John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Dec 5, 2009, 7:15 am
The video used as part of Herts Rugby Awareness Week is now available:
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Dec 5, 2009, 6:39 am
These recommendations have been published by the RFUW. A Player Pathway Feedback Form has been issued with a return date before 25 January 2010, which is also the date that the London N and S and Sou...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Dec 5, 2009, 6:28 am
The next meeting of the HWGRDG is taking place on Mon 11th Jan at Hertford RFC starting at 7.30. If you have not previously attended these meetings (usually 3-4 times a year) this group works together...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Dec 5, 2009, 6:12 am
The England Women’s Under 20's Squad for this Season has been announced and contains 4 Players who play for Herts Womens and Girls Clubs: Milly Fuggles: OA Saints* Hannah Gallagher: Welwyn Und...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 3, 2009, 5:59 am
This project, which was designed to raise awareness of club rugby for both boys and girls across Hertfordshire, was the brainchild of two Welwyn RFC players - Rachel McCullough and Oren Blindell. With...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 2, 2009, 3:36 pm
Its has one of the dullest titles ever, but Recommendations from the Competition Review Group on the RFUW Player Pathway For Implementation Season 2010-11 (click here to see a copy) - issued today fo...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 2, 2009, 2:21 pm
Good article on women's rugby in The Times today - and an educational introduction..."It was pointed out to me earlier this week, in wincingly powerful terms, that Rolling Maul has never featured ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 1, 2009, 3:00 pm
It has just been announced that this season's Herts Sevens will take place at Tring RFC on 16th May. Its great news for the game in the county. This will be the sixth Herts Girls' Sevens (or s...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Dec 1, 2009, 2:54 pm
Hertfordshire Womens and Girls Rugby are pleased to announce that we have a new host for this Seasons Herts Girls 7’s on 16th May 2010. Tring have confirmed that they will have 4 Pitches available (...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 1, 2009, 12:57 pm
The IRB have launched a free Strength and Conditioning resource on their expanding Rugby Ready system. It covers things like Health and Safety and exercise instruction, and builds on an impressive set...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Dec 1, 2009, 12:04 pm
One of the most treasured items on this blog has always been the occasional caption competitions supplied by Phil Threlfall. Well, having been absent from the matchday touchline for the last 2 months,...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 30, 2009, 4:50 pm
From our South African correspondant Sunday's planned U15s Thames Valley league match against Bucks Jesters could not be played as the visitors had only six players. However, as Letchworth Sarace...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 30, 2009, 4:19 pm
It was 11.30 pm on Saturday night that I drove out to collect Nikki from a party and found that there had been rather a lot of rain - in places the A505 was underwater. Quite a lot of water, actually ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 30, 2009, 1:43 am
We hear nothing but bad news from some parts of the world, and at the moment no more so than in lands surrounding Pakistan. They sound like a continual war zone, with life especially hard for teenage ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 23, 2009, 3:08 pm
The IRB today "launched" the 2010 World Cup, including a dedicated website (http://www.rwcwomens.com/). All games up to the semi-finals will take place at the University of Surrey's new (indeed s...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 14, 2009, 2:55 pm
Our former coach, Simon, and his assistant, Kirsten, have just got married (today by the look of it) - more pictures of the day here. For those new to the club, Simon played prop for Letchworth 1st XV...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 14, 2009, 1:05 pm
England have been beaten by New Zealand in the First Test at Esher RFC today. The final score of 16-3 was significantly larger than most experts had predicted - especially given the conditions which m...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 12, 2009, 6:42 am
This Sundays friendly games against Ampthill/Bedford Blues have been moved to the Letchworth club which gives us our first home fixtures of the season and saves us all a bit of travelling! Will all ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 10, 2009, 12:11 pm
Teenage rugby sensation Emily Scarratt talks to Scrum Queens today in an interview that is part of the build up for the big game on Saturday. Emily - who appeared for Paviors against Letchworth on sev...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 9, 2009, 2:38 pm
Four countries have bid to host the 2014 World Cup, the IRB have announced - the largest number ever, though as this is the first time the IRB have run a public competition to find a host for a Women&...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Nov 9, 2009, 2:33 pm
A Game between RFUW Development Squad and Combined Services is taking place at Aldershot RFC on Rememberance Day on 11th November at 3.30. It is the Curtain raiser for the Men's Combined Services ...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Nov 9, 2009, 2:16 pm
Under 18: Glos U18 5 Herts U18 12 (Alice Finn Welwyn Tx1, Courtney Arberry Welwyn Tx1, Hannah Gallagher Welwyn C x1). Somerset U18 0 Herts U18 12 (Hannah Gallagher Welwyn Tx1, Alice Finn Welwyn T x1...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 3, 2009, 4:09 pm
The tournament to decide final qualifier for the World Cup kicks off tomorrow (at around breakfast our time). The Asian qualification tournament will be a straight knockout, with the semi-finals on We...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 3, 2009, 2:59 pm
Weekend a long way off? Need a "fix" of rugby to see you through to the next training? Then why not try out these three new games - with the extra bonus of possibly winning tickets to England Men v A...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Nov 2, 2009, 6:58 am
That rare phenomenon in girls rugby- the morning kick off - happened on Sunday at Chesham where Bucks Jesters played Letchworth Saracens. Normally this would be much appreciated but, unfortunately, th...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 31, 2009, 12:37 pm
