Your Scrumhalf Connection - Women's Rugby Blog

Whew, tons of emails over the last few days! I have been wanting to put them all down in a blog, but I started my new job this week and I have been crazy busy! LOVE THE NEW JOB...support analyst for email & web development. AWESOME! Anyways, here is some of the emails/bulletins/blogs etc I have gotten over the past week.

Indiana University Has a Women's Rugby Team

"Evidently they are really good."

**I just thought this was awesome, I am guessing they referring to the win over Eastern Illinois University 41 - 14. Hilarious.

Swedish Ref!

This email is from the Swedish referee that reffed the Dallas Debutant Game in June, in Dallas, TX. He was such a good ref and we loved having him there! Plus the accent was fun to listen too as he made his ridiculous (only ridiculous, because all calls in the deb ball are ridiculous!) calls. I am reffing my FIRST official game this weekend, so I have been getting phone calls and emails wishing me luck all day today. The Texas Rugby Union has been REALLY supportive in women being certified and making sure we do it. The goal of the Texas Rugby Union is to have as many referees as possible and the more women...the better!

Hi Wendy,

Did I see your name down to referee a friendly match this Saturday?

Don't know if this is new to you - but good to see! Good luck. We've got an English girl coming to referee a Swedish men's semi-final this Saturday - we, like Texas I'm sure, need more women referees and hopefully this will be a bit of an advertisement and encourage some of our Swedish girls to think about taking up the whistle.

Me - I'm reffing the other semi. Have a good weekend.

Steve (Henly) - the Swedish ref!

Pictures from Olde Girls of Glendale Raptors vs Austin Valkyries

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Penn State vs Princeton 67 - 3
By Meredith Milligan, Collegian Staff Writer

In Saturday's match against Princeton, the Penn State women's rugby team could not have gotten its season off to a better start.

The Lady Ruggers dominated the game from the start, defeating the Tigers 67-3 on East Field.

"We played pretty good for our first game of the season," Penn State coach Pete Steinberg said. "I still think they [Princeton] are better than we made them look, but we have to work harder to get better."

Read the rest of the article here.

Vassar Roles Past Yale 39 - 0
By Tony Brown, Head Coach

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (September 22, 2007) -- Last Spring the Vassar Women traveled to New Haven and lost a close one to Yale. So there were certainly some nervous players in the Vassar gray jerseys and a good deal of apprehension for this first divisional game of 2007-08. But after 25 minutes the home team had put some distance between themselves and the Ivy League visitors. However, the story of the day was that three rookies scored tries for the Brewers and that bodes well for the future.

The Yale pack gave Vassar problems right from the start. The home team never seemed to get a consistent drive but Yale were constantly penalized for crooked put-ins, collapsing, or they were wheeled. So Vassar was able to gain territory and apply pressure. The early nerves translated into speed off the mark and urgency in the first quarter of the game from the Vassar players. By contrast Yale was a little off the pace and it allowed Vassar to get ahead with two tries.

Rest of the article here.

War of the Roses Tournament - NOrman, OK

Greetings Ruggers and Huggers,

The OU Roses and the OU Sooner Men invite you to experience great rugby right here at home this weekend. Here is the schedule, and of course our matches are free of charge. Bring your friends, family, and a picnic and make plans to join us. Light concessions will be sold by the OU Roses. Here is the schedule:

Saturday Schedule

10:30-11:30 OU Roses vs. Texas Tech
11:45-12:45 Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State University Cowgirls
1:00-2:30 OU Men vs. Northeastern State University—Cup Match
2:45-3:45 OU Roses vs. OSU Cowgirls
4-5pm Arkansas vs. Texas Tech

Need directions to the pitch? Check us out online at rugby.ou.edu. Can’t attend for very long? The OU men and women play back-to-back from 1pm-4pm. Meet the ruggers and join us for choir practice later that evening. The rugby community wants to thank Travis Gatewood and Holly Iker for stepping up and refereeing our matches. We appreciate you!

USA RUGBY 2007 FALL COACHING WORKSHOP SCHEDULES:

September 29 - 30
Long Beach, CA
Introducing Rugby

September 29 - 30
Long Beach, CA
Developing Rugby Skills

October 6 - 7
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Developing Rugby Skills

October 20 - 21
Carmichael, CA
Introducing Rugby

October 20 - 21
Carmichael, CA
Developing Rugby Skills

October 27 - 28
Atlanta, GA
Introducing Rugby

October 27 - 28
Atlanta, GA
Developing Rugby Skills

November 3 - 4
Fort Wayne, IN
Introducing Rugby

November 3 - 4
Dallas, TX
Introducing Rugby

November 3 - 4
Dallas, TX
Developing Rugby Skills

November 10 - 11
Pittsburgh, PA
Introducing Rugby

November 10 - 11
Pittsburgh, PA
Developing Rugby Skills

November 17 - 18
New Rochelle, NY
Introducing Rugby

November 17 - 18
New Rochelle, NY
Developing Rugby Skills

Rugby Star Gavin Henson has baby!

Charlotte Church is refusing to reveal the name of her newborn daughter.

The 21-year-old singer - who gave birth to the 6lb 10oz baby girl, her first child with her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson, on Thursday (20.09.07) - is keeping quiet about what the new arrival will be called.

Friends say Charlotte will give her daughter the middle name Maria in honour of her mother and grandmother who share the moniker. Maria is also the Welsh star’s middle name.