South American Championship Rugby Sevens 2012

For the first time, the Brazilian Confederation of Rugby (CBRu) held in Rio de Janeiro the main Rugby Sevens tournament in the South America. Between days  March 10th-11th, the stadium of the Gavia, the Club Regatas of Flamengo, Rio will receive the Sevens – South American Championship Rugby Sevens.  The competition, which has direct supervision of … Read more

Hong Kong Sevens – Pools, Schedule, Rosters and More – March 23-24, 2012

The draw for the Hong Kong Women’s 7s has taken place with Canada, England, Australia and USA seeded as the top four sides in the four-pool competition. Twelve teams will battle it out for the IRB Challenge Cup in the 15th edition of international women’s 7s in Hong Kong. The tournament is the second IRB sanctioned … Read more

Hong Kong Women’s Sevens Training Squad Forms

A training squad of 17 have begun regular training sessions. The group is possibly the most diverse of all national teams, consisting of HK Chinese locals, HK born locals of foreign backgrounds, and international players from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and France. Veterans such as Royce Chan, Hoty Chan and Samantha Scott are … Read more

2012 Canadian University 7s

from Rugby Canada Events: 2012 University 7s MARCH 2nd & 3rd, 2012 CITY CENTRE PARK – BEAR MOUNTAIN STADIUM LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA After a successful inaugural National Invitational Sevens Championship, Rugby Canada is pleased to announce the 2012 National Invitational Sevens Championship. Rugby Canada, the CIS and its member institutions are working towards creating synergy … Read more

Team USA’s Deven Owsiany Quizzed by USA Rugby Eagle Phaidra Knight

from Rugby Wrapup: A perennial Team USA Eagle, Phaidra Knight is one of the most recognized names in women’s rugby. Today, she chats with former Penn State rugger and current Team USA Eagle, Deven Owsiany. PK: Deven, first off thanks for joining me today to tell the world a little bit about you. Deven: Sure, no prob! PK: Earlier this week, you were … Read more

Ambitious IRB detail future path for women’s rugby

An excellent piece from YSC contributer John Birch. This was originally posted on Scrumqueens.com. The IRB’s “Women’s Rugby Plan 2011-2016”, first announced in November, was finally published last week, writes John Birch. The copiously illustrated 50 page report is the second official IRB five-year plan for the women’s game, and begins with successes – the … Read more

4-1, “home” + JPP

we lost internet for the last few days out in vegas-i think the smoke clogged up the airwaves. anywho-a lot has happened and i’m now back “home” to write about it. one day i’ll write “home” without the quotes, but for now i’m still getting used to it. we played through our pool undefeated and … Read more

2012 Vegas Sevens – Women’s International Invitational Tournament was EPIC!

Whew, and 3 days later we all return to our normal lives… 2012 Vegas was one of the biggest and best weekends in the history of rugby in the USA. My team was honored to bring everyone the webcast for each and every women’s match! If you enjoyed the broadcast, please consider sending us a … Read more