Austin Valkyries

The Valks are traveling to Pumpkinfest this weekend to face the top club teams in the nation. Here are the pools:

Competitive Division:

POOL A	POOL B	POOL C
Belmont Shore	Austin	Boston
NOVA A	Beantown	Keystone
New York	Maryland	Washington A
Philadelphia

Social Division:

POOL W	POOL X	POOL Y	POOL Z
Back In Black	Norfolk	Lehigh	Chesapeake
Suffolk	Raleigh	Morris	Philly B
Washington B	York/Lancaster	NOVA B	Village Lions

Battle of the Bs :

Doylestown	Severn River	NCRU Motely

They are also hosting the West Women's Championships in October. Check out their myspace!

Black Ice

Not much on their website, they have a few games coming up this month though. On the 3rd Sunday they are traveling to Santa Fe 10s, in Santa Fe New Mexico. Also on September 9, 2006 they are playing the Harlequin Olde Girls (HOGS).

Boulder Babes

First matche of the season is at the Jackalope Tournament in Laramie, WY. They have a few social side (motleys) games before that.

Also they have a team blog! And a myspace!

Harlequin Olde Girls (HOGS)

These gals are playing Black Ice on Saturday Sept 10, 2006. They are also preparing to go to Ruggerfest next week.

Check out their team blog!

KC Jazz

Head Coach Position Filled
The Kansas City Jazz Women's Rugby Club has filled the head coach position with Jason Estes. He comes to us with a great deal of experience and we are excited about the up coming season!
If you have any rugby related questions you can reach Jason Estes at kcrugby9@hotmail.com.

Check out their myspace!

St. Louis Sabres

The Sabres are traveling to Ruggapalooza in Carbondale, IL this weekend. Check out the site for the tournament, the tournament flyer is hilarious!!

Check out their myspace!

**If you don't see your team on here...send me some info!!

Two first half tries by the US quickly put the match nearly out of reach for Ireland. Flyhalf Kristen Baja converted on both kicks. Ireland got on the board with a penalty kick at 35 minutes. In second half action, Kristen Baja scored a unconverted try just after the half opened. Flanker Phaidra Knight was sin binned for an infraction causing some harrowing defensive situations. Ireland posted a try and later in the half another penalty kick. Penalties on both teams slowed play but quick thinking by replacement fullback Laura Cabrera brought the ball to the 5 meter line and subsequently another Phaidra Knight try to bring the score to 24-11. Knight spoiled Irish hopes by picking up a loose ball and bringing it near the US tryline again. The final minutes of the match were spent within the Irish 22 battling over the ball with several missed scoring opportunities by the US. At the end of the match, exhausted Irish and US players saluted the vocal crowd and each other.

The US will continue with World Cup pool play this Friday against Australia.

**I watched this match at the 247.com website and the reception was MUCH better than the first USA game. There was only one interuption where the signal was lost and a few pixelated shots, but MUCH MUCH better! GREAT JOB EAGLES!

Check out a short video of Tina Nesburg takeing a quick penalty.

Also check out all the highlights from Day 1 of the Women's World Cup.

US Reloads for Ireland Match

Scores across the opening day of the tournament:
- Scotland 24, Spain 0
- Kazakhstan 20, Samoa 5
- Australia 68, South Africa 12
- France 43, Ireland 0
- England 18, USA 0
- New Zealand 66, Canada 7

USA vs England

Our team also tried to watch the match , we pushed practice back...and when the technical difficulties happened we were severly disappointed. Jen Joyce was able to get through to a USA rugby rep and gave us updates throughout practice and cooldown.

It was VERY frustrating as we had pushed practice back an hour and we wanted to see our teammate Dude play!! But technical difficulties are a problem...and it couldn't be helped on our side. We were ready though! We had 5 laptops and speakers for all the laptops, we looked very proficient!

Today I will try and watch the Ireland match, hopefully this game will come through with no problems.

GO EAGLES!

**Check out two Eagle blogs...scrumhalf Lee Knight and prop Jamie Burke

Women's National Team Trading Cards
Photographer Jen Doan is now offering US Women Eagle Player Trading Cards. Just in time for the World Cup, the cards feature our Women Eagles World Cup Squad. These are high quality, professionally printed cards that come in a sheet of 9 players each. You even get bubble gum with your order. Get your cards today!

