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Kansas City women's rugby teams welcome new recruits into the scrum: 'I'm here to hit somebody'

Xannie Quiring passes the ball moments before being tackled during a drill at Patriots rugby practice on Oct. 20, 2024. For decades, Kansas City only had a single women's rugby team. Inspired partly ...
The New York Times

Why 49ers’ quarterback Joshua Dobbs has a rugby routine before every practice

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — No, Joshua Dobbs wasn’t inspired by Ilona Maher and the U.S. women’s Olympic rugby team. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback, seen warming up with a rugby ball before Saturday’s ...
Reporter-Herald

Local rugby players finding success at collegiate level

While his alma mater was winning its first-ever football state championship last fall, Thompson Valley alumnus Marco Lapierre was chasing, and eventually winning, a national rugby title with Brown ...
The Telegraph

‘Big milestone.’ As rugby grows in Macon, this club is fielding a women’s team for 1st time

Anna Richards (left) and Brianna Cromartie (right) attempt to stop DJ Eackles during a game of touch during Macon Love Rugby practice on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Central City Park in Macon, Georgia.