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
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
from USA Rugby: CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The USA Rugby Women’s Eagle Sevens team is preparing for the Hong Kong Sevens, its third tournament of the 2011-2012 season and the second stop of the IRB Women’s Challenge Cup, a developing global women’s sevens series. Following a stellar run to the Cup finals in the USA Women’s Sevens International … Read more
Serevi™ has come out in strong support of women’s rugby with the recent hire of US Eagle Emilie Bydwell in San Diego. Bydwell will front our women’s programming in California working with Director of California Matt Hawkins. She will also have a guiding hand in the development of a national women’s programming platform working with … Read more
from IRB.com: With six months to go until the start of the Paralympic Games, some of the world’s best Wheelchair Rugby teams have been confirmed to play in the International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby competition, a test event for London 2012 and part of the London Prepares series. Four of the world’s top six Wheelchair Rugby … Read more
from IRB.com: The International Rugby Board and Rugby Football Union have today announced that the London Sevens will play host to an IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup event in May. The showcase women’s event, featuring 12 invitational international teams, will follow in the footsteps of a successful tournament in Dubai last December and one scheduled … Read more
from IRB.com: The International Rugby Board and the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union have announced that the world famous Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will play host to an IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup event. Following a captivating and ultra-competitive debut in Dubai last December, the stars of the Women’s Game will look to pick … Read more
Twitter Lists are starting to pop up all over the place and they provide a quick and easy way to follow a specific topic or list of twitter accounts. We’ve gone ahead and created Twitter Lists for women’s rugby teams including: All #wRugby Players (all that we can find!) We know its possibly impossible to get … Read more
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — USA Rugby is thrilled to announce that its youth program, Rookie Rugby, has won the International Rugby Board Development Award for 2011. Union vice-chairman, Bob Latham, was on hand to accept the award on behalf of USA Rugby at the star-studded IRB Awards Ceremony on Sunday October 23 in Auckland, just one day after … Read more
A recent announcement out of Rugby Ontario to focus the attention on the development of future sevens Olympians. Please have a read , similar programs have started in New Zealand ans in the USA , this is where our future rugby stars will come from. Overview “Highway to High Performance” program is designed to develop … Read more