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Written by RUGBYMag.com News Release    Friday, 27 May 2011 20:34    PDF Print Write e-mail
New Club 7s Eligibility Regulations
Sevens - Club Sevens

USA Rugby has made changes to its eligibility regulations for rugby sevens in order to advance the Olympic version of the game and make it easier for players to participate in sevens programs.

Rule Changes (Effective May 25, 2011):

Players may form and join any sevens club, regardless of their fifteens affiliation

A club may be registered solely to play sevens

Players may transfer from a fifteens club to a sevens club and transfers can be denied by their club for outstanding financial issues or disciplinary matters with their Territorial Union (TU) or Local Area Union (LAU)

For USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s All-Star Sevens championships, players will be held to that TU in which their sevens club is registered

For the USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s Club Sevens Championships, at least 10 players on the roster must meet National Team eligibility standards

For the USA Rugby Sevens Men’s and Women’s All-Stars Tournament, all players must meet National Team eligibility standards

Players may register with any sevens club, but may not play in any qualifying tournaments for any other club during a USA Rugby qualifying match

The changes were approved Wednesday by the Rugby Committee with the additional aim of aligning USA Rugby’s eligibility guidelines with those of the International Rugby Board while simultaneously increasing the competitiveness of domestic sevens competition.

National Team (Women’s and Men’s) Eligibility Requirements

Per IRB Regulation 8 a player may only play for the USA National Sevens Team if the player:

Was born in the United States; or

Has one parent or grandparent born in the United States; or

Has completed thirty-six consecutive months of Residence in the United States immediately preceding the time of the event; and

Has not played for the senior National Sevens Team of another Union; and

Meets all the other IRB standards for National Team Representation

Tam Brackenridge, a member of the Eligibility Committee, spearheaded the changes and noted that the more sevens opportunities available to players, the better.

“We want to make rugby sevens its own entity,” said Brackenridge, saying that in terms of administration, both fifteens and sevens should be accessible and one shouldn’t trump the other. 

“These changes allow teams to get up and going right away and make playing sevens friendlier and also more competitive.”

Clubs already registered for the 2010-2011 membership cycle to not need to re-register as a result of these rule changes.  A newly-formed club that plays sevens exclusively will need to register just as any other club would.

June 15 is the club registration deadline for the sevens season and July 15 is the deadline for players to transfer.

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Friday, 27 May 2011 19:47    PDF Print Write e-mail
USA U20s Set for Russia
National Teams - Age-Grade Men

USA U20 Head Coach Scott Lawrence has made three changes to his team's starting lineup to play Russia Saturday in the Junior World Rugby Trophy in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (webcast at www.irb.com/jwrt/ at 8am Eastern.

All of the changes are in the forwards, where Lawrence brings in prop OJ Auimatagi and hooker Drew Ohmann for Chuck Koehler and Patrick Latu. And in the back row, blindside flank Tim O'Hara replaces Alec Gletzer.

The rest of the starting 15 remains the same. Latu and Koehler go to the reserves bench. Lawrence makes one more change, bringing in Sean Carley as a sub back five forward.

Russia -        USA
Event: 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy - Pool A
Kickoff: 16:00         Venue: Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia

USA
No      Name
1        OJ Auimatagi
2        Drew Ohmann
3        Paul Mullen
4        Pat Coleman
5        Dan Metcalf
6        Tim O'Hara
7        Tyler Black
8        Vake Sanft
9        Michael Oliver
10      Will Magie (C)
11      Madison Hughes
12      Bubba Jones
13      Will Farrell
14      Apelu So'oalo
15      Joe Cowley

 16      Chuck Koehler
17      Patrick Latu
18      Sean Carley
19      Mike Juszczak
20      Mike Durant
21      Conor Mills
22      Jake Fallon


Russia
No      Name
1        Alexey Skobiola 
2        Stanislav Sel'skiy (C) 
3        Yuri Matveev 
4        Alexander Berzin 
5        Ruslan Shirinov 
6        Nikolay Pochechuev 
7        Vitaly Zhivatov 
8        Yuri Vengerov 
9        German Godlyuk 
10      Leonid Yamschikov 
11      Alexander Razumov 
12      Alexey Vasiliev 
13      Evgeny Kornev 
14      Alexander Tolmachev 
15      Denis Simplikevich 

