Women's Rugby World Cup

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FrickinFracker
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Hey y'all, I know this generally belongs on 'Other Sports' but this is a pretty interesting development.

So, the USA Women's Rugby team has made the Semifinals of the Women's Rugby World cup and NBC Sports has agreed to broadcast the game live!!! This is a big deal for those of us that follow USA Rugby consistently and it's always fun to root for the US in any international sport.

Another big connection is we have 2 Aggies on the USA team!!!

I hope y'all will tune in and check out these killer women take on #1 Seed New Zealand on Tuesday, August 22 at 12, Noon ET.

https://www.usarugby.org/2017/08/nbc-sports-to-air-womens-rugby-world-cup-semifinal-between-eagles-new-zealand-live-tuesday-aug-22-at-noon-et/
Rudybryan
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Can you give us the names and some history on Aggie players?



This is the link I got to work
https://www.usarugby.org/2017/08/nbc-sports-to-air-womens-rugby-world-cup-semifinal/
FrickinFracker
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Stacey Bridges was class of 10 (I think). She is the leading veteran on the team with 28 international caps. She plays lock, which is the powerhouse of the Scrum. You'll see her wearing number 4 or 5.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Bridges

Nicole "Nick" James came off the bench for her first international cap last week for the final 20 minutes against #1 England. I don't know for sure when she graduated but I know she's younger than Stacey - class of '12 maybe? She's a former head coach of A&M's Women's Rugby team. She's also the cause of one of the most meme-able rugby pictures ever:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213246126090515&id=1317470730

One notable non-Aggie strarter is Sara Parsons. Sara plays for the Austin Valkyries. She plays Blind Side Flanker (#6) and has been WRECKING ladies. I really need to throw together a highlight reel of her tackles against England; it'd be longer than most people's season reels!
MUAG
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Watching, got to be dern tough to play rugby!
MUAG
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US was slaughtered 45-12, but fun to watch. Unbelievable how physical the play is in rugby.
FrickinFracker
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Yeah, the US was within striking distance up untIL the last 10 minutes. The Black Ferns are ridiculously good. I won't be surprised if they win the whole thing. Thanks for watching! Both our Aggie Women were on the field today.
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