That men's team placed 3rd at Nationals last summer, beating our Lions men in the 3rd/4th place game, and they have a long standing tradition of high performance. Several of their players represented the USA as part of the New York City 7s side at the World Club 7s Championships at Twickenham last summer. Several more have continued to play at a very high level with the Northeast ODA program. It is fairly thrilling that they have committed to introducing a women's side and are already planning and recruiting such that it should equal the men's side in terms of success.
As it became evident that their commitment to developing the women's 7s game is on par with our Stars mission, I asked Coach Billy Nicholas to share some information on the program and he quickly responded:
Old Blue RFC Men’s team has experienced five decades of
success in rugby 15s and 7s and has started a Women’s 7s team which be competing in this
upcoming women’s sevens summer season.
The Old Blue Men’s 7s program has
placed many players on the Eagles 7s team, has won nearly every 7s tournament it has entered,
won two national championships and is a perennial men’s club 7s finalist.
Old Blue RFC intends to bring the same 7s structure that has been successful
for the Old Blue men to our new women’s 7s program. The team will have access
to great training facilities and will operate under an elite team structure of
practice and a full summer tournament schedule. Old Blue Women’s 7s will be
entering 2 teams in each tournament this summer.
We expect to attract but not limited to, college-aged
players and recent college graduates. We believe there is a group of young
players with huge potential that has yet to be fully tapped into. We want to enable
up and coming players the chance to be surrounded by a competitive environment
of teammates, facilities and coaches with experience select side rugby and
cultivating players talent for advancement in the USA and Olympic 7s pools.
We want to give interested players a chance to come back
each summer and cultivate their skills with players from across the country.
They may compete against one another during the year but will get a chance to
come together each summer. This team will focus on player development and
player advancement at local/national and international sides. We have a great
National program and our team is designed to continue to support the success of
our National team.
Players who are interested should contact Old Blue at WoldBLUErfc@gmail.com
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