(right now)

People always talk about the rugby community and how it is like family. So far from all of my experiences in rugby I have found this to be true. What exactly is the rugby community? To me, the rugby community encompasses everyone involved in rugby as players, coaches, administrators, fans, and supporters. And everyone in […]

My colleagues Matt and Eric have already written really amazing pieces, full of both optimism and healthy doses of realism, and it’s daunting to think that I’m going next. I hope that I will be able to contribute a perspective that is both unique and provocative in its own way. That said, I want to […]

Hi. My name is Eric. Welcome to GrowRugby. I thought I’d make my opening post on this blog of ours a sort of manifesto, a few words that lay out my personal ethos on growing rugby in America, and reason for contributing to this publication. So, if you’re reading this you probably like rugby. You like playing, […]

I got this idea.  Call me crazy, but I think it’ll work. Rugby is a fun game to play, right?  You are pretty free to do most things in the game; run, pass, kick, hit.  And you do it with fourteen of your best friends.  If things don’t go so well you start asking some […]