Interest in women’s rugby in the United States jumped after the American team beat Australia for the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics The Twin Cities Gemini professional rugby team plays at TCO ...

Wales' Maisie Davies loses her rugby shirt in a scrum against Ireland in their Women's Six Nations match at the Affidea ...

FILE - United States' Ilona Maher, enter gets past the tackle of Brazil's Gabriela Lima, right, during the women's Pool C Rugby Sevens match between the United States and Brazil at the 2024 Summer ...

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In her junior year at LaSalle University, Baltimore resident Jillian Szczepaniak-Gillece started a women’s rugby team. The reason? “We were bored, and we wanted to hit people,” she recalled, laughing.

Volleyball and track drove Marisa Hall as a student-athlete at Park High School in Cottage Grove. But then she found rugby — a game that matched her competitive nature and her toughness. She was ...