Rob Cain, USA Women’s Eagles Head Coach A USA Rugby video conference with members of the USA Rugby media just concluded with Rob Cain, Alex Magleby, Aalina Tabani, Jackie Finlan, Alex Goff, Curtis Reed, and Doug Coil participating. USA Rugby staff members includeRob Cain, Women’s Eagles Head Coach, Alex Magleby, the General Manager of National & High-Performance Rugby and Aalina Tabani, the High-Performance Communications Manager. Members of the rugby media include Jackie Finlan of The Rugby Breakdown, Alex Goff of the Goff Rugby Network and FloRugby, Curtis Reed of This Is American Rugby, and Doug Coil of DJCoil Rugby. Once…

USA Women’s Eagles November Tests The U.S. Women’s Eagles will play Ireland at Energia Park on November 18 as part of the 2018 November Test series. The USA will first play the New Zealand Black Ferns at Soldier Field on Nov. 3, part of The Rugby Weekend, as well as another test in Europe and an “A” level game to be announced later. Earlier Rob Cain was hired as the first full-time Women’s Eagles head coach and the November tests will usher in a new era for USA Women’s Rugby. Emilie Bydwell, General Manager for Women’s High Performance, said that…

Phiadra Knight Joins World Rugby Hall of Fame Phaidra Knight will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame on November 10, 2017 in Rugby, England. At the ceremony, she will be part of a class of five inductees along with Argentina’s Felipe Contepomi, Al Charron of Canada, Englishman Rob Andrew and Fabien Pelous of France. Knight played stellar rugby internationally at both prop and flanker. Later is her career, she also played hooker. As a Women’s Eagles player, she earned 35 caps and was named USA Rugby Player of the Decade in 2010 by Rugby Magazine. USA Rugby…