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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Girls’ rugby is on the rise with the number of females playing rugby rising by 7% in 2023. Despite stereotypes of rugby being a very masculine sport, rugby can be a place of acceptance for all ...

The first outing for the new home kit will be when Wales Women face Australia at Rodney Parade next week. Period anxiety can be an obstacle in sport but Welsh rugby are hoping that by making these ...