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Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Monday, 29 August 2011 17:45    PDF Print Write e-mail
IRANZ Events During RWC in NZ
International - Rugby World Cup

The International Rugby Academy of New Zealand (IRANZ) will be holding coaching clinics in different locations throughout New Zealand during the World Cup in September and October 2011.

The Clinics will provide aspiring coaches with the opportunity to observe and interact with a variety of rugby experts from different regions of the rugby world. Our international coaches and specialists will provide participants with the knowledge and techniques that have enabled them to be successful at the top end of the game.

These courses will provide the participants with leading edge information, different perspectives and a challenging interactive three days. The cosmopolitan mix of coaches attending each course will create an infectious and highly stimulating environment that will benefit all. If you enjoy a practical and inspiring environment to up-skill as a coach, then this course is for you.

 

Clinic Dates

Hamilton Clinic:             Wednesday 14 – Friday 16 September               $NZD 800.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Hamilton Marist RFC

(5 modules including lunch)

 

Palmerston North:         Monday 19 – Wednesday 21 September             $NZD 1,260.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Sport & Rugby Institute
(6 modules including accommodation and meals)

 

Nelson Clinic:                Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 September               $NZD 960.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Nelson College for Boys

(6 modules including lunch)

 

Palmerston North:         Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 October                    $NZD 1,260.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Sport & Rugby Institute
(6 modules including accommodation and meals)

 

Wellington Clinic:           Wednesday 5 – Friday 7 October                       $NZD 960.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Wellington RFC

(6 modules including lunch)

 

Auckland Clinic:            Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 October                    $NZD 800.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at Eden RFC

(5 modules including lunch)

 

North Harbour Clinic:     Tuesday 18 – Thursday 20 October                    $NZD 960.00

9 am – 5.30 pm at North Shore RFC

(6 modules including lunch)


Staff Coaches and Specialist Coaches include:

Eddie Jones, Sean Fitzpatrick, Phil Kearns, Craig Dowd, Jamie Joseph, Liam Barry, Pat Lam, Murray Mexted, Scott Robertson, Jon Preston, Nick Farr-Jones, Chris Boyd, Dave Ellis, Aaron Mauger, Dave Rennie, Tim Horan, Jeff Wilson, Christian Cullen

Course Modules

Team attack – from set play and phase play

Contact and the breakdown/continuity

Skill Development

Set Piece forward play – lineout/kickoff/scrum

Turnover ball/counter attack

Continuity and Team pattern

Defence – from set play and phase play

Vision and decision making/Creation of space

Mental toughness

Leadership & Captaincy/Creating a successful team environment

 

Clinic Format

Each clinic will be made up of 5/6 modules covering relevant and specific areas of the game. A module will be 3.5 hours in duration during a morning or afternoon session.

 

Coaches who are unable to attend the full programme can attend individual modules in the mornings or afternoons during the 3 day clinic, at a separate cost. Please advise us if you require this application form to be sent to you.

IRANZ Rugby Legends Dinners and Luncheons

 

Each clinic will include an International Rugby Academy luncheon or dinner where rugby icons of the game will be involved as guest speakers. These functions will be MC’d by Murray Mexted and the proceeds will go towards development scholarships for promising players within the relevant region.

Hamilton Luncheon:                   Friday 16 September @ 1 pm

Speakers:                                 Eddie Jones & Jeff Wilson

 

Nelson Dinner:                          Friday 30 September @ 6.00 pm

Speakers:                                 Phil Kearns & Aaron Mauger

 

Palmerston North Dinner:           Tuesday 4 October @ 6.00 pm

Speakers:                                 Sir Brian Lochore, Jamie Joseph & Farah Palmer

 

Wellington Dinner:                     Friday 7 October @ 6.00 pm

Speakers:                                 Nick Farr-Jones & Jamie Joseph

 

Auckland Lunch:                        Thursday 13 October @ 1 pm

Speakers:                                 Sean Fitzpatrick & Phil Kearns

 

North Harbour Dinner:                Wednesday 19 October @ 6.00 pm

Speakers:                                 Buck Shelford & Dick Muir

 

For more information and to book your tickets online go to www.rugbylegends.co.nz.

