Universal Sports expands rugby coverage in 2011!

from USA Rugby: Dear USA Rugby Member, We’re very excited about the 2011 Rugby season and the marquee events and championship competition we have on tap. As part of the effort to grow the media coverage, participation, and general awareness of our sport, we have partnered with Universal Sports Network, who hold the U.S. broadcast … Read more

Pete Steinberg named USA Rugby Women’s National Team Head Coach

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby is pleased to announce that Peter Steinberg will be the new head coach of the USA Women’s National Team (WNT). Steinberg brings to the role a wealth of coaching and administrative experience at the age-grade, collegiate, senior women’s, and National Team levels. Steinberg’s coaching philosophy is of … Read more

IRB and Six Nations Coaches Committed to Tackling Scrum Issues

Coaches from the RBS Six Nations participating Unions have thrown their support behind the IRB’s commitment to address scrum issues at the elite level of the Game. Currently 60% of all scrums collapse in Tier 1 internationals and 40% of scrums are required to be reset while the average time taken to complete a scrum … Read more

2011 Women’s Six Nations – Schedule, Rosters and more!

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

Men’s Rugby World Cup: Rugby’s entertainers must shine – before it ceases to be entertainment

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

Three Women’s Rugby World Cup tries up for international gong

Re-posted from ScrumQueens: Three tries from the Women’s Rugby World Cup have been nominated by the IRB and the International Rugby Players Association for the Try of the Year 2010 Award. Stand-out tries from England’s Danielle Waterman, Australia’s Cobie-Jane Morgan and New Zealand’s Huriana Manuel are in the mix along with 15 other top international … Read more

Teagarden Makes Rugby Referee History

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby is proud to announce that National Panel Referee Dana Teagarden has been appointed by the International Rugby Board (iRB) to referee the upcoming international test match between The Netherlands and Hong Kong on December 18, 2010 in Amsterdam. This makes Teagarden the first woman ever to referee … Read more

NBC Men’s Rugby World Cup 2011 Promo

from RugbyAmerica.net: If the wait for the 2011 Rugby World Cup wasn’t long enough already, here’s a promo video from NBC and Universal Sports to whet your appetite. Earlier this year, NBC and Universal Sports locked down rights to the 2011 & 2015 World Cups and are now prepping for a massive buildup and unprecedented … Read more

USA Rugby Women’s National Team Coach Kathy Flores Retires

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. – Kathy Flores, USA Rugby’s Women’s National Team Head Coach, has announced that she is stepping down from her position at the end of 2010, after eight years at the helm. USA Rugby is honored to have had the leadership and vision of Coach Flores over the course of a … Read more

2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup: New Zealand crowned World Champions in London

from Scrumqueens: New Zealand were crowned Women’s Rugby World Champions for a fourth successive time as they defeated England 13 -10 in a titanic battle at The Stoop. The victory came after a superb 80 minutes of rugby in front of more than 13,000 at the Twickenham venue, writes Ali Donnelly. In truth though there … Read more