Welcome to another year of women’s International rugby! Our USA women’s 7s team will be playing in the USA Sevens International next weekend and the USA 15s had a camp in Florida last month. But we aren’t the only active nation, the European countris of the rugby world are ramping up for Six Nations during … Read more
Update 2/13/2011: Watch the HD version of the videos on the YSC Vimeo OR watch the archived matches on Ustream here. So excited to be announcing the USA Sevens Womens competitors and the full schedule! I don’t have the USA Women’s 7s roster yet (rumored to be coming out soon…) but I have the complete … Read more
I am so very excited to announce the winner of the 2 USA Sevens Field Level Tickets! For this raffle we had over 500 entries via the blog comments, Twitter, Facebook and through email. Thank you to everyone that entered and I only wish we had more tickets to give away. Without any further ado, … Read more
from NY Times: Unprecedented quality, fresh levels of media interest, packed crowds and a final that took the game to new levels: If the men’s Rugby World Cup this year comes even close to matching the women’s competition played in 2010, the International Rugby Board will be extremely happy. There was an coming-of-age air about … Read more
from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby is pleased to announce the rollout of an upgraded and improved Women’s High Performance Pathway beginning in 2011. The primary mission of Women’s High Performance (WHP) is to identify and develop athletes to lead the USA to the podium at the highest levels of international competition in … Read more
from Rugby America: The good news about rugby on television just keeps on rolling. This time around, the BBC has announced that they will, once again, be airing select Six Nations matches. Last year, BBC AMERICA aired one Six Nations match per week and are ready to do it all over again. The RBS Six … Read more
This month has just been full of contests, raffles, donations and more! Read on for all of the details on all of the curernt promotions here at YSC and our partner blogs. USA Sevens Currently YSC is giving away TWO tickets to the upcoming USA Sevens tournament in Las Vegas, NV. The contest ends tomorrow … Read more
I am VERY excited to announce that this month’s raffle is 2 weekend Field Level Passes to the USA Sevens Tournament in Las Vegas. This is the premier rugby tournament in the United States and thousands of fans will be in attendance. Imagine getting free entrance to watch some of the best 7s teams in … Read more
Re-post from Guardian: These should be vintage times for rugby union. The Heineken Cup pool stages are rising towards a climax; a hard-fought Six Nations Championship lies ahead, followed by a World Cup. The Ashes have been lain to rest, the global sporting stage is relatively clear. So why does it feel as if the future … Read more
The USA 7s and Las Vegas Invitational may give a lot of press for men’s rugby, but women have a huge role to play not only as players in the LVI and the Women’s International 7s, but as spectators. One of the largest fields of the USA Women’s International 7s will play February 11-12. The … Read more