I play for a college women’s rugby team that just restarted last spring (7s). It was my first time ever playing and I fell in love with it. We only had five girls and one graduated. This fall we had our first 15s season and got 13 girls to commit to the games and 18 to practices.
We just finished our season and I’m hoping to continue with optional practices over the off season, but I’d have to lead them as our coaches have been flakey DURING the season. Like I said I’m new to the sport so I’m looking for advice on what to do/focus on. I was our scrum half for 15s and was told that’ll likely be my position in 7s as well, so any specific tips on that are welcome too!
I want to develop as a player in all aspects. My cardio and speed aren’t the greatest so I really want to work on that. I’ve watched a bunch of 15s film to learn scrum half and I plan to do the same for 7s. I want to be the best I can be so I can help the other girls on the team improve if they want to. They can’t rely on their coaches so I want them to be able to rely on me.
So please any tips/drills are welcome!!

Looks like there are still plenty of tickets left, but I am wondering what the general consensus is with attending from this subreddit.

They wanted attention so I’m going to give it to them. Do rugby fans and businesses that make money off of rugby really have to be spoon fed? Pretty embarrassing if you claim to be a rugby pub, but don’t actually follow the sport or the “home team.”

I received countless emails and saw ads on a daily basis on my feed.

Is it perfect? No. Not on multiple fronts. But where is the ownership for USA Rugby fans?

“Give away free tickets…”

“It’s a big sacrifice…”

“It’s not Kansas City...”

“I had no idea…”

Watching this game is tough. The U.S. seem to get worse and worse each game. They kick the ball away way too often, have terrible attacking shape, and the selection is baffling.
He’s done nothing to improve the quality of the national team, and we are on track to get embarrassed in 2027.

It’s late in this World Cup cycle, but there needs to be someone else at the helm.

The attendance in the stands look like an utter failure to promote this wonderful sport ahead of 2031. What a waste of an opportunity. What could have been done different to get people in those seats? Go to a college campus? Promotional failure? Bums me out man. It looks the same as when they played 7’s in Cary NC years ago.

I have an extra ticket to section 108 at geodis stadium for the rugby matches tonight if someone wants to claim.

We had a friend who can no longer come with us tonight, so his ticket is up for grabs!

At approximately 57 minutes, USA received a yellow card.

What was the penalty?

Curious question and absolutely without any controversy: I am Italian and I am a great enthusiast of both rugby and football.

Given the enormous popularity and cultural impact of football in the United States, what leads an american one fine day to think "However, after all, rugby is much more fun and beautiful?".

Both comments on the phenomenon in general and personal experiences are very welcome

Thank you very much!

Vogel should be 10. Seems like he likes doing this and then shifting her to 10 in the 2nd half. Could just play her the whole game and let her become USA’s 10 for the next decade. Looking forward to seeing what Bailey does with increased minutes.

I don’t think he had shown interest in the Eagles prior to this.

I play at an amateur club in Spain and watched our coaches chase 40 players on WhatsApp every week to know who was coming Saturday.

So I built Kanteo: players tap yes/no for each training and match, the coach sees who's available, picks the XV on a pitch, and the league fixtures come in automatically. There's a tactics board too where you draw a play and it animates.

Three clubs use it every week now (one of them 120+ players), and it's fully in English, so I'm curious if it makes sense for US club rugby, where seasons and federations work differently.

There's a demo you can poke around without signing up: https://kanteo.es/en

What do you use today? TeamSnap, Spond, a spreadsheet, a group chat?

He qualifies for USA based on residency