Youth

from USA Rugby: BOULDER, Colo. – CEO Nigel Melville has officially named former Eagle and Play Rugby, Inc founder, Mark Griffin, as the USA Rugby Youth and High School Director. “I feel both excited and privileged to take on the role of the Youth and High School Director for USA Rugby,” Griffin said. “The timing … Read more

from my inbox: There are two Texas Rugby Youth Camps this weekend (Dec 13, 2008) in Keller, TX and Houston, TX: Keller Camp Saturday December 13, 2008 Jesuit College Prep along with Alliance RFC will be hosting a Youth Rugby Clinic. This will be a camp for full Varsity, JV, Freshman, U14, U12, U10 or … Read more

This NY Times article has been circulating all over the Internets for the last few weeks. I love the article and love the publicity it has been getting. Check out a few paragraphs below or here and view the whole article. WASHINGTON — The rugby practice field at Hyde Leadership Public Charter School bears little … Read more

Florida High School Launches Nation’s First Girls’ Varsity Rugby Program BOULDER, Colo. — USA Rugby is proud to announce the formation of the first ever girls’ high school varsity rugby team in the United States. The pioneer program is set to begin in October at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla. In close cooperation … Read more

Another great article from my inbox that was passed on to me by Rick of TYRA (Texas Youth Rugby Associaton) fand I thought it was very interesting, the video is quite good as well. These types of iniatives are essential for Youth Rugby and will help build our youth teams! from ABC News:The city of … Read more

Welcome to another Monday! Ok, sorry its Tuesday, but it totally slipped my mind yesterday to do this! Thanks to Jenna for sending in the video this week! Great video of New York Rugby Club’s U19 Program on Good Morning America (ABC). Marysol Castro, former NYRC player and current ABC correspondent, aired her piece on … Read more

As promised last week here is the USA Rugby NCAA Video that was presented during the NASCs (ITTs) in PA this year. The video was shown during a few of the games at NASCs, and was awesome! So here it is and a few other highly recommended videos are listed as well: USA Rugby’s, Girls’ … Read more

Totally forgot it was Monday yesterday, between travelling and having a huge week packed full of rugby, it just slipped my mind. This week’s video is focused on Youth and High School Rugby and the grassroots movements that are slowly happening in surrounding cities and towns across the US. While at NASCs 2008 I attended … Read more