BUFFALLLLLOOOOOOOO!

Kat and I met three LVI tournaments ago when I first played for the Beavers and she was there with Notre Dame University (coached by my friend and Lions 7s teammate Kate Daley). Since then she's expanded her rugby career greatly regularly travelling out of country to pursue higher level playing opportunities. We are Beavers teammates (and also kitted up for Seattle together in 2013) and now add Stars teammates too. Kat was a great get for our roster, winning best playing face by far - see right!

 

 

In her words:

 

 

I started playing fall of 2010 at the University of Notre Dame, senior year. I was in the women's boxing club at ND but was convinced to join by a friend to "just give rugby a try - you'll love it!!" Well I tried it, and after the initial frustration of not being able to pass the ball forward, I LOVE IT. That first year as a team, we made it all the way to the DII National Championships! After the season I was named a DII All-American. I played for the Midwest Collegiate/U23 team for the summers of 2011 (when we won it!!) and 2012. 

 

 

 

 

I moved to Buffalo fall of 2011 and immediately joined Buffalo Women's Rugby Club (BWRC). Looking for more rugby, I found the Toronto Saracens and fell in love with that team also. I was voted "best newcomer" at our banquet my first year, and my second year with the team we won the OWL championship!! - what an amazing experience!!! 

 

 

I have played with the Beavers in Vegas 7s and in Tobago 7s, and the Stars at Vegas 7s this year; I've also played in the Kinsale 7s tournament in Ireland with the Vixens. 

 

I love rugby, everything about it - the contact, the camaraderie it creates, the community, the celebrations. I love dedication of the players and the fans, the way people come from all over the world to cheer on their teams. I'm so grateful for the opportunities I've had to play with, play for and play against some incredible players and coaches. I had an awesome time in Vegas with the Stars!!

 

  Beavers as Breakers LVI 2013

Meet Fedelia Omoghan!

I desperately want to make some sort of FedEx pun here as she always delivers....

I've know Feddy for a year now as we were Beaver 7s teammates for last year's Las Vegas Invitational. She's an amazing rugby talent currently playing varsity rugby in an athletic scholarship at York University in Toronto. Fedelia has a bright future ahead of her - Team Canada took notice as she was selected for the U-20 Nations Cup this summer. Canada won the tournament and she kept the bling coming as her club side, the Toronto Saracens, took the Ontario Provincial Championship! Feddy also has the best moves I've ever seen so if you spot her in Vegas feel free to take you chances in a danceoff. She can twerk like no other.

In her own words, here's Fedelia's rugby bio and what playing representational rugby means to her:

"The first time I picked up a rugby ball was in 2007, my second year of high school. Since then I haven't dropped one (metaphorically). Rugby has been a huge part of my life for 7 years now. From high school rugby I began playing club rugby with my domestic club team, the Toronto Saracens and that started me up with Provincial rugby.

I have had many opportunities to play alongside and against some of the best players in the world. In the summer of 2013 I was selected to play for the Canadian National U20 rugby team for Nations Cup. Our team won the tournament, but the best part was playing against high level competition from around the world.


 This is why I have chosen to play with The Stars. Playing on an international club team with players from all over the world has helped me to become a better player.  I learn new playing styles and philosophies of rugby playing alongside new people. It also provides me with an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. I'm looking forward to the Las Vegas 7s tournament where we will be able to hit the field together for the first time and hopefully win games."