Last Wednesday YSC received an article from a reader about a player in New Jersey who had been suspended from rugby. We read the blog quickly, hardly believing it. Not because we didn’t believe Crystal Cooke’s story. But that a rugby player could be verbally and physically assaulted by a coach and no one did … Read more
Under the Posts – Jul 27-Aug 2 features the return of International XVs rugby in October, a revised HSBC 7s Series, petitions to support trans athletes, rugby growth in Iran, South America hosts their first Coaching Academy, France is back to training, Premier 15s moves to non-contact training, four player features, five media events and … Read more
Countdown to World Cup 2021! This September 18, we’ll be one year out from the official 2021 World Cup kick-off. What does it take to build a champion mindset? Join XV Foundation Sept 18th to learn from a panel of those who’ve built one. Featuring Julie Foudy (USA Soccer), Scott Burrell (NBA), and Maryanne Sorensen … Read more
Under the Posts – Jul 20-26 starts with the leaked World Rugby document on transgender rugby players, England and Canada’s return to rugby, the first official New Zealand women’s rugby match in 1985, 7 player features, 4 media interviews and 2 #RugbyJobs. Featured Women’s Rugby News A leaked World Rugby report took us all by … Read more
Under the Posts – 13-19 begins with good news (it’s coming more frequent now it seems!). The rugby schedule at the 2021 Olympics has been released, Ireland has announced their club competitions will begin in January 2021, New Zealand announced the draw for the Farah Palmer Cup, we have five player features, five media items … Read more
Under the Posts – Jul 6-12 covers the cancellation of the 2020 WPL season, the USWRF’s History Project, Fiji’s HP Academy, Sport NZ allocates $7.3 million for facility upgrades ahead of the 2021 WRWC, Australia’s Charlotte Caslick eyes a switch to Rugby League, more player features and plenty of media. Weekly News We start with … Read more
Under the Posts – Jun 29 – Jul 5 begins with the RAN Women’s Online Forum, cancellation of the 2019-2020 HSBC 7s with New Zealand taking the title, Wales teases making their women semi or professional in 2021, Kazakhstan’s determination to be at the 2021 WRWC, 10 player features, media and a few rugby jobs. … Read more
Under the Posts – June 22-28 includes articles from Maggie Alphonsi, Charity Williams, the Farah Palmer Cup, Glendale touts their partnership (backroom deal) with USA Rugby and we’ve got plenty of media for you this week! Featured News This week we’re looking at two articles featuring England’s Maggie Alphonsi and Canada’s Charity Williams. Alphonis is … Read more
Under the Posts – June 15-21 highlights The Virtual Rugby Show, Australia begins making plans for their women’s competitions, WRCRA looks at the USA college landscape and we feature Pam Buisa, Alicia Lucas and Linda Djougang. Video of the Week Most of the USA Women’s Collegiate D1 and D2 teams have joined the College Rugby … Read more
Usually we start our women’s rugby digest with a featured video of the week. But the world as we know it changed (again) on May 25, 2020 with the brutal murder of George Floyd. Floyd isn’t the only victim of police brutality but his death reignited the BLM movement. After reflection and consultation with a … Read more