Rugby Bits & Bites On the Last Day of February

Already almost March, can you believe it? But I can’t wait for spring weather. According to our news, this past weekend’s blizzards gave us the most snow that our city has had in 16 years.
You can feel spring in the air at times though … like tiny little breezes mixing in with the winter chills. [...]

Tuesday’s Turbulent Thoughts

So now that the challenge match is set, we’re trying to pin down the rest of our schedule.
Waiting on that date really delayed confirming most of our remaining spring weekends and now we’re scrambling. And it’s looking more tough than I originally thought. Tough teams, tough plans.
Further, we’re planning our fundraisers (Sin Bin, Milwaukee, [...]

Wisconsin Women vs. Emerald City Mudhens

Confirmed just today … my team’s USA Rugby Challenge Match is now set.
The Wisconsin Women travel to play the Emerald City Mudhens the weekend of Saturday, May 26. Winner earns a seed for their territory for falls Sweet 16s … either Pacific Coast keeps their No. 3 seed or the Midwest gains back their [...]

Check this out Today! Play Rugby Calendar!

Wendy over at Scrumhalf Connection, one of our original ruckosphere bloggers, has been working on a google calendar that all women’s rugby teams can use to share dates and info.
Well, I just checked it out and Wendy has been working hard. Be sure and check it out today add your games and a team [...]

Home Sick, Bombarded by E-mails and Almost Passing Out at the Monkey Bar

So, it’s worth mentioning that I did not contract salmonella from my peanut butter. As of yesterday, one full week had passed without symptoms of gastro-intestinal distress.
That said, my boss did pass on a doozy of an upper-respiratory virus. Awesome!! I’ve been stuffed up and coughing since Saturday morning. A rhinovirus, maybe. It does [...]

Canada Wins International Women’s 7s in San Diego

Much delayed, but here is the official USA Rugby recap of the women’s 7s tournament from San Diego …
2-14-2007 – USA FINISHES 2ND IN ITS 2007 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S SEVENS TOURNAMENT IN SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO – The USA ‘A’ Team took on the Canada ‘B’ Team on Saturday night in Petco Park for [...]

Aaarrgggghhhhhhhh!

I’m fighting the overwhelming urge to tell the entire world to bugger off this morning, drive somewhere far away and imbibe several fruity drinks and/or pints of frosty brew.
Oh where, oh where shall I start?
How about with rugby!
So, my team, after much debate and planning, chose to accept our opportunity to challenge for the national [...]

"It’s a secret no one knows …"

Do you know what’s playing on the radio right now?
Yup, Mmmm Bop by Hanson. I am simultaneously gagging and singing along in my head. I still don’t know what the heck those three are talking about either … “Yeah-eee Yeah”. What is the secret of this Mmm-Bop? Not that I really want to know.
Thank [...]

Not Dead. Just Not Here.

No, I’m not sick. The blog hasn’t been broken. And I was not kidnapped by pirates. Although I’ll admit that would’ve been fun.
The past 10 days have been a discombobulated chaos from which I have not yet emerged. Somehow blogging – although I thought about each day – seemed to be that extra weight that [...]