the stadium doors, the event was well run, the weather was fabulous and the rugby was intense! Next week we’ll return to our regularly scheduled recap. … Read more
Another big week in rugby news! The Rugby Europe 7s Trophy challenge continues with a stop in Hungary, we touch on the Men’s Soccer World Cup (flop city), NBC will have all the coverage of the Rugby World Cup 7s, and we highlight the Springbok women’s team preparation ahead of the RWC 7s. Can’t wait … Read more
What a week this was! We had more tweets than we usually do because the news just kept coming. Highlights include Beantown picking up a new head coach, some hypothetical law changes, the USA Rugby Collegiate All-American camp, the 2018 Mitsubishi Electric Rugby Barbados World 7s launch, the Texas Rugby Union All-Star weekend and will Charlotte … Read more
This week we are covering the continued build up to the 2018 Rugby World Cup 7s with ticket and volunteer information, USA Rugby held a Collegiate All-American Sevens camp, Fiji’s attempts to break into the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup, the first two teams are set for the USA Rugby Club 7s Championships and LOVE … Read more
The MERBW7s Management team and key partners at the official Tournament launch at the Radisson Aquatica Resort, Barbados. (left to right) Rudolph Blackman (Courtesy Rent-A-Car), Mark Thompson (Tourism Development Corporation), Devon Chase (Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.), Nik Lashley (Mitsubishi Electric Barbados representative), Brian Stollmeyer (MERBW7s), Sean Ward (Barbados Rugby 7s Team Captain), Hiranand Thani (The … Read more
This week is a bit different as we technically didn’t cover Paris 7s in our post last week. Rest assured, we’ll cover it this week as well as a request for international players to share your personal experiences for a doctoral research into the history of women in rugby union, a USA Rugby Women’s National … Read more