Cool RFU Video
Monday, October 30th, 2006
With apologies to cat lovers everywhere……….
Try this
With thanks to Blondie of Saturday’s A Rugby Day
Archive for the 'About Rugby for Girls and Women' category
Girls Rugby Joint Training - Minimum Skills
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
We play full contact rugby. Unless we are running a beginners’ session, all girls should be confident in the basics of contact rugby:
- tackling,
- rucking,
- mauling.
If you want to come along, but are not sure whether you are ready, ask your club or school coach.
England - so what are they really like?
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
In August, the BBC ran a competition with the prize being a day’s training with the England squad prior to their departure for Canada.
The writeup, giving a a small insight into these world-class athletes, is here
How Far Could Rugby Take You?
Monday, September 4th, 2006
The flags, shown in alphabetical order, are of British Columbia, and Washington State, both on the Pacific Coast of North America - and that is the clue to the answer for Under 17s in Cambridgshire, Norfolk and Suffolk - 7,000 miles!
If you need an incentive to get into the county or regional team then how […]
World Cup Roundup Clips Available for Download
Monday, September 4th, 2006
The IRB have released short clips (90 seconds or so) or all the matches from the first day of the World Cup Tournament in Edmonton.
Great news for two reasons:
You can see some beautifully simple play (have you noticed how easy they make it look?)
You can see what quality of image you get if you […]
World Cup - Players’ Blogs
Friday, September 1st, 2006
Whilst the RFUW have an excellent site with plenty of press releases, you can get a very different view of what a world cup tournament is really like.
There are three US Eagles players who are blogging their way through the tournament:
Jamie Burke - a prop
Lee Knight - a scrum half, and
Claudia Braymer - […]
Women’s and Girls’ Forum 4th September
Friday, September 1st, 2006
7pm Thetford RFC. Agenda here
If you want to attend, but haven’t made it onto the distribution list, please email me
Coolest Video Ever?
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Try this for size - thanks to Blondie of Saturday’s a Rugby Day for finding it.
A combination of good rugby, rap, and ATTITUDE! Sadly, for boring techie reasons, you’ll have to click through to Blondie’s site to see it.
How long before we get to see rugby like this on TV here, I wonder……
A Link for Scrum Halfs (and Forwards, and Fly Halfs)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Just found another blog.
Lee’s Rugby Life includes some good discussions on scrum half tactics by the American National Scrum Half - see photo here.
If you want to see her thoughts on team communication when the going gets tough, try this.
Now I’m wondering what is the correct plural of ’scrum half’…..!
Some Great Photos from USA
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
USA Women’s Eagles (their national team) recently hosted a couple of games against Canada. They won the first game 25-10, and lost the second 18-20. If you look here you can see some great photography which brings to life the sheer athleticism of women’s rugby played at the highest level.
I just wish […]
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