Thanks to Nichole Lopes for passing this gem on to us so we could investigate and inform! Buried away on page 23 of the IRB’s plan for women’s rugby is a line that seems to have slipped by without much comment… 2.8 Deliver successful Rugby Sevens event at Youth Olympics 2014 With all the fun and … Read more
Let me introduce you to Aiumi Ono, Aiumi has been the New Rugby Developmental Officer in Cebu, The Philippines for just over a two months. Aiumi has been a member of the Philippines Women’s National Rugby team for almost 4 years now. She started developing Rugby especially with women and young children when I graduated … Read more
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
On the second day of USA Sevens I receieved a few tweets concerning the music choice… and now a formal letter. February 15, 2012 USA Sevens LLC 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 Re: Music at Las Vegas 7’s Dear USA Sevens LLC, This past weekend of 7’s rugby was one of the … Read more
Starring talented thespians Lawrence Dallaglio and Will Greenwood, the 2:40 video follows the journey of a ball drop kicked by Jonny Wilkinson, travelling back across England (a long-winded route over Dover but then past the Angel of the North and Old Trafford) before arriving safely in the arms of obvious candidate Ben Kay at Twickenham. … Read more
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
As the poster on the right reveals, the 12 teams for the second official IRB women’s sevens will be… Australia (World champions) Brazil (South American champions) Canada (Winners in Dubai) China (Asian champions) England (European champions) Hong Kong (hosts) Japan (Asian no. 3) Netherlands (European no. 3) Russia (World Cup hosts, European no. 4) Spain … Read more
from USASevens.com: Seven-a-side rugby began in 1883 to raise money for the Melrose RFC, a well-known Scottish border side. The club had experienced financial problems and raising the annual dues or increasing the price of a pint was not going to solve the chronic problem of shortage of funds. Enter into rugby history, Ned Haig, … Read more
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
YSC Rugby has teamed up with idealo, a UK based price comparison site that amongst other things compares the prices of Rugby Shirts and equipment. This raffle is for an Ireland Jersey in size Medium. If you would like to enter yourself into the raffle, comment in the comments section of this post, comment on … Read more