Women's Rugby National All-Star Competition

“This will be the best gathering of domestic women’s rugby players ever,” Women’s Eagles Head Coach Pete Steinberg said. “We have spent the last year focused on player identification and almost all the players have been seen at an NASC or a national championship event.

“The winter NASC is the foundation of the women’s pathway. Moving forward, this annual event will be where the national team pools for the year will be selected.”

This competition will be a vehicle for identifying athletes for both the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017 and for the Women’s Eagles Sevens player pools. Head coaches of Women Eagles and the Women Eagles Sevens, Peter Steinberg and Dr. Jules McCoy, have worked cooperatively on this pathway.

“The preliminary World Cup squad for 2017 will be selected at the NASC,” Steinberg said. “A squad of around 45 will be identified and will begin to follow the Eagles’ strength and conditioning and skill development programming. They will be invited back with a few additional players to a senior NASC that will lead to the Super Series in the summer.” Prior to the Super Series, senior athletes will once again convene.

Not only will the NASC be a selection avenue for the USA Senior teams, but it will also help to identify athletes for the Junior All Americans and Collegiate All Americans teams.

Athletes will be split into 8 competitive teams – Under-20s (2), Under-23s (2), and Senior (4). Coaching each team will be participants from the Emerging Coach Development Program. Each coach will work with current Women’s National Team Pathway lead coaches throughout the camp.

National All-Star Competition | Staff Pete Steinberg Richie Walker Brandon Sparks Wil Snape Sue Whitwell Bill LeClerc Christian Carter Caitlin Singletary Amy Valenta Sarah Leslie Diane Watanabe Amie Kern Bri Arsenault Ashley Cowan Katherin Henry Roshna Wunderlich Annemarie Farrell Lance Pruett

National All-Star Competition | Coach Advisors Fred Bardot Brett Burdick Rick Humm Lisa Rosen