New Wallpaper/Desktops Posted

And don't forget to visit the Women's World Cup Website for recent news, photos, updates and more!!

Women Eagles History
7.19.06 - As the Women Eagles make their final preparations for the 2006 Women's World Cup, WomenEagles.com takes a look back at the 1991 Inaugural Women's World Cup. The US, one of the favorites to win, took home the Cup.
Visit Glory Days.

This info was passed onto me in an email this morning. Great news! Julie McCoy and crew have done it again! Revolutionizing rugby player's lives. I love me some Julie McCoy and I'm not afraid to say it! She has and is doing AMAZING things for the West Rugby Union...and continues to be a force in the US Women's 7's field.

Check out the new site.

See some pics here.

Videos for purchase are coming soon!

Since it doesn't look like we are going to be able to watch any World Cup on TV...the next best thing is the web right?

Check it out.

And check this out for hooking up your computer/laptop to a TV. Might be a tad bit expensive and take some time...but could be worth it!

DUBLIN-- The International Rugby Board (IRB) announced Friday that San Diego will be the site of the 2007 USA Sevens, Feb. 10-11 at Petco Park, as part of its world�s leading rugby sevens tournament series, the IRB Sevens World Series.

Following a major review of the Series by the IRB in consultation with relevant stakeholders, eight countries will host a tournament with two cities, Adelaide, Australia and San Diego making their International Sevens debuts.

Last season's IRB Sevens World Series broke all previous attendance and broadcast records and the 2006-07 series is the most eagerly anticipated to date. The series will kickoff again in Dubai (Dec.1), then travel to George, South Africa (Dec. 8-9), Wellington, New Zealand (Feb. 2-3), San Diego (Feb. 10-11), Hong Kong (March 30-Aprill 1) Adelaide (April 7-8) and London (May 26-27) before the season reaches its climax in an eighth city to be announced.

The 2007 USA Sevens will mark the fourth straight year that the iRB annual tournament will make a United States stop. From 2004-06, the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles� Carson, Calif., has served as host and has watched the festival-like Sevens grow from a near 13,000 two-day crowd that first year to a 21,000-plus fans atmosphere in '06.

FROM USARUGBY.ORG:

USA Rugby's Under-23 Women�s National Team Heads to Pennsylvania WEST CHESTER, Pa. The USA Rugby Women's Under-23 National Team is gathering at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Aug. 16-20, for an extensive training camp, including two local matches.

The U-23 Team consists of 27 of the best female players from across the U.S., who have been chosen from a series of selection camps and matches held throughout 2006. This assembly of players will include two matches in which the U-23 Team will pit itself against the Philadelphia Women's Rugby Club on Friday, at 6:30 p.m., and against the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) senior women's select side team on Sunday, at 11 a.m. These matches will be played on the West Chester varsity field and are open to the public.

The U-23 National Team includes players:
Kirsten Ahrendt (Dartmouth)
Amber Benlian (PSU)
Kathryn Black (West Chester University)
Sylvia Braaten (Marquette)
Katie Chou (Berkeley)
Meg Crapster-Pregont (Cornell)
Kassie Drey (UNI)
Jillian Duggan (UCSD)
Kelly Griffin (UCLA)
Blair Groefsema (UCSB)
Erica Hanson (Stanford)
Allison Hemstreet (Berkeley)
Brea Hughes (Texas A&M)
Jen Hustwitt (Brown)
Tess Kohanski (Syracuse)
Jaime Lange (Harlequin Olde Girls)
Kristy Lear (U of MN)
Kara Mathews (UCSB)
Tiffany McCoy (UNI)
Vanesha McGee (Temple)
San Juanita Moreno (Western Oregon)
Sarah Mulder (U of MN)
Jillion Potter (UNM)
Naima Reddick (Chico State)
Traci Schmidtke (Austin)
Jossy Tseng (Stanford)
Rachel Warden (UVA)

Staff in attendance include Head Coach Barb Fugate, Assistant Coach Martha Daines, Assistant Coach Liz Kirk, Assistant Coach Sue Parker, Team Manager Teresa Tucker, Athletic Trainer Katherine Bello.