16      Artem Chechura 
17      Alexey Kosobochkin 
18      Alexander Galitskiy 
19      Sergey Stepanov 
20      Maksim Martysh 
21      Denis Kukishev 
22      Sergey Nikutschenko

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Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Friday, 27 May 2011 13:28    PDF Print Write e-mail
Women All-Star Rosters
Clubs - All-Stars

Rosters for this weekend's Women's All-Star Championships

West Coast Warriors (SOCal #2)
 Anderson, Julia
Ashenbrucker, Evelyn
Cash, Michelle
Cheung, Daralisa
Chow, Chun
English, Ashley
Fujiwara, Toni
Johnson, Audrey
Lear, Kristy
Logan, Katrina
Measures, Monique
Nacouzi, Melanie
Nesberg, Tina
Ogata, Emily
Peng, Diana
Rathbun, Sara
Rohr, Kate
Thoreson, Katie
Turley, Shaina
Williams, Rebecca


Mid-Atlantic
 Atkins, Meganne
Bariletto, Jackie
Beard, Jeanna
Bernstein, Ida
Bigelow, Elaine
Black, Katy
Glick, Sara
Hallinan, Kathleen
Hammond, Jessica
Hanson, Megan
Igoe, Suzanne
Joyce, Leslie
MacAlpine, Caitlin
McAlister, Meredith
McQueen, Monique
Melsopp, Jaclyn
Miller, Laura
Pankey, Sam
Pastore, Aliea
Primo, Rachael
Record, Emily
Rodgers, Heather
Swavola, Julia
White, Eli


Pacific Coast
 Adrienne Acosta
Helen Behr
Alicia Binggeli
Phoebe Boone
Lisa Butts
Katie Chou
Sarah Davis
Julia Diskin
Leka Green
Jennifer Greenspan
Kelly Griffin
Karden Kelly
Julie Kieu
Elizabeth Kilgore
Ashley Kmiecik
Nathalie Marchino
Stephanie Mitchell
SanJuanita Moreno
Marty Quick
Megan Sanders
Hannah Stolba
Katie Tsang
Angela Ve'evalu
Elizabeth White
Caroline White


Southern California
 Blue, Marea
Chmielak, Sarah
Fabrizio, Carol
Fields, Casey
Carcea, Nicole
Globerson-Lamb, Sonia
Greenfield, Liz
Griffeth, Val
Hartos, Kiki
Hemstreet, Allyson
Henne, Kate
Henry, Liz
Machee, TeAwhina
Lechner, Grace
McClaughlin, Kim
Naber, Amy
Nacero, Cara
Pisel, Calli
Rodriquez, April
Staid, Andrea
Strohechen, Liz
Tucker, Amber
Wary, Ann
Whitfield, Jill
Wilson, Mandy


West
 Abel Ruch, Kjrsten
Allen, Lanna
Asgharzadeh, Parisa
Bray, Francine
Birge, Hannah
Brennan, Taryn
Dunigan, Kristine
Dvorak, Stephanie
Edwards, Sara
Gimbert, Sally
Gomez, Alexa
Graves, Mollyrose
Holmes, Tyler
Janus, Katie
Klahn, Kim
Lucia, Jessica
Martinic, Marica
McGillivray, Deanna
Muir, Rachel
Ottens, Meredith
Page, Kathryn
Prusinski, Andrea
Ruiz, Kandis
Steffano, Gina
Swenton, Jen
Thornton, Amy
Weiner, Sarah


Midwest
 Benjamin, Nicole
Berg, Libby
Braaten, Sylvia
Call, Tracy
Chobot, Sarah
Daley, Kate
Daly, Lauren
Day, Shauna
Gill, Laura
Kane, Teresa
Kingzett, Amanda
Kosanke, Pam
Kugler, Lynelle
Lui, Jennifer
Lundstrum, Kaelene
Markovich, Des
Martinez, Melissa
Radtke, Rebecca
Ray, Claire
Walsh, Sarah
Weber, Katherine
Wurst, Katherine
Zarembinski, Jamie
Zdanczewicz, Kristin


