Rugby World Cup
USA women prepared and ready to hit the world cup field
May 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Womens-rugby.com has spoken to Alex Williams the Women’s High Performance Manager for USA Rugby ahead of the upcoming Womens Rugby World Cup in England. The USA, one of the stronger teams in the competition are well into their final preparations which have been going well, as Alex explains “Yes, I am confident that we are preparing in the best way possible. We’ve put together a demanding schedule this year of 80+ days of assembly” These assemblies are not insignificant as Williams continues “the two Atlantic Cup matches in January, two recent Backs and Forwards... [Read the full story]
6 Nations
It’s a woman’s game
March 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
England Women crowned RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam champions Not much has been made of the success of England’s Grand Slam winners this year; in fact some of you may even be scratching your heads right now, wondering what all this is about. Well, while the media were busy berating Martin Johnson and his team of rabbits in headlights, England’s women were quietly overcoming rainy conditions in Rennes to claim a tense 10-11 win over France, securing the Grand Slam title. By Matt Hocken It was their fifth consecutive title and a fourth grand slam in five years capping off a fantastic year in which... [Read the full story]
USA
Canada Scores in Waning Moments, Defeats USA 14-8
June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. – The USA Women’s National Rugby Team were defeated in the final moments of the match, yesterday, after Canada’s Olympic gold medalist Heather Moyse scored the game winning try in injury time to put the Canadians up 14 – 8 over the Eagles in Shawnigan Lake, BC. Only a point separated these two sides in their last meeting, with the Americans having the eventual edge, and today’s test was exactly as it was predicted to be: close. Playing their classic style, the Americans chose to keep the ball in tight, using their forwards as much as possible. The Canadians... [Read the full story]
Treacle's Blog
The structure and development in Welsh Women’s Rugby
January 7, 2010 · 1 Comment
Welsh Rugby I thought that in this blog I would give you an overview of the women’s game in Wales. At present the South and Mid Wales Women’s League is looking very promising to date and is growing from strength to strength. There are three leagues up and running which are made up of the Premier League, Division 1 East and Division 1 West which consist of 17 senior lady’s teams. This is a competitive league which supplies a significant amount of players to the Senior Welsh Women’s Rugby Squad. This year is the second year of the Regional structure which assembles five teams... [Read the full story]
US WPL
New York Upsets Berkeley in Women’s Premier League, San Diego Tops Division I at USA Rugby National Championships
November 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
USA Rugby SAN FRANCSICO – USA Rugby concluded its two day Women’s Club National Championships on Sunday afternoon in front of over 500 fans at the Gaelic Athletic Association’s fields on Treasure Island. With the crowd saturated in both blue and orange, New York handed the Berkeley All-Blues its first loss of the inaugural Women’s Premier League season, beating the top-ranked local side, 20-10, for the title. The very physical encounter saw both teams ready for an intense rematch of last year’s DI Championship game, but in the end New York was able to wear Berkeley down, scoring two tries... [Read the full story]
England
Wales beat English U20’s in Taffs Wells
May 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wales U20s 12 England U20s 7 England Women Under 20s were unable to finish their season on a winning note after a 12-7 defeat to Wales at Taffs’ Well RFC today (Sunday). The two try victory for the home side sees Wales and England share a victory each this term as the season draws to a close for the young guns. RFUW Programme Manager Tom Stokes said: “Wales deserved to win this game. We were just too slow out of the blocks at the start and that really put us on the back foot. In the first half we struggled to retain ball, and made unforced errors. We had a much better start to the second... [Read the full story]
Singapore Sling
It’s about Union
Shao-Ing It’s been sometime since my last post and for good reason. I write now off the back of a very busy first quarter and Singapore’s 12th outing to the Hong Kong Women’s Rugby 7s 2010. The women’s competition ended with a repeat of last year’s final between Chinese and the Australians with the latter...
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SINGAPORE WOMEN SET FOR WORLD CUP BOW
Shao-Ing When the Japanese Women’s National Team played their first 15s international against Canada in 1994, no young girl in Singapore had either seen or known a woman playing the game of rugby union. Having only just started playing rugby 7s at the turn of the millennium, to play the game in its full format was...
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Building Rugby Character
Shao-Ing I penned my last post just before departing Singapore to Kuala Lumpur with Singapore’s first ever developing national women’s 15s side to take on the Malaysian Barbarians and what a weekend it turned out to be. Many say that playing the game of rugby “builds character” and I would beg to differ. It...
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Singapore Rugby and me
Shao-Ing Welcome to my “Singapore sling” blog. My name is Shao-Ing and I will be chatting about the issues in Singapore ladies Rugby and the wider Asia region. I thought I would share a little about my rugby history first. I first picked up rugby when I was an undergraduate at Kings College London. I remember...
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USA
Canada Scores in Waning Moments, Defeats USA 14-8
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. – The USA Women’s National Rugby Team were defeated in the...
Northeast Women Win Under-23 All-Star Championship
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U.S. Women’s Team Names Side to Face Canada
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England
Wales beat English U20’s in Taffs Wells
Wales U20s 12 England U20s 7 England Women Under 20s were unable to finish their...
England Women U20s squad announced for Wales rematch
Charlotte Male England Women Under 20s will be looking to end their season on a high...
England announce squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010
England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has today (Tuesday) named the squad...
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