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Written by RUGBYMag.com News Release    Monday, 29 August 2011 17:40    PDF Print Write e-mail
Eagles Receive 'Try For The Gold'
National Teams - USA Men

Members of the United States Rugby World Cup touring party have one more item to add to their tour kit bag as the United States Rugby Football Foundation has provided each of the 45-member strong touring party with a copy of the book, Try for the Gold. Written by Mark Ryan, Try for the Gold recaptures the gold medal winning performances of the United States Men’s Rugby Teams at the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games.

The book follows the players from both teams and in particular Rudy Scholz and Colby “Babe” Slater. The book also depicts the many obstacles that both teams had to overcome both on and off the field to bring home gold.

The USRFF was able to provide 50 copies of Try for the Gold to the RWC touring party because of the generous donation from Jon Prusmack and American International Media (under whose umbrella RUGBY Magazine and RUGBYMag.com fall).

“I really enjoyed reading about the success that both the ’20 and ’24 teams achieved at the Olympic Games,” said USRFF Executive Director Brian Vizard. “I knew the teams faced adversity at both the Games but was astonished and inspired by what the teams overcame to win gold. The Rugby Foundation is happy to provide the books to the US team to take with them to the World Cup. Hopefully they too will find inspiration in reading the book. The USRFF thanks Jon and AIM for their support in this project.”

You can find out more about the 1920 and 1924 Olympic gold medal winning teams and purchase your own copy of Try for the Gold at www.tryforthegold.com.

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Written by Alex Goff    Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:42    PDF Print Write e-mail
Boyd Lets Voice be Heard
Sevens - All-Stars

Photo courtesy USA RugbyJustin Boyd wasn’t afraid to make his voice heard.

Mistakes, missed assignments … somebody on the field had to point them out. The USA wing was one of only three veteran players on the Southern California team at the Men’s 7s National All-Star Championships in Chula Vista, Calif., and one of them, Taylor Howden, was down with a concussion.

The other, Peter Sio, was a superbly experienced athlete who led by example, but has always been soft-spoken. That left Boyd.

“Yeah I had no problem speaking up,” Boyd told RUGBYMag.com. “We had a lot of new and young players and we had to recognize mistakes, flush ‘em, and move on. I made mistakes, too. I dropped a ball that I should have caught, and I would have scored a try. You have to recognize it, then flush it and get back to it.”

“Justin was a big player and a big leader for us,” added SoCal Head Coach Craig Hartley. “To have a guy who’s not only a national team player, but a current national team player battling to get onto the team again, showed the players a lot about what it takes to play at this level. He was vocal, and we needed him to be.”

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Written by Pat Clifton    Monday, 29 August 2011 17:29    PDF Print Write e-mail
Wisconsin Wins Big Ten 7s
Sevens - Collegiate Sevens

Wisconsin hosted and won the inaugural Big Ten 7s Tournament Saturday in Cottage Grove, Wisc. The Badgers lost just one game on the day, falling 12-7 to Purdue in pool play. The hosts downed the only College Premier Division team in the tournament, Penn State, 21-14 in the final.

Penn State was upset 22-7 in their first game of the day by Nebraska, and after the Badgers handled the Huskers with relative ease, Wisconsin coach Skip Heffernan knew his team could stack up against their CPD opponent.

“Penn State got surprised right out of the box by Nebraska, so we really expected Nebraska to be tough and we managed to put up a pretty good score on them, so that really gave me some confidence that we could play with Penn State in the finals, and that was a great game -- very close. It could have been anybody’s game. We were happy when the whistle blew.”

PSU coach Don Ferrell didn’t seem to be as surprised by the loss to Nebraska as the rest of the tournament field.

“You know how 7s is sometimes -- that first match is a tough one,” he said. “We were kind of out of sorts, and I think we were still sleeping almost, it seemed like to me, and Nebraska played a good game, played some good defense and had a big strong team and we just couldn’t get it right in the first game.”

Penn State rebounded from the early loss to blow out Minnesota and Michigan State in their two remaining pool play games.

“I thought they improved each match throughout the day,” said Ferrell of his players. “I thought towards the end of the day they were playing pretty good sevens, and they came up against a strong Wisconsin team in Wisconsin.”

Leading the way for the Badgers were Andrew Hanske and tournament MVP (named by the referees) Ben Knight.

