When Women Ran Their Own Game: Part 2, The Women's Committee
This is part two of our series, ‘When Women Ran Their Own Game’ - ongoing commentary on women’s rugby history. In this series we use...
top of page
1975 Sexist OSU Newsletter
The Old Man, the newsletter of the Ohio State University Men’s Rugby club announced the formation of the Ohio State women’s team. Note the graphic illustration of a female player.
1977 The Pitch
The Tube and the Pitch, two different Ohio State Women’s team newsletters from 1977 show the grassroots organizing, bawdy nature of women’s rugby at the time.
What's New
Search
WRCRA Main
- May 6, 2022
- 2 min
Our Robin
by Kerri Heffernan and Suzi Rosen (FSU teammates), U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation Robin Pace was the consummate teammate. She was an...
WRCRA Main
- Oct 25, 2021
- 10 min
What Our Game has Truly Lost
By Becky Carlson D-I NCAA Coach, Founder of The Fearless Coach Reposted from LinkedIn with permission from the author Thank you, Becky,...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 22, 2021
- 6 min
What Coaches are Reading this Summer
I stumbled across a book at a thrift store a few weeks ago that really challenged my thinking about what motivates young athletes. The...
WRCRA Main
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
It's Not About the Weight Room
By Kerri Heffernan When the news broke about the gross inequities between the Women’s NCAA Basketball Championships and the Men’s...
WRCRA Main
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Race to 40: Unleashing your networks of rugby relationships
By Katie Wurst As the challenges associated with COVID-19 continue, colleges across the country are experiencing decreased enrollment....
WRCRA Main
- Aug 31, 2020
- 10 min
A Brief History of the First Women’s Collegiate Championships
An Interview with Roshna Wunderlich and Colleen Lanigan Cameo Appearance by Jami Jordan All evidence indicates that the first competitive...
WRCRA Main
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
A Statement to the Rugby Community: USAR Board Nominations
August 20, 2020 With the recent restructuring of USA Rugby (USAR), the U.S. Women's Rugby Foundation (USWRF) has again received multiple...
WRCRA Main
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Voter Initiatives Within the Rugby Community: “Let’s All Vote,” by Cindy Allen, USWRF Pioneer
In our open letter to the women’s rugby community on June 8, we launched our Voter Toolkit as a first step in our efforts to ensure that...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Our Voices: Through the Eyes of a College Rugby Player
By Madalyn Blomkvist The death of George Floyd is something I will remember for the rest of my life. The death of George Floyd is...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 15, 2020
- 5 min
Looking Ahead to a Leaner and Meaner Rugby Season
By Kerri Heffernan Many of us in the women’s rugby community are following the ongoing story about the elimination of the Glendale...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
Our Voices: Life University Women's Rugby
By Life University Women's Rugby We had to get the lumps out of our throats and try to piece together our broken hearts. Our team is...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
An Open Letter to the Women's Rugby Community
Like many of you, the USWRF Board of Directors has watched the events of the past few weeks with anger, sorrow and frustration. It is...
WRCRA Main
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Shannon Miller - Trusting the Process
Here is the third installment of highlights from Shannon Miller's keynote speech from the 2020 WRCRA Conference. In this segment, Shannon...
WRCRA Main
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Shannon Miller - Building Great Programs
In our second installment of highlights from Shannon Miller's keynote speech at the 2020 WRCRA Conference, Shannon talks about how to...
WRCRA Main
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Shannon Miller - Are you a Lion or a Mouse?
Our 2020 WRCRA Conference attendees had the distinct honor to listen to Shannon Miller's story and spend time getting to know her...
WRCRA Main
- May 8, 2020
- 15 min
COVID19 and Women’s Rugby: Six Coaches and Referees Talk about the Landscape
As we stare out the window at the empty fields of the pandemic world it’s hard to imagine what rugby will look like in the coming year....
WRCRA Main
- May 4, 2020
- 7 min
When Women Ran Their Own Game
An Interview with Kerri Heffernan and Jami Jordan As we consider the implications for women’s rugby during the reorganization of USA...
WRCRA Main
- Apr 1, 2020
- 4 min
We're Part of the Economy Too: Job Security for Rugby Coaches during COVID-19
By Kerri Heffernan My pay for coaching is a little less than half of my annual salary. This is a real hardship for me. (D3 Coach) I am an...
WRCRA Main
- Mar 9, 2020
- 5 min
Groundhog Day
By Jami Jordan I grew up in Pennsylvania, so I’m pretty well versed in Punxsutawney Phil and the hype surrounding Groundhog Day. When I...
bottom of page