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NEWS & EVENTS Play Rugby USA establishes New York City's first ever Sports Leadership Academy and seeks applications from qualified educators & managers for the Director position. Play Rugby USA (PRUSA) is excited to announce the creation of New York City's first ever Sports Leadership Academy (SLA), due to open this fall at Edward A Reynolds West Side High School in Harlem. The Sports Leadership Academy has been successfully piloted in albeit in a very condensed form by PRUSA at Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in Washington DC since September of 2009. Recently however, upon receiving a substantial New York State Department of Education award, Play Rugby USA is able to roll out the full program in New York City. For a detailed job description of the SLA Director position click here. To apply, please email your resume along with cover letter to mark.griffin@playrugbyusa.com.
Play Rugby USA and the JC Police Athletic League join forces to create the City’s First Youth Rugby Team and help keep kids out of local gangs.
On a late Wednesday afternoon, young Jonathan Cano and 17 of his school-age peers run drills in preparation for their first tournament in a sport they barely heard about before, let alone played. Together they are partaking in an odd slice of history, becoming members of the city’s first ever youth rugby team. “Nobody was expecting us to play,” says Luis Guzman, 11, in the 7th grade. The thought of naysayers — “what could inner-city kids possibly know about an import sport like rugby?” — seemed to motivate the team. please click here to continue reading this article
The Play Rugby USA Invitational XV side Thursday July 16th Pier 40 Vs Durham University
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Sign Up for Summer! Summer camp registration is now open, reserve your space! MIDDLE SCHOOL FLAG RUGBY CAMP Grade levels: 6-8 Dates: August 2nd - 6th Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm Location: Randall's Island Field 74 HIGH SCHOOL TACKLE RUGBY CAMP Grade levels: 9-12 Dates: August 16th - 20th Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm Location: Randall's Island Field 74 ROCKAWAY RUGBY CAMP 9am -12pm, July 26th -30th, Fort Tilden fields, Rockaway suitable for girls and boys aged 6 - 14. Sign up includes a FREE t shirt. CLICK LINK TO BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! --------------------------------------- Thursday July 15th PRUSA Invitational XV 19 - 25 Durham University (England) On a beautiful summer New York evening and in front of a couple of hundred fans, family and friends at Pier 40 the PRUSA XV put in a fantastic effort to nearly upset the touring side from the North of England. Having only come together an hour or two before the kick off time of 7:15 the PRUSA XV team gelled quickly once they were on the field, under the guidance of RSL winning head coach Bruce McClane, and raced into an early lead through smart interlinking play in the backs after the forwards made inroads through the Durham defense and it was all PRUSA coaches that got on the score sheet as Tom Hatfield opened the scoring followed by Dom Wareing. Durham answered back with a try of their own before Elliot "screech" Rechtin, another PRUSA coach crossed the white wash to extend the invitational sides lead to 19 -7 at the half way mark. The second half was a completely different story as a lot of changes were made in the Play Rugby team which allowed Durham to take the upper hand and assert their dominance on the older and now tired PRUSA XV. Despite some desperate defending Durham managed to cross the whitewash twice more and convert a penalty to bring the game within one point and with time running out the Play Rugby USA team were holding on to a slender 19-18 lead. Looking to close out the game PRUSA kicked for the corner from a penalty going for a try instead of taking on the 3 point opportunity. The resulting lineout was deemed not straight and so Durham now had possession and cleverly made their way up the field and eventually the dogged PRUSA defense was broken and Durham took the lead for the first time in the game with only 2 minutes left to play. Despite some last gasp attacking from Play Rugby, Durham held on to seal a hard fought and well earned victory. Thank you to everyone that came along to watch and support on the evening it was a fantastic event both on and off the field really showcasing what rugby is about as two teams from very different backgrounds and places in the world shared a field for 80 minutes and then stories over food and drinks after the final whistle had gone.
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