As champions of the Big Ten, Wisconsin has seemingly secured the first-ever automatic bid the to inaugural USA Rugby 7s Collegiate National Championship (still unofficially announced), rumored to be Dec. 16-18 in Miami, Fla.

Wisconsin won the trophy in Cottage Grove, but Iowa stole the show. The Hawkeyes, moving up to DI this fall from the doldrums of DII, finished third, beating Nebraska, Purdue and Ohio State. Iowa led Penn State at full time of the cup semifinal, but PSU scored on the last play of the game to eke out a 19-14 win.

“They were definitely the surprise of the tournament, and they were legit. They had some good athletes, and they played smart,” said Heffernan of Iowa.

“Penn State was really fortunate to beat them. They had to score on the last play of the game. Iowa got ahead of them with less than a minute in the game, and Penn State scored in the very last possession.

“It seems like that program’s on an upturn. They’ve moved up to DI this year, so I think they’ll compete very well.”

“I think that everybody is taking 7s serious, and are learning the game of 7s and working hard,” added Ferrell. “I think you’re going to see, like you see in international 7s, maybe some of the teams who may not be as strong in 15s can be strong in 7s. We weren’t expecting any easy matches, and pretty much that’s what we got.”

7th place
Ohio State 40-12 Michigan State

Plate Semis
Minnesota 29-26 Ohio State
Purdue 24-19 Michigan State

Plate Final
Minnesota 26-15 Purdue

3rd Place Game
Iowa 29-7 Nebraska

Cup Semis
PSU 19-14 Iowa
Wisconsin 28-0 Nebraska

Cup Final
Wisconsin 21-14 Penn State

Pool
Iowa 34-7 Ohio State
Ohio State 14-14 Purdue
Wisconsin 28-14 Iowa
Purdue 12-7 Wisconsin
Wisconsin 33-7 Ohio State
Iowa 22-17 Purdue

Pool
Nebraska 22-7 Penn State
Minnesota 27-7 Nebraska
Penn State 34-10 Michigan State
Michigan State 22-17 Minnesota
Penn State 38-7 Minnesota
Nebraska 17-10 Michigan State

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Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Monday, 27 August 2012 03:00    PDF Print Write e-mail
2012 Calendar of Events
Calendar - 2012



193 US 7s Tournaments in 2012
(as of 8-27-2012)

Compiled by Ed Hagerty



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FEBRUARY (8)

9-11 CRC Qualifier Las Vegas, NV

International HS Elite 7s Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas Invitational Las Vegas, NV

Men’s Elite 7s Las Vegas, NV

Women’s International 7s Las Vegas, NV
10-12 USA Sevens Las Vegas, NV
18 Midnight Madness Indoor 7s Kansas City, MO
18 Winterfest 7s Buffalo, NY



MARCH (3)

12-13 Aloha 7s Honolulu, HI
31 Northeast 7s TBA
31 Scott Milley Memorial 7s Durham, NH



APRIL (4)

7 Indiana RFU 7s Anderson, IN
14-15 Tidewater 7s Virginia Beach, VA
28 Blazin’ 7s Valdosta, GA
28 Kachina 7s Goodyear, AZ



MAY (16)

5 Cinco de Mayo 7s Myrtle Beach, SC
5 Prom Dress 7s Oshkosh, WI
12 Okaloosa 7s Freeport, FL
19 Break 'Em In 7s Forty Fort, PA
19 Harlotfest 7s San Antonio, TX
19 Meck Deck7s Charlotte, NC
19 Okaloosa 7s Ft Walton Beach, FL
19 Rio Grande Celtic 7s Albuquerque, NM
19 Southern Belle 7s Columbia, SC
19 Subaru 7s Wilmington, DE
19 Surfside 7s Stone Harbor, NJ
26 Denton 7s Denton, TX
26 In a Van Down by the River 7s Corpus Christi, TX
26 Memorial Day 7s Charleston, SC
26 Oklahoma Invitational 7s Norman, OK
28 Ohio 7s Mechanicsburg, OH



JUNE (65)

