INVICTUS

All Blacks vs Tonga

OLYMPICS

Make RUGBY 7's an OLYMPIC SPORT! Take this poll to show your support -> http://www.insidethegames.biz/


Did you know? The US is the reigning Gold Medalist in Olympic Rugby!

I Play Rugby

UNCG WRFC supports St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

On Monday, September 28th the UNCG Women's Rugby team decided that instead of gearing up for practice, they would gear up for a Team Dinner at Chili's Bar & Grille. Chili's has a partnership with St. Jude's Children's Hospital and one day a year, the restaurant donates 100% of their profits to the hospital. So far, Chili's has raised over 25 million dollars for the St. Jude's, and has provided children and their families with better therapies, more support, and better research opportunities.

Pediatric Cancer is devastating, and there's nowhere near enough funding from the government. Many grassroots efforts and amazing partnerships such as Chilis/St. Jude's provide a lot of of the funding for research for cures. Here is an alarming statistic: "There are 15 children diagnosed with cancer for every 1 child diagnosed with pediatric AIDS. Yet, the US invests approximately $595,000 for research per victim of pediatric AIDS, and only $20,000 for each victim of pediatric cancer." Those are scary numbers!!

The team with their full bellies:

This isn't the first time the team has come together to support this worthy cause. Over the last five years, the team has made it out to 4 St. Jude's nights at Chilis!

The team has a lot more planned in the way of volunteering and philanthropy, so stay tuned!!

Website Overhaul

Hey Ladies - I am in the process of updating the website, and I would love your feedback. I can't do any fancy flash stuff on the site, but I can do a lot of other things, so let me know what you think we need, don't need and any other changes you want to see! Thanks - Em

UNCG-WRFC official site

Women's Premiere League Rugby

This year marks the beginning of Premiere Rugby for women in the United States! There are 8 teams participating in this league; in the Red Conference are the Berkeley All-Blues, The Twin City Amazons, Minnesota Valkyries and the Oregon Sports Union. In the Blue Conference are Beantown (Boston), New York, Keystone (PA) and the Washington Furies (DC - we have seen them play! Remember when we went to NCSU and watched the Women's game?). Hopefully some of these games will get some coverage in the media, besides just press releases from USA Rugby, but its awesome to see Women's Rugby being played at such a high level!

I added a link to the Women's Premiere League Rugby blog on the blog navigation over on the left hand side.

Summer!

Happy Summer everyone! I hope everyone is having a great summer!

So, because we are not all in Greensboro (or in NC for that matter) and going to be busy, I am hoping that this blog and emails from your captains will inspire you to be better rugby players! I am going to be posting on here about 2-3 times a week, including "Workout Wednesday" and "Video Friday". I am hoping to find new ideas for workouts, fun rugby videos and new information about the game to share with everyone. And you can share too!! Have a link you want to post? Email it to me! A favorite video of an amazing play? Email it to me! A great workout routine? Email it to me! I will try to post everything you send to me, plus anything I come across in my internet searching.

With you,

Coach Em

VT GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

GET YOUR PROM DRESSES READY!

Ladies - we will be playing Virgina Tech on APRIL 25, 2009, in a PROM DRESS MATCH! We are also going to be spending the night there, either at a hotel, or crashing on some floors (we'll see what we can do).

If you have not purchased a dress, start looking. Goodwill, Carolina Thrift and Yard Sales are always good places to look. Pack will need to be able to wear rugby shorts under their dress, so plan accordingly!!

Painting the Rawk

Hey everyone - I will be posting some game photos soon - I want to edit them a little bit so they look awesome :-)

But in the mean time, here are some photos of painting the Rawk.

You Give the Blood, We'll Play the Rugby

YOU GIVE THE BLOOD, WE'LL PLAY THE RUGBY! FEB. 21, 2009 UNCG REC FIELD

Support your local Women's rugby team at our round-robin match! This year we were fortunate enough to have the American Red Cross come to the games with the Bloodmobile, so it's the perfect opportunity to donate some much-needed blood and watch two great rugby matches!

The games are at 11am and 1pm, featuring UNCG vs Guilford College and Duke University vs Wake Forest.
The Bloodmobile will be set up near the field from 11am to 3:30pm.


For more information or to schedule a time for your donation, you can reach Samantha, UNCG WRFC Social Chair at:

srspring @ uncg . edu

Photos

Some of the photos of our game against Guilford!

Kick off

India, taking on some Guilford girls.

Courtney, getting the ball down the line.

Chips, finding some room and gaining some yards.

Game results

WIN.

UNCG 19, Guilford College 10.

Tries (3) - India, Chips and Kelly
Conversions (2) - Tank (and Em being the best Tee ever)

GO SPARTANS!

We're meeting tonight for tailgating at the Rec field at 4 - if you are going to be late, catch the campus shuttle to the COLISEUM tonight and meet us for some gatorade pong! Men's BB is playing the Davidson Wildcats, so lets all team up and cheer on our SPARTANS!

Important Dates

All players MUST be CIPPed by:
Thursday, February 5th, 2009.

All member dues MUST be payed by:
Monday, February 16th, 2009.

Practice

Despite the cold weather, we are still practicing! Please come ready to tackle and wear some CLEATS.

Website Update

Hey, I updated the website, so check it out! There is a link on the sidebar to the left, or you can click here --> http://uncgwrfc.webs.com

New Season!

Hey just a quick reminder that we have started practicing, and we are on the same 3 day schedule that we were on last semester!  If you have any questions, please contact Em (coach), Courtney (Prez), Chips or Tank (Captains).