Your Scrumhalf Connection - Women's Rugby Blog

More and more news is coming through my inbox these days...seems like everyone is blogging, myspacing, facebooking or using some means of communication on the web. I love it!

• Making the Hard Yards - A great article from a non-rugby player, promoting rugby at a younger age through touch rugby and then gradually moving them towards tackling rugby. Also talks about the women's England team and their struggles and successes. Fantastic article and a positive light from a non-rugby player!

• University of Rhode Island Suspension Ends - (except from article) 03/09/07 - Three years after a one-year suspension from its league, the University of Rhode Island women's rugby team is headed to the Division IV National Championship. The team will travel to Philadelphia on April 28 to face Ursinus College after winning the New England Rugby Football Union Championship in November.
  
  The Rams dominated the previously undefeated Springfield College in its regional championship, 41-17, to cap off an undefeated season of their own.
  
  "We went into the championship game and the team we were playing was undefeated. We won 41-17," junior Maura O'Keefe said. "It wasn't even a game. Once we got the confidence to go with our skill, we were unstoppable."
  
  The team will carry its confidence to the National Championship.
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• Topless Haka? - Check it out for yourself if you don't believe me!
  *Note, the image portrayed does not include full nudity.

• International Women's Day - Interesting article...check it out. Only a small section on rugby but a valid point.
  

• Dealing with Injury, Depression & Returning to Rugby - Most of us have been there, a minor or major injury that keeps us off the pitch for a short time or a long time. The depression with watching your body change from a fit specimen to a less than fit specimen. The struggles of returning to your team and the expectations you have for yourself. Keep working!
  

• Info about the International Rugby Board (IRB) - Interesting stuff about the IRB and what it controls and how it was started.