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Dartmouth WRFC to Join Varsity Ranks
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy announced today that Dartmouth will elevate its women’s rugby team from a club sport to varsity status starting with the 2015-16 academic year.
Women’s rugby will become the Big Green’s 35th varsity sport and their 17th for women, to go along with 16 for men and two coed varsities. Dartmouth will join Brown and Harvard Universities as Ivy League members sponsoring varsity women’s rugby.
Posted: 03/31/2015
Dartmouth Downs Kutztown to Win Stony Brook Sevens
March 10, 2015, Stony Brook, NY – This past Saturday the Big Green sent two equally skilled Green and White squads to the first leg of the Empire Sevens tournament in Stony Brook, New York. The Green team started off the day with a strong 19-0 victory over Stony Brook B and set the pace for the next couple of hours, continuing to a 3–1 finish in pool play.
Big Green victories continued with the White squad taking their first game 37-0 over Columbia and going undefeated in their next 3 matches, defeating Syracuse, Brockport and Stony Brook A.
Posted: 03/10/2015
Magleby to Shape Future of U.S. Eagles Teams
Dartmouth rugby technical advisor and alum Alex Magleby is taking on an expanded role at USA rugby as part of an initiative to streamline the flow of talent to the U.S. men’s and women’s rugby teams.
As director of performance, Magleby will manage the pipelines of all four of the senior Eagles teams beginning at the age-grade level and will work with USA Rugby Academy, the Olympic Development Academy programs, and the scholastic pipeline to help produce international-caliber athletes and coaches in both XVs and sevens.
Posted: 02/24/2015
Spring 2015 Dartmouth Men
Dartmouth in Las Vegas. Senior Madison Hughes poses for the team photo but was in Vegas to captain the USA senior team.
Posted: 02/17/2015
Making a Splash in the Desert: Dartmouth at the Las Vegas Invitational
This past weekend, DRFC captain Madison Hughes led the Eagles to a top four finish at the USA 7s in Las Vegas, including a draw with perennial powerhouse South Africa, and a shutout of North American nemesis Canada. During this celebration of rugby in the desert, the DRFC competed admirably in the collegiate bracket of the Las Vegas Sevens Invitational.
Posted: 02/17/2015
Brown’s Flores Named Coach of the Year
Brown women’s rugby Head Coach Kathy Flores was named as USA Rugby Female Coach of the Year at the USA Rugby National Development Summit.
In the program's inaugural season at the varsity level, Flores led the formidable Brown squad to a 9-1 overall record, including a perfect 7-0 mark against Ivy League opponents. The Bears went on to defeat Dartmouth 42-5 in the Ivy Championship match.
Posted: 02/12/2015
Fall 1893 Penn Men
Yet another gem from Penn Archives: Penn Rugby vs. Cornell Rugby game played in 1893.
Posted: 02/12/2015
Video: Greg McWilliams on Rugby’s New Direction at Yale
The 2015 High Performance Coaching Conference took place Jan. 17-18 at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. Next Level Rugby’s Ryan Ginty interviewed Yale Director of Rugby and featured speaker Greg McWilliams about the conference, the immediate future of the Yale Rugby program and ways to grow the game in Connecticut and around the country.
On the docket for Yale is a training trip to New Zealand and South American tour. Also coming up this spring for the Bulldogs: The Connecticut Cup and Division 1 AA Ivy Playoffs.
Posted: 02/09/2015