If It Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It
Good coaching is part art, part intuition, and mostly the product of years of hard, deliberative work. Every coach has a different...
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
- Mar 22, 2021
- 8 min
Who Runs This Mother?
In 1977, Alissa Augello became the first women’s rugby administrator. ‘Jello’, a college student with access to a mimeograph machine,...
WRCRA Main
- Mar 8, 2021
- 5 min
Theory of the Ball Hog: How One Economist Sees the Rugby Field
By Kerri Heffernan Our next speaker feature for the 2021 WRCRA Conference is Chelsea Garber. Chelsea was one of those rare players,...
WRCRA Main
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
2021 WRCRA Conference Keynote: Courage. Connection. Resilience.
Helping your athletes build lives of integrity, confidence, and self-compassion Rachel Simmons’ 20+ years of research and work with...
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
- Jan 24, 2020
- 2 min
An Open Letter to the Women's Rugby Community from USA Rugby Leadership
Dear Members of the Women's Rugby Community, Thank you for continuing to support the women on USA Rugby's Board of Directors and...
WRCRA Main
- Dec 16, 2019
- 2 min
USA Rugby Shadow Program Coaching Clinic at 2020 WRCRA Conference
USA Rugby is pleased to partner with the 2020 WRCRA Conference* to offer coaches a unique opportunity to shadow USAR National Team...
WRCRA Main
- Dec 9, 2019
- 4 min
The Women's Premier League: A Financially Viable Future
Kittery Wagner Ruiz, WPL Commissioner Kitt Wagner Ruiz is an original member of the WRCRA and was part of the 2017 gathering in...
WRCRA Main
- Nov 25, 2019
- 6 min
Bodies Out of Bounds: Rugby's Unique Relationship to Gender and Sexual Minorities
By Jenn Levi I fell in love with rugby just after I graduated college. I was living in Philadelphia and studying at the University of...
WRCRA Main
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
The Women's Leadership Industrial Complex
By Kerri Heffernan The 2020 WRCRA Conference will include What Rugby Taught Me About Winning, a panel discussion with four accomplished...
WRCRA Main
- Nov 8, 2019
- 4 min
We Make the Road While Walking: Building and Sustaining Racially Diverse Teams
by Kerri Heffernan The 2020 WRCRA Conference takes place January 17-19, which is the same weekend that the nation will recognize and...
WRCRA Main
- Oct 25, 2019
- 1 min
Atavus Rugby: Growing the Game
Atavus was an early supporter of the first 2017 USWRF gathering that led to the creation of the WRCRA and the title sponsor of the 2018...
WRCRA Main
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
Winning Without Apology
2020 WRCRA Conference Keynote, Shannon Miller By Kerri Heffernan When I first suggested Shannon Miller as the keynote speaker for the...