WRCRA MainApr 264 minYesterday, Today, and Tomorrow are Rugby DaysOne year ago, The U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation (USWRF) launched a three-year project to gather, digitize and archive the artifacts and...
WRCRA MainFeb 256 min15 Colleges that Shaped Women’s RugbyThe history of women’s rugby began at the University of Colorado and Colorado State in 1971, with the first women's collegiate national...
WRCRA MainFeb 114 minThe Mothers of Dragons: CU, CSU, and the Founders of Women’s RugbyThe idea to start both the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and Colorado State University (CSU) women’s teams came about over the...
WRCRA MainFeb 24 minMud, Beads, and Bruins: The UCLA Women at the 1979 Mardi Gras TournamentBy Ellen Cunningham When I asked my former teammates what their most vivid memory was of playing in the 1979 Mardi Gras tournament, the...
WRCRA MainDec 1, 20207 minAll The News That's Fit: The Ongoing Struggle of Women’s Rugby for CoverageBetween September 15 and October 7th, 2020, excitement and intense competition characterized women’s basketball as the WNBA hosted its...
WRCRA MainNov 13, 20206 minMillion Dollar Babies: The 1984 National Championships and the Chicago Women’s Rugby ClubThe women who started it all, at least from an administrative standpoint, were “those Chicago women.” -- Jamie Jordan “Those Chicago...
WRCRA MainOct 14, 20204 minThe Short, Somewhat Glorious Life of the Houston Heathen HeartsBy Suzanne Cobarruvias In 1976, I was a junior at Texas A&M University. I had injured my ankle playing intramural flag football and was...
WRCRA MainOct 7, 20206 minPlaying with the Boys: Early Women’s Collegiate Rugby at Vassar CollegeBy Hanna Stasiuk, Vassar '20 In 1895, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson published the latest version of his famous Gibson Girl drawings....
WRCRA MainSep 8, 202013 minThe Eugene Housewives 1979-1989: When Fun RuledBy Amy Circus It all began in the spring of 1979, when Kim convinced Andy to coach a women’s team. Kim solicited recruits on the...
