Girls in second through eighth grades are invited to experience a new sport in Albany this fall: girls flag rugby. The season starts Sept. 10 and runs through Oct. 27, with practices scheduled at ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - High school girls rugby as a club sport is growing fast in the state of Iowa. “Every time I have a girl in front of me with the ball I just want to lay her out ...

The sport was born as an offshoot of soccer in the early 19th century when, according to legend, a pupil at England’s Rugby School caught the ball and ran with it toward the opposing team’s goal.

Some girls find rugby after being cut from varsity teams in other sports. ... Just balls!" The only protection allowed is a mouth guard and a soft, helmet-like hat called a scrum cap.

England coach John Mitchell believes smaller rugby balls could be a valuable recruitment tool for the women’s game. World Rugby, the sport’s global governing body, is to analyze data collected from a ...

DOMBOSHAVA, Zimbabwe, May 30 (Reuters) - Bridget Magasu is the first to arrive for the training session, clutching a rugby ball while she waits for other members of her all-female rugby team to ...

A week after the Summit High School Green varsity girls rugby team implemented a blitz defense for the first time, the Tigers on Wednesday didn’t relent a single point with the defensive strategy.

Rugby has all the physicality of football, the elegance of soccer, the ball passing of basketball, and the intensity of hockey. And the Sparta-Rock Girls Rugby Team makes it all look effortless ...

By that point, my only choice was to start playing with the girls team in the under-12s league and I felt OK with that. That’s when I truly fell in love with rugby .

The Summit Tigers girls rugby team hoists the program's 14th consecutive state title trophy after defeating the Monarch Coyotes 33-0 on Saturday, Oct. 30, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado ...