Two rugby jobs available in the USA. Princeton mens head coach and Chicago Lions 15s coach. Trying to spread the word to help get best candidate. Both teams have the jobs listed on their respective social media and websites etc.
Cayman Islands looking for a full-time director of rugby. Incredible place to live and work. For more information, full JD or to apply email Caroline.deegan
@caymanrugby
.com before Jan 27th
If you watch or play rugby, please watch this feature on Amazon by
@danleo82
on what’s going on behind the scenes to the Pacific Islands. I’ve seen this first hand in Samoa in 2011 and I’m so grateful for what Dan is doing to expose it. Fa’afetai Lava Dan.
Could the absence of other live sports be an opportunity to get rugby on some main US sports networks? Could we get this NZ based Super Rugby competition on ESPN’s main channel and get it out to a population starved of live sports and capture some new fans?
Between a
@USARugby
World Cup host announcement, a quality college 7s broadcast on
@peacockTV
, a competitive
@usmlr
standings and getting to coach a MLR academy v academy game this weekend. It sure feels like rugby is taking some steps forward here
Super rugby from a really good college team. These types of games are the highest level of 15s rugby outside or MLR no matter what anyone says and it needs to be harnessed properly as the professional game and World Cup are to the front of the rugby communities focus.
Rugby featured in LA times twice in the space of a week, MLR first with the Giltinis and now 7s at the Olympics. A sure sign of rugby’s growing status here.
Excited & grateful for the opportunity to join the Bruin family & add a new chapter to this historic program. Can’t wait to get back out there & down to work with Bill, Wes, Pete, Alex, Hannah, Danny & the boys. Time to lay some blocks & build our rugby pyramid
#ucla
#johnwooden
Just for fun , a starting 15 made up of guys who’ve come through the Chicago Lions in my time here and gone on to play professional rugby. Not bad for a club side in Chicago and how good would it be to get this team together. Apologies to the boys out of position!
Midwest Champions! Men’s and Women’s D1 , history created. Proud of both teams and these two amazing captains who lead them into battle today
#champions
#lions
#proudcoach
Very proud of the rapid learning curve this group has undergone this week. Such a pleasure to work with a group so eager to learn and develop as a player every day. Very confident we have some future Eagles in this photo 🇺🇸 🦅
#proud
#allamericans
#futurestars
#usarugby
Super proud of the growth this group as players has undergone over the last few days and the resilience they showed against the top academies in the country to finish 4th at the NDIT. They were a pleasure to work with!
#pathway
#allamericans
#starsofthefuture
#usarugby
South American teams showing real quality and progress at World Cup. Should MLR make a South American “domestic player allocation” in squads to encourage signing these players here instead of Europe and growing our fan base across the Americas? Even if 2 per team. Thoughts?
Never mind the quality rugby, just close your eyes and listen to that crowd ! They are doing something right in Seattle to engage local fans. What are those craft breweries putting in those beers?!
Winning MLR on and off the field so far.
Introducing the Coaches for the San Clemente Rhinos, South Africa 2022!
DAVE CLANCY is both a High-Performance Rugby Coach and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Rhinos Rugby in San Clemente, California, after leading the MLR LA Giltinis Academy's development as Head Coach.
2019 for
@clrfc
: Las Vegas Womens 7s 🏆 Midwest Womens 15s 🏆 Midwest Mens 15s 🏆 Midwest Womens 7s 🏆 & Midwest Mens 7s 🏆. Club National 7s plate winners. New multi-million dollar rugby complex. New youth program. Community rugby outreach expanded
#proud
#greatyear
#lions
Got sent this by
@clrfc
. Nice reminder of leaving a mark here building a pathway for US players. Add Mungo Mason & Deion Mikesell, UCLA boys in MLR, all but 1 full-time Giltinis academy getting capped & contracted + Chevy, Lucas, Noah & AC who are all now capped at USA 7s
#proud
I wish the world could take a gap year from mobile phones and social media and just re-educate ourselves in the art of conversation, face to face, uninterrupted conversation where we listen to understand and learn not listen to answer. I think we’d be in a much better place.
So proud of my rugby family this weekend , 5th and 7th in the country, taking down some big dogs along the way in a highly competitive club 7s Nationals. Never stopped fighting and left the jersey in a better place. Let’s go Lions!
#lionsfamily
Gutted to see this. Having been m through this scenario with LA, it’s tough to see. Thoughts with all the players, staff and supporters affected by this.
Fantastic news that ESPN will be covering the upcoming Super Rugby in NZ. Hopefully a few games make it off ESPN+ onto their main channels so we can expose rugby to potential new fans. A high octane contact sport with fans in stadiums coming your way America! Spread the word
We've heard our fans loud and clear in Australia and are glad to share the news that you can watch Investec
#SuperRugbyAotearoa
live on
@Foxtel
.
As always, fans in NZ can watch on
@skysportnz
.
Other international broadcasters are listed here 👉🏽
Make the players their own analysts and create a learning environment of peer praise, self-reflection and constructive criticism :
“Tell and I’ll forget, teach me and I’ll remember , involve me and I’ll learn” Benjamin Franklin
Great resilience from
@USARugby
women to beat Australia for the second time having had two costly sin bin periods. Never gave up! On to the quarterfinals!
Confirmed, ESPN+ and ESPN 2. Great news! Live rugby for us starved of it and an opportunity to grow the game by getting your friends watching a new sport in the absence or others.
Get behind this! The talent is coming through, we are going in the the right direction, don’t let funding hold us back. These are your Eagles playing for your country, help them show the world what they can do & inspire young girls nationwide to follow after them
#betheimpact
Congrats Joe Biden on becoming the 46th US President. Joe played rugby in the 70s, is 5th cousin to Irish legend Rob Kearney & as you can see mixes with some pretty good rugby players. Let’s hope he’s a safe pair of hands & a calm vocal leader at the back like his Irish cousin!
If independence means that over 200 years later we have kids being shot, parades being gunned down and women not being able to make independent decisions about their body, I’ll pass on the celebrations thanks.
Move to Chicago, Cubs win World Series and Ireland beat All Blacks for first time. Move to LA, Lakers win the NBA and Dodgers win the World Series. Am I some sort of lucky leprechaun?!
It’s an honour to represent this great club and write a small chapter in its storied history. While the loss was disappointing, it’s a great feeling to know we had this kind of support back home in Chicago
#upthelions
Incredible program in Chicago. 25% of city’s murders are in this neighborhood and this is where the
@clrfc
built their community outreach program. Blown away by these guys. Well done!
Didn’t think I’d ever watch a sports documentary that could come close to The Last Dance, then I watched Chasing the Sun. Truly amazing and inspiring. Had tears in my eyes and I’ve never even been to South Africa. Rassie, Jacques, Felix, Aled. Munster and South Africa Legends.
So very excited to be involved in this project, really believe in the power of sport and what we could achieve on the West side of Chicago with our Lions for Hope community outreach program and future Lions for Hope sports complex
#sportforgood
#righttoplay
100% school attendance for January by the after school rugby kids at Henry Nash = win a Lions T-shirt! Keep up the great work guys!
#lionscommunityrugby
#sportforgood
Great work
@NEFreeJacks
this is exactly what a country this size needs to eliminate geographical barriers and streamline a long term development pathway. Build it and they will come.
3 young Chicago Lions in the USA 7s! Other lads I’ve coached and Lucas missing. This is for me the most rewarding part of coaching, more than winning trophies. Can’t wait to see these young guns tear up in Hong Kong!
@clrfc
#proudcoach
Tough times at the top. Thinking of those affected by this with loss of jobs or financial hardship during these strange times. Rugby however is a family and we can all support each other in challenging times. We hurting but as they say, win the recovery and come back stronger.
Great article. I’ve seen the success with
@clrfc
growth to a fully inclusive pathway junior to senior + community outreach adding 1st time players. The key is collaboration & good coaching with Lions players reinvesting in youth per
@BrianGreen36
model.
Two coaching roles at the Chicago Lions. One is a full time paid role in a very exciting inner city youth rugby initiative with a great foundation and facilities. Great club with an amazing rugby facility.
Australia and New Zealand franchises should be the future Super Rugby, South Africa join Pro14 and ideally Champions Cup. Jaguares join MLR. It works for time zones for broadcasts, reduces travel toll on players and strengthens all respective competitions in my opinion.
Everyone asking for more support to develop nations like Fiji, more big game test matches etc. Could we just start by refereeing them fairly in the ones they do get at World Cups.
Throwback to this Falcons team a year ago in Japan. Out of this 12, 4 are now capped 7s Eagles, 5 have been involved with the 15s Eagles. Would love to see more tours like this & secure funding for a robust Falcons program to expose players to international competition earlier.
What a week coaching with these absolute superhero’s, felt like an avengers movie, Justin Moss the scrum genius, Annmarie our rockstar manager and all the other support staff that made this happen! Thanks
@EmilieBydwell
and
@ktdowty
for the opportunity
#pathway
#usa
#allamericans
First saw Dom when he came to
@UCLA_RUGBY
summer camp. Was so impressed and knew he was a superb talent. To get capped for
@USARugby
at 19 against Georgia is an incredible feat for a homegrown talent. This is just one of a very talent group of u20s coming through
Wow 😳 Rugby is truly growing here, MLR cities seems to be the ones benefiting and that’s ok. Excited to see how it impacts LA when the
@Giltinis
spread their reach.
Amazing to see so many guys who I’ve coached here in club structures in America playing professionally this weekend. Makes it all worthwhile to see guys who put work in and were coachable get the opportunities they deserve.
Thanks
@Hou_Sabercats
for the game last night. The Lions lost a tough battle against a strong side, however, it was a fantastic experience for this team which included many young Lions who have bright futures ahead of them.
#lions
#chicago
Photo credit: Judy Teasdale Photography
Would love to see these long term contract signings at Saracens like Farrell, Itoje and Vunipola go on a short term loan to super rugby. Would be awesome to see more northern hemisphere players testing themselves elsewhere while their club is in the championship.
I’m so excited to see where this program can go and the difference it can have on this community not to mind these talented young athletes and where they might end up!
@ChrisBrownRugby
@EmilieBydwell
project gold 2040?