Women’s rugby, the physical demands and me
Hey everyone! Julia here after a long and rather harrowing respite from blogging. Where have I been? What have I been up to? Well, let me put those questions to rest for you.
When I left off good ol’ HG, I had just wrapped up the fall season of my senior year in university. We pulled [...]
I feel your pain!
When I signed up on here to post some regular blogs, I thought, “hey, no sweat.” After a few months I have started to realise it isn’t as easy as everyone was making it look.
Why am I telling you this? Well, here’s my situation:
Once finals are over (mine are all through the next week) and [...]
Women’s collegiate rugby
With the beginning of autumn here in the United States comes the fall season of US collegiate rugby. As with most nations, the US has two competitive seasons – fall and spring.
Depending on the region and territorial union a school belongs to, one season tends to be more heavily emphasized than the other. Here on [...]
Time to even up the funding
As a collegiate women’s rugby player here in the US, I know I’m among the majority of my fellow players when I say that women’s rugby, on the whole, is staggeringly underrepresented in the world of rugby – from the local senior clubs and collegiate teams all the way up to the national level. I [...]
Introducing me and The US ladies rugby structure
Hi All,
Welcome to my first Blog post. My name is Julia Singer and I love Rugby!
A little about me first. I’m currently a pre-law senior (fourth year) at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I play hook for the VCUWRFC, but I help coach the front row/tight five and have also dabbled in coaching at [...]