Head Coach Names Men’s Player Pool, Including Several with Utah Ties. USA Rugby is set to host a doubleheader that features an international test between the U.S. Men’s National Team and Uruguay and a curtain raiser match between the U.S. Select XV and New Zealand Heartland at the new Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah [...]
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USA Rugby Announces its Women’s National Team Intra-Squad Match, Roster
BOULDER, Colo. - USA Rugby’s Women’s National Team (WNT) is pleased to announce its intra-squad competition, the Red/White Match, to be played at 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 22 at Mills Pond Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The match will be held in conjunction with the 2008 Under-19 Invitational National All-Star Championships and aims to create [...]
USA Rugby Releases Details on the 2008 Under-19 Invitational National All-Star Championships
BOULDER, Colo. - The 2008 Under-19 Invitational National All-Star Championships will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on November 22-23. This year’s tournament will include a USA Women’s National Team (WNT) intra-squad Red/White Match on Saturday afternoon and will provide the WNT coaches and staff the opportunity to see some of the younger up-and-coming players.
This [...]
Make a Difference: Invest in Rugby 2008 USRFF Annual Campaign
Hardly a day passes that we don’t hear from a kid who wants to start playing rugby or from a parent looking for a rugby team so they can sign their kids up. Together, we can make sure that they’ll always find a team to play for.
It’s great to see more kids wanting to play [...]
USA, Canada Qualify for the IRB RWC Sevens
NASSAU, Bahamas – Both the USA and Canada Men’s and Women’s Sevens Teams qualified for the 2009 IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens on Sunday at the Winton Rugby Club in Nassau, Bahamas.
In order to qualify, the teams had to finish in the top two at the NAWIRA (North America West Indies Rugby Association) Sevens tournament [...]
Championship Contenders Decided as USA Rugby Women’s Club Playoffs Conclude
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. – Following the second day of exciting playoff matches at Sportport sports complex on Sunday, October 26, the top four teams still in the hunt for the 2008 USA Rugby Senior Women’s Club title are now set in place.
Three of the four semifinalists from the 2007 Championships: the Berkeley All Blues, New [...]
USA Rugby, St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club Set to Host National Women’s Club Playoffs
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby, the national governing body for the sport of rugby in the U.S., joins the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club as it hosts the top 16 women’s rugby teams in the nation from October 25-26 at Sportport sports complex in Maryland Heights, Mo.
The Division I Senior Women’s Club Playoffs feature [...]
Caravelli Names Team for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier
MIAMI – Following a week of training in Sunrise, Fla., the U.S. Men’s Sevens National Team Coach Al Caravelli named the 12 players headed to the NAWIRA [North America West Indies Rugby Association] Sevens Rugby World Cup Qualifiers in Nassau, Bahamas on November 22.
“This was one of the most physically challenging training assemblies I’ve ever [...]
Caravelli Names U.S. Sevens Squad Set for Florida Training Assembly
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby’s National Sevens Coach Al Caravelli has named the 23 players he will take to Miami, Fla., October 11-21, for the U.S. Team’s training assembly prior to the NAWIRA [North America West Indies Rugby Association] Sevens Rugby World Cup Qualifiers in Nassau, Bahamas.
With the focus on defining skills, defense and fitness, [...]
United States Rugby Football Foundation Announce Latest Grant Recipients
San Diego, CA (October 6, 2008) - The United States Rugby Football Foundation has announced its latest Start-Up Kit, Ball, and Coaching and Referee Grant recipients. Over the years, the USRFF has provided: over 100 Start-Up Kits to high school or U19 teams; thousands of size 4 and 5 balls to hundreds of rugby clubs [...]
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