USA Rugby Release
40-players will assemble this Saturday for the USA Women’s XVs National Team’s spring Daily Training Environment. The camp will run until May 2 at the RugbyTown National Training Center in Glendale, CO.
While Rugby World Cup New Zealand was recently postponed until 2022, the DTE still serves as an invaluable opportunity for ongoing preparation. As the program continues to finalize its fixtures and training blocks for the rest of 2021, time in Glendale is every bit as important to ensure coaches and players are ready when competition resumes.
Head Coach Rob Cain said:
“The players have worked extremely hard in our remote learning environment since the previous DTE. We have seen further development through this ‘knowing’ phase and are all excited to head into this ‘doing’ phase.
“Since the World Cup postponement, we have focused on what we can control; working through our feelings as individuals and collectively enabling ourselves to accept, adapt and hit the ground running towards our new target.
“From a rugby perspective, another year, the prospect of playing more games and more contact time means only good things for our aspirations in 2022. This extra time will allow us to get the group into a different place across our rugby pillars than we had originally planned for in 2021.
“Thank you to the whole rugby community for your continued support . Every contribution both financially and with messages of support makes such an impact to this group. We can’t wait to represent our fans when the next opportunity comes.”
USA Women’s XVs National Team Roster
| PLAYER NAME | POSITION | CLUB | XVs CAPS |
| Evi Ashenbrucker | Back Row | San Diego Surfers | uncapped |
| Cassidy Bargell | Scrumhalf | Harvard University | uncapped |
| Catie Benson | Prop | Life West Gladiatrix | 23 |
| Stacey Bridges | Lock | Beantown Rugby | 40 |
| Kaitlyn Broughton | Wing | Colorado Gray Wolves | 5 |
| Elizabeth Cairns | Flanker | Life West Gladiatrix | 11 |
| Jennine Duncan | Wing | Exeter Chiefs | 7 |
| Rachel Ehrecke | Back Row | Colorado Gray Wolves | uncapped |
| Tess Feury | Wing | New York Rugby | 6 |
| Megan Foster | Flyhalf | San Diego Surfers | 5 |
| Saher Hamdan | Hooker | Life University | uncapped |
| McKenzie Hawkins | Flyhalf | Colorado Gray Wolves | 3 |
| Jett Hayward | Hooker | Life West Gladiatrix | uncapped |
| Emily Henrich | Center | Dartmouth Rugby | 8 |
| Mata Hingano | Center | Life West Gladiatrix | uncapped |
| Leti Hingano | Back Three | Life West Gladiatrix | 2 |
| Katana Howard | Flyhalf | Twin City Amazons | 4 |
| Charli Jacoby | Prop | Chicago North Shore | 6 |
| Nick James | Prop | Houston Athletic | 12 |
| Erica Jarrell | Second Row | Harvard University | uncapped |
| Kathryn Johnson | No. 8 | Twin City Amazons | 2 |
| Jenny Kronish | Lock | Colorado Gray Wolves | uncapped |
| Kayla Lawson | Wing | San Diego Surfers | uncapped |
| Maya Learned | Prop | Colorado Gray Wolves | 2 |
| Shelby Lin | Scrumhalf | Berkeley All Blues | uncapped |
| Sam Luther | Second Row | Colorado Gray Wolves | uncapped |
| Bulou Mataitoga | Fullback | Berkeley All Blues | 3 |
| Kelsie O’Brien | Scrumhalf | Colorado Gray Wolves | uncapped |
| Olivia Ortiz | Scrumhalf | Davenport & Chicago North Shore | 5 |
| Jetta Owens | Back Three | Virginia Tech | uncapped |
| Neariah Persinger | Wing | Life West Gladiatrix | 1 |
| Hope Rogers-Dellerman | Prop | Life West Gladiatrix | 29 |
| Kristine Sommer | Lock | Seattle Seawolves | 13 |
| Nicole Strasko | Flanker | Life West Gladiatrix | 7 |
| Amy Talei Bonte | Center | Life West Gladiatrix | 6 |
| Samantha Tancredi | Prop | Lindenwood | uncapped |
| Hallie Taufoou | Back Row | ARPTC | uncapped |
| Kathryn Treder | Hooker | Beantown Rugby | 2 |
| Alycia Washington | Lock | New York Rugby | 22 |
| Carly Waters | Scrumhalf | Colorado Gray Wolves | 4 |
USA Women’s XVs National Team Staff
Women’s High-Performance Director | Emilie Bydwell
Head Coach | Rob Cain
Assistant Coach | Rich Ashfield
Assistant Coach | Jamie Burke
Assistant Coach | Kate Daley
Assistant Coach | Neil Harris
Assistant Coach | Jenny Lui
Team Manager | Louise Stewart
Strength & Conditioning | Sylvia Braaten
Assistant Strength & Conditioning | Dee Nash
Sports Scientist | Conor Sweeney
Performance Analyst | Callum Howells
Team Doctor | Terrence Cronin
Athletic Trainer | Bri Arsenault
Athletic Trainer | Jade Callen
USA Women’s XVs National Team COVID-19 Safety Protocols
- Players are required to show a negative test before travel, complete an isolation period on the ground in Colorado and show a negative test before training begins
- Players are placed in training groups & pods in accordance to state guidelines
- Team members are required to eliminate all community exposure throughout the daily training environment and sign an agreement committing to this standard
- Symptom screenings are conducted twice daily
- Periodic testing protocol implemented through the 7-week block