1-3 USA 7s High School Challenge Philadelphia, PA
2 Blue Plum 7s Johnson City, TN
2 Dallas 7s Dallas, TX
2 Shenanigan 7s Phoenix, AZ
2 Vulcan 7s Birmingham, AL
2-3 USA 7s Collegiate Championship Chester, PA
8-9 Hawaii USA National Youth Rugby 7s Honolulu, HI
9 Huntington Beach 7s Huntington Beach, CA
9 Green Vegas 7s Greenville, SC
9 Jailbreak 7s Joliet, IL
9 Lehigh Valley 7s Bethlehem, PA
9 Lighthouse 7s Fond du Lac, WI
9 Monk Vaughn 7s Richmond, VA
9 Parrothead 7s Tulsa, OK
9 Renegades Midnight 7s Atlanta, GA
9 Ruggerama Women’s 7s Manassas, VA
9 South Shore 7s Braintree, MA
9 Tatunka 7s Olympia, WA
10 California Youth 7s (#1) Dixon, CA
16 Airborne 7s Fayetteville, NC
16 Bloodfest 7s Austin, TX
16 Fountain City 7s KC, MO
16 Golden Gate 7s (#1) San Francisco, CA
16 Highland Games 7s Itasca, IL
16 Hotter 'n' Hell 7s Columbus, GA
16 JoJo Moore 7s Cornwall, NY
16 Leinies 7s Appleton, WI
16 Loaves & Fishes 7s Santa Rosa, CA
16 Middlesex 7s Woburn, MA
16 Minnesota 7s Rogers, MN
16 Norfolk 7s Norfolk, VA
16 North Penn 7s Hatfield, PA
16 Rockaway Beach 7s New York, NY
16 Roy Lucas 7s Portland, OR
17 California Youth 7s (#2) Morgan Hill, CA
23 All Blues 7s N. California
23 Back Nine 7s Augusta, GA
23 Bryn Mawr Cup 7s Bryn Mawr, PA
23 Firehouse 7s Chicago, IL
23 Hall of Fame 7s Canton, OH
23 Harborfest 7s Kenosha, WI
23 Moonlight HS 7s Charlotte, NC
23 Oasis 7s San Diego, CA
23 Pick 7s Washington, DC
23 Red Dirt 7s Oklahoma City, OK
23 Sacramento 7s Sacramento, CA
23 Springfield 7s Springfield, MA
23 Siouxland 7s Sioux City, NE
23 Triad 7s Greensboro, NC
23 West RFU 7s Qualifier Houston, TX
23-24 Best of the West 7s Ft Lewis, WA
24 California Youth 7s (#3) Dixon, CA
30 Harrisburg 7s Harrisburg, PA
30 Lakefront 7s Milwaukee, WI
30 Golden Gate 7s (#2) San Francisco, CA
30 Old Blue 7s New York, NY
30 Palo Alto 7s #1 Palo Alto, CA
30 Santa Monica 7s (Q) Santa Monica, CA
30 Skagit Valley 7s Skagit Valley, WA
30 TaTa 7s Columbia, SC
30 Todd Miller 7s Orlando, FL
30 Wilmington 7s Wilmington, DE
30 Worcester 7s Worcester, MA
30-Jul-01 Georgia RFU Festival 7s Atlanta, GA



JULY (67)