Northeast
 Augustyn, Katy
Baker, Stacy
Bonomo, Kristin
Brafman, Rebecca
Burke, Jamie
Bydwell, Emilie
Daniels, Amy
Dowty, Katie
DuBray, Carrie
Flateman, Jenna
Keller, Devin
Knight, Phaidra
Kuchar, Jennifer
Miesner, Helen (Rosie)
Posner, Saburah
Robertson, Ruth
Ryan, Kathleen
Sachs, Rachel
Wagner, Kittery
Zeigler, Annie


South
 Carrier, Liz
Chou, Rosalind
Daniels, Katherine
Davenport, Alexandrea
Doppenberg, Tia
Fredericks, Corey
French, Hilari
Glynn, Carmel
Iacobucci, Stephanie
Ladnier, Josephine
Lanigan, Sally
Lau, Sharon
Light, Lori
Likes, Trystan
McClain, Anne
Miller, Kathryn
Morrison, Kari
Padilla, Alana
Perez, Virginia
Phillips, Crystal
Price, Carolyn
Smith, Emily
Snodgrass, Elizabeth
Sutton, Laketa
Uchneat, Suzanne
Wilbanks, Madeline
Wooden, Jessica

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Written by Alex Goff    Friday, 27 May 2011 19:41    PDF Print Write e-mail
Weir Pleased with MARFU Women Win
Clubs - All-Stars

The Mid-Atlantic women’s all-star program started its new three-year plan with a nicely-taken 33-22 win over the West Friday at the Women’s All-Star Championships Tier II in Chula Vista, Calif.

New Head Coach Bob Weir has been adamant that the program focus on player development, and said he hopes to get more players involved and playing more tuneup games in a true all-star season.

This year he ran the players through three camps, and worked hard to instill a team ethos. Overall, it worked, as the Sharks ran out to a comfortable first-half lead and held on to win.

“The second half was a lot like an NBA All-Star game,” joked Weir. “A lot of exciting play, but most of it on offense.”

Thus the coach hinted strongly he’d like to see more offense.

Good performances came from all over the place, especially, though, the halfback combination of Eli White (of DC Furies and player of the game as scrumhalf), and Sam Pankey (James River) at flyhalf, who is still relatively new to the game but athletic and smart.

Up front, hooker Rachael Primo (NOVA) was outstanding.

“We met to discuss individual goals and we wanted them to make a statement and say ‘I will’ do such-and-such. Rachel hit all of those; she said ‘I will’ and she did,” said Weir.

The secret weapon for the Sharks may well have been Jackie Melsopp of Severn River. A yoga instructor by day, Melsopp ran the team through a well-received session after their flight across the country, and Weir said it did wonders to reduce jet lag and help the team relax. On recovery day Saturday, Melsopp will be tasked once more to help repair body and mind.

“I am just juiced with the type of athletes we have and what we can do,” said Weir, whose team faces the South on Sunday.

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Written by Pat Clifton    Friday, 27 May 2011 11:10    PDF Print Write e-mail
Young Navy Squad Announced for CRC
Sevens - Collegiate Sevens

Navy has released its roster for the Collegiate Rugby Championship, and it's led by Sean Rohrs. Navy's No. 8 15s, Rohrs is very strong with ball in hand, and he'll be one of the toughest one-up tackles in the tournament.

Seamus Seifring is one of their other outstanding back rows.

Matt Arnsburger is one of their most dependable backs and a likely goalkicker.

The Midshipmen are fielding a very young team very young team because several seniors are awaiting impending deployment.

Navy's roster:
Matt Arnsberger
Matt Bova
Jordan Goodman
Marcus Kinney
Kyle Mui
Ricky Neel-Feller
James Ousley
Jon Peterson
Sean Rohrs
Carid Scovill
Seamus Siefring
Spencer Wilson

The Collegiate Rugby Championship, June 4-5 at PPL Park in Philadelphia, will be aired live on NBC both days. Irish punk band The Dropkick Murphy's will be performing a free post-match concert at PPL Park June 4. For more info, visit usasevenscrc.com.

Broadcast Schedule:
• NBC Sports live coverage from 4:00-6:00 p.m. ET on June 4 and 5
• Versus live coverage from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET on June 4 and 5
• Versus bonus coverage from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET on June 4
• NBC Mobile live simulcast from 4:00-6:00 p.m. ET on June 4 and 5
• Hulu.com full event coverage available on-demand in HD quality video

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