You may remember the item that appeared about 18 months ago about Matt Damon playing the part of former South African rugby captain François Pienaar in a film to be directed by Clint Eastwood. Well,...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 30, 2009, 8:27 am
This Sunday sees both girls teams travelling to Chesham for matches against Bucks Jesters. An unusual feature of these games is that we have morning kick-offs so will all players please make sure tha...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 30, 2009, 5:01 am
The Sky Sports Magazine (sent free to all subscribers) confirms that the second test between England and New Zealand will be shown - live - on Sky Sports 2 (and HD) on the 21st November, from 4.30pm. ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 27, 2009, 8:01 am
Teams train in all sorts of cold, muddy locations - the training pitch is not normally the one with the best facilities or resources (like, for instance, at Letchworth where grass is at a premium for ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 22, 2009, 6:09 pm
Further to earlier reports apparently Knights Templar's opponents earlier this week were Icknield School from Luton... and the score was 25-25 (as earlier reported, but mistakenly "corrected"). Ap...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 20, 2009, 1:10 pm
News that five Legends (Jess, Sydney, Annie, Jodie and Lauren) played for Knights Templar this afternoon in an exciting 25-20 win against... err, well contacts are unclear as to exactly who they were ...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Oct 18, 2009, 3:18 pm
Is your club looking for a small funding boost to help support - perhaps - coach training, new equipment, or a community project? If so, a new (and little publicised) scheme launched by Hertfordshire ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 18, 2009, 11:50 am
Good news - the IRB have launched a website for the World Cup! Bad news - and in defiance of mathematical logic - its for the "other" World Cup in 2011, not the one that is in 2010. It seems the site...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 18, 2009, 5:35 am
It shows how far we still have to go that the mere appearance of a positive article on women's rugby in a national newspaper should be a matter of note, but the article in today's Independent ...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 17, 2009, 10:31 am
The final six entries to form the shortlist for the IRB's "Rugby Photo of the Year" contest have been published - and one of the six is a women's rugby photo (see right). This year the competi...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 14, 2009, 4:46 pm
Anyone who has read His Dark Materials (the Philip Pullman trilogy) - and at least one former captain is a fan - will know of Svalbard, the frozen Arctic island owned (in our reality) by Norway and ma...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 13, 2009, 4:17 am
There are days, let's be honest, when things just don't seem to go right. Sunday was like that. It started when I hurt my back lifting a 1 kg box into the car. It continued when I was the only...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 13, 2009, 3:49 am
Letchworth Saracens U15s convincingly won their Thames Valley league match against Middlesex Leopards at Grasshoppers RFC on Sunday. This was only the second game the girls had played together but th...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 12, 2009, 1:55 pm
They really are coming thick and fast - but of all the advances for women's rugby in recent months an announcement today is not only the most unexpected, but also one that could be one of the most...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 9, 2009, 6:43 am
By 81 votes to 8 it was confirmed today in Copenhagen that Rugby Sevens will be a part of the Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and will also be at the 2020 Olympics as well. Golf also won a place i...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 8, 2009, 3:29 am
This Sunday (11th October) we have league matches against Middlesex for both U15 and U18 teams. The matches are at Grasshoppers RFC which is at : Macfarlane Lane (off Syon Lane), Osterley, Middlesex ...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Oct 7, 2009, 4:59 pm
For the 4th year in a row Herts Womens and Girls Rugby Clubs won accolades at the Annual Herts Sports Partnership Service to Sports Awards: Coach of the Year (Male) 2nd: Greg Maxwell (Welwyn Warrio...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Oct 5, 2009, 11:42 am
Electronic copies of the complete Herts Coaching Handbook and Herts RFU Yearbook can now be viewed and downloaded from the Herts RFU website. This is the first time that electronic copies of either pu...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Oct 5, 2009, 4:37 am
First matches of the season don't come much harder than this - taking on last year's League Champions on their home ground - but that's exactly what Letchworth Saracens U18s did on Sunday ...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Oct 1, 2009, 6:19 am
HERTS RUGBY AWARENESS WEEK What is it? An idea of 2 young ladies aged 15, Oren Blindell and Rachel Mccullough,who play for Welwyn, which will benefit boys and girls rugby across the county. When? A...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Oct 1, 2009, 3:43 am
The new Hertfordshire Girls' U15 development league begins this weekend. Fixtures arranged to date appear below:
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Sep 30, 2009, 1:25 pm
The final vote to decide whether rugby will be at the 2016 Olympics takes place on 9th October, and today the last possible fly in the ointment was removed when the RFU, RFUW, Scottish, and Welsh RFUs...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Sep 30, 2009, 4:04 am
There are some welcome signs of improvement with the new RFU website. As mentioned last week the new, improved website looks great with all sorts of modern bells and whistles (like newsfeeds and a mor...
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John B. posted an article on Letchworth Girls' Rugby - Sep 30, 2009, 3:09 am
All the fuss and bother about men's and women's national rugby governing bodies "integrating" or "merging" must seem a bit dull and uninteresting. Something that happens a long way away and ha...
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John B. posted an article on Hertfordshire Women's and Girls' Rugby - Sep 29, 2009, 7:34 pm
... - the first independent website dedicated to women's rugby worldwide - has been launched. Edited by former Irish Women's RFU's press officer Alison Donnelly it includes contributions...
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