7 Cheese Steak 7s Wilmington, DE
7 Danbury 7s Danbury, CT
7 Great Lakes Youth 7s Lemont, IL
7 Heartland 7s KC, MO
7 Jackpot 7s Reno, NV
7 Orange County Bucks 7s Cerritos, CA
7 Redfish 7s Baton Rouge, LA
7 Redondo HS 7s Redondo Beach, CA
7 SF Women’s 7s San Francisco, CA
7 Toys for Tots 7s West Des Moines, IA
7 Tri-State 7s Danbury, CT
7-8 Cape Fear 7s Wilmington, NC
8 California Youth 7s (#5) Dixon, CA
10-12 E Stroudsburg 7s Camp E Stroudsburg, PA
14 Belmont Shore 7s (Q) Long Beach, CA
14 Can-Am 7s Ferndale, WA
14 Charity 7s Raleigh, NC
14 Charlie West 7s Charleston, WV
14 Golden Gate 7s (#3) San Francisco, CA
14 Gulf Coast 7s St Petersburg, FL
14 HARC 7s Houston, TX
14 Hotlanta 7s Atlanta, GA
14 Midwest Youth 7s St Charles, IL
14 Mt Shasta 7s Mt Shasta, CA
14 New Haven 7s New Haven, CT
14 Palo Alto 7s #2 Palo Alto, CA
14 Parrothead 7s Tulsa, OK
14 Raspberry HS 7s Hopkins, MN
14 Rock & Roll 7s Cleveland, OH
14 Slug 7s  30 Columbia, MD
14 Sweat 7s Little Rock, AR
14 Tornado Alley 7s Norman, OK
21 American Flag youth 7s Morris, NJ
21 Bay State Games 7s Devens, MA
21 Belle Chere 7s Ashville, NC
21 Cape Cod 7s Eastham, MA
21 Cherrybone 7s Woodlands, TX
21 Denver 7s – Sneath Cup Denver, CO
21 Georgia State Games 7s Alpharetta, GA
21 Hell Gate 7s New York, NY
21 Lobster Pot 7s Kennebunkport, ME
21 Marin Highlanders HS 7s Marin, CA
21 Midnight 7s Stillwater, OK
21 Mid-Atlantic RFU 7s Championship Norfolk, VA
21 New Jersey 7s South Brunswick, NJ
21 Ohio High School 7s Columbus, OH
21 OMBAC 7s (Q) San Diego, CA
21 Pacific Coast RFU 7s Championship San Francisco, CA
21 Princeton 7s Princeton, NJ
21 Rugby Washington Youth 7s Ellensburg, WA
21 Santa Barbara 7s Santa Barbara, CA
21 SF Women’s 7s San Francisco, CA
21 Surfside 7s Stone Harbor NJ
21 South RFU 7s Championship Daytona Beach, FL
21-22 Pitch-a-Tent 7s Chattanooga, TN
28 Beerfoot 7s Fort Myers, FL
28 Corpus Christi 7s Corpus Christi, TX
28 Corvallis 7s Corvallis, OR
28 Escondido 7s Escondido, CA
28 Medieval 7s Pittsburgh, PA
28 Nutmeg State Games 7s New Britain, CT
28 Palo Alto 7s #3 Palo Alto, CA
28 Slice of Shoreview HS 7s Shoreview, MN
28 Tacoma Aroma 7s Tacoma, WA
28 Tight Five 7s San Francisco, CA
29 California Youth 7s Championship (#7) Dixon, CA
29 Rugby Virginia Youth 7s Marshall, VA



AUGUST -16
4 American 7s U-19 Challenge Redondo Beach, CA
4 Boo Daddy 7s Leesburg, VA
4 Elvis 7s Millington, TN
4 South Bay 7s Carson, CA
4-5 M & W National Club 7s Championships San Francisco, CA
11 Blackbeard Beach 7s Atlantic Beach, NC
11 HorseShoe 7s (TOLA final) Shreveport, LA
11 Serevi 7s Glendale, CO
11 Shreveport 7s (TOLA Final) Shreveport, LA
18 Hot August 7s Hammond, LA
18-19 Armed Forces 7s Championship Glendale, CO
18-19 M & W National All-Star 7s Championship TBA
19 Atlantic Cup 7s Lewes, DE
25 Heavenly 7s Fairmont, W VA
25 Hurricane 7s Panama City Beach, FL
25-26 North American World Cup 7s Qualifier Ottawa, Ontario, Canada



SEPTEMBER (4)

1 Empire State College 7s New Rochelle, NY
8 Tri-Tip 7s San Luis Obispo, CA
13-16 Aspen Ruggerfest Aspen, CO
14-15 Buckeye 7s Columbus, OH
15 Atlantic Coast 7s – Pt 1 Blacksburg, VA



OCTOBER (5)

6 Palouse Open 7s Pullman, WA
6-7 Cal Poly Collegiate 7s San Luis Obispo, CA
13 Atlantic Coast 7s – Pt 2 Marietta, GA
20 NCRC 7s Seattle, WA
27-28 Atlantic Coast 7s Championship Virginia Beach, VA



NOVEMBER (4)

4 Delaware Halloween 7s Newark, DE
16-17 M & W National Collegiate 7s TBA
17 Turkey Trot 7s Bethesda, MD
24 New York 7s NY, NY



DECEMBER (1)

1 Christmas 7s Richmond, VA



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