Most athletes train their whole lives for a chance to play Division I sports. Morgan Whelan is not like most athletes. The Downingtown STEM Academy graduate touched a rugby ball for the first time in ...

Contact Ready is an introductory programme made especially for teenage girls aged 12 to 17 years old, who are new, in their first year of rugby, or who are playing non-contact versions of the game.

The U.S. women's rugby team's Olympic success is inspiring more girls to try the sport. When Team USA won its first Olympic medal in women’s rugby sevens in a dramatic fashion last week, a whole ...

A new initiative inspired by a young player’s legacy is helping girls boost mental health and friendships through the power ...

In Dehradun, Jasvinder Kaur's journey to the pitch was more of a sidestep. The daughter of a street hawker, she had a name as a state-level long-jump athlete before rugby entered her life six ...

In rugby, a tackle ends nothing, however. ... "These girls are serious athletes, and they want to be treated as such," Murra says. Meg Ryan, 19, is a sophomore at Wartburg and pack captain.

Warrior Rugby's Maggie Booher attempts to make a tackle during a 10-5 loss to the visiting Highland Buzzards on Sunday, April 13, 2025. "That was the best game we've played," junior Savannah Kight ...

Watch out, Standerton, these girls can tackle. Standerton High School boasts a rare sight: a top-notch girls’ rugby team with several Pumas players. Despite a common misconception, girls in ...

Ilona Maher is more than an athlete. One of USA TODAY's Women of the Year, she is breaking beauty standards and helping uplift women.

When Kimber Bevens first started playing rugby, there wasn’t a girls team in the Treasure Valley, so she had to take the field with the boys. But rugby participation has grown exponentially in ...