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David Buckingham
- Jan 27, 2017
Middle School Rugby is Here!
Middle School rugby is getting started throughout the state. We have teams starting in New Orleans, Covington, Raceland and Shreveport. All boys and girls in grades 6-8 are welcome to attend. Players will be introduced to the game and we will focus on rugby skills, game play, and fitness. All skill levels welcome! Our goal is to have at least as many middle school rugby teams as high school teams in the area within 3 years. For the New Orleans team practice is weekly at 6:
Adam Massey
- Jan 18, 2017
Skills Camp with Nese Malifa 1/29
Coaches and Players: I. AWESOME SKILLS CAMP LED BY U.S. EAGLE NESE MALIFA Next Sunday, January 29, at New Orleans’ Rugby’s Gretna facility (910 Gretna Blvd, Gretna), starting at 9:00 a.m., former US Eagle great and current Tiger Rugby instructor Nese Malifa will lead a skills camp. The camp will conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. For more information on Tiger Rugby, see here: http://www.tigerrugby.com/ II. USA SOUTH u19 PANTHERS IDENTIFICATION The camp will a
David Buckingham
- Jan 17, 2017
New 2017 Game Management Guidelines
The 2017 Game Management Guidelines produced by USA Rugby are now out and linked in this post. This is a very well done document that every coach and really, every player should go through. This will help you better coach some of the more difficult areas of the game like the tackle and ruck. We will also make this available on the website. 2017 Game Management Guidelines Posted Here #USARugby #Coaching #Rugby #Referee
David Buckingham
- Nov 16, 2016
USA Rugby Coach & Referee Courses Now Registering
Two different USA rugby courses are now registering. There is a Level 1 Officiating 15s course December 3rd in Gretna, LA. THE COACHING COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONNED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. Also, there is a Level 200 Coaching Clinic December 11th in New Orleans at the Annunciation Recreation Center. Both courses are now registering and will need a minimum number of participants to register for them to be held. Every rugby team that plays contact rugby has to
David Buckingham
- Oct 5, 2016
Revised Fall Youth Rugby Schedule
See the revised youth rugby schedule below. First time players are welcome at all of these events! Teams will be made up of local after school programs and play short games against each other. We'll have multiple games going on at once depending upon how many teams we have. #YouthSports #YouthRugby #SportsLeague #Rugby #LouisianaRugby
David Buckingham
- Apr 17, 2016
Championship Semi Finals are Set
The Semi Final match ups are set for the 2016 League Championship Tournament. On Saturday April 23rd the New Orleans Barbarians will travel to Raceland to face the undefeated Bayou Hurricanes. In the game with the #2 and #3 seeds Jesuit will host St. Paul's Wednesday evening April 27th. In March Jesuit and St. Paul's played a close game (19-12) in Covington so that game is set up to be a close one to watch. The winners of those two games will face off in the League Champi
David Buckingham
- Apr 14, 2016
2016 League Championship April 30th Pan American Stadium, City Park
The 2016 Louisiana Rugby Championship will be April 30th at Pan American Stadium in City Park, New Orleans, LA. A draft schedule is below with games starting at 10:00 AM. The High School Championship will begin at 7:30 PM. Other highlights during the day are some Rookie Rugby matches for ages 7-12. Kids with no rugby experience can get involved in those matches, so bring athletic clothes! The Men's team (NORFC) will take on HARC from Houston at 3PM in a Red River Confere
David Buckingham
- Oct 27, 2015
World Cup Final Watch Party - Irish House 10AM
Louisiana Rugby and The Irish House are hosting a World Cup Final watch party on Saturday October 31st at 10AM. The match between New Zealand and Australia will be at 11AM, but join us at 10AM for brunch. The Irish House is generously donating 10% of all food purchases upstairs to Louisiana Rugby. There will be a few raffle items and prizes, but the main event is certainly this great final between two teams in top form. Facebook event link here #IrishHouse #Rugby #RugbyWo
David Buckingham
- Oct 15, 2015
Belief Sports for Louisiana High School Teams
See the below graphic for special pricing info only for Louisiana Rugby High School & Youth teams. Chris with Belief sports has been working with teams in our league for close to 5 years now and has been outfitting NORFC in that time as well. Chris can be reached here. See options and create custom jerseys: http://www.beliefsports.com/us/ #Rugby #YouthSports #Jerseys
David Buckingham
- Sep 3, 2015
Youth Rugby NOLA Starting Fall Season September 11th
Hello Everyone, It's rugby time again!!! Who: Kids age's 7-12
When: Friday's at 5:30 pm
Where: Orleans Ave. and Bayou St. John
Practice Dates: Sept 11 - Oct 16
End of Season Tourney: Oct 24
Cost: $70 child $65 second child (sibling discount) We hope you are ready for another exciting year and can't wait to see you! Please pass this to all your friends and children's friends who are interested, the first practice is always free. Go HERE to the youth page to make a regist
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