Rugger of the Month: Karen Davis
Karen (KD) Davis is an Assistant Director with credits in some of the biggest-grossing films including Creed, The Equalizer 2, Blade...
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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.
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- Jan 3
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The Kathy Flores Lifetime Achievement Award
The US Women’s Rugby Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 Kathy Flores Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award is named in honor of...
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- Oct 6, 2022
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When Women Ran Their Own Game, Part 3: The Captain
This is part three of our series, ‘When Women Ran Their Own Game’ - ongoing commentary on women’s rugby history. In this series, we use...
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- Aug 29, 2022
- 10 min
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...
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- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
The USWRF U.S. Women's Rugby History Museum is on the Road!
The USWRF debuted the U.S. Women’s Rugby History Museum Pop-up at USAR’s 7’s Collegiate Championships this past weekend in Atlanta. The...
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- May 11, 2022
- 3 min
50 Greatest Games: 2011 D1 National Collegiate Championships - Army v. Penn State
Did you play, coach, or referee a game that should be counted amongst the 50 Greatest Games in women's rugby history? Submit it here!...
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- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
50 Greatest Games: 2011 U19 National Championships
Did you play, coach, or referee a game that should be counted amongst the 50 Greatest Games in women's rugby history? Submit it here! We...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
50 Greatest Games: 2002 Women's Collegiate Championships
Did you play, coach, or referee a game that should be counted amongst the 50 Greatest Games in women's rugby history? Submit it here!...
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- Jul 6, 2021
- 6 min
We're Playing What Team?! 17 Team Names that Make Us Smile
There are over 600 documented women’s teams in the United States, including the Goats, Pigs, Landsharks, Kangaroos, Ice Maidens, Black...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow are Rugby Days
One year ago, The U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation (USWRF) launched a three-year project to gather, digitize and archive the artifacts and...
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- Feb 25, 2021
- 6 min
15 Colleges that Shaped Women’s Rugby
The history of women’s rugby began at the University of Colorado and Colorado State in 1971, with the first women's collegiate national...
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- Feb 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Mothers of Dragons: CU, CSU, and the Founders of Women’s Rugby
The idea to start both the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and Colorado State University (CSU) women’s teams came about over the...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Mud, Beads, and Bruins: The UCLA Women at the 1979 Mardi Gras Tournament
By Ellen Cunningham When I asked my former teammates what their most vivid memory was of playing in the 1979 Mardi Gras tournament, the...
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- Dec 1, 2020
- 7 min
All The News That's Fit: The Ongoing Struggle of Women’s Rugby for Coverage
Between September 15 and October 7th, 2020, excitement and intense competition characterized women’s basketball as the WNBA hosted its...
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- Nov 13, 2020
- 6 min
Million Dollar Babies: The 1984 National Championships and the Chicago Women’s Rugby Club
The women who started it all, at least from an administrative standpoint, were “those Chicago women.” -- Jamie Jordan “Those Chicago...
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- Oct 14, 2020
- 4 min
The Short, Somewhat Glorious Life of the Houston Heathen Hearts
By Suzanne Cobarruvias In 1976, I was a junior at Texas A&M University. I had injured my ankle playing intramural flag football and was...
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 6 min
Playing with the Boys: Early Women’s Collegiate Rugby at Vassar College
By Hanna Stasiuk, Vassar '20 In 1895, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson published the latest version of his famous Gibson Girl drawings....
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- Sep 8, 2020
- 13 min
The Eugene Housewives 1979-1989: When Fun Ruled
By 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...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Eleanors
One of the more interesting and fun aspects of the USWRF history project is exploring the origins of teams, especially when the teams...
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- 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...
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