After winning only one of three matches, the women’s rugby team closed their season with a sixth-place finish at the U Sports national championships.   On Thursday, the opening day of the competition, Queen’s dropped their first round match to eventual champions, the St. Francis Xavier X-Women. Despite Queen’s...

This year’s women’s rugby OUA championship felt like déjà vu.   Last Saturday, Queen’s fell to the undefeated Guelph Gryphons 39-14 for a second straight year—capping their season with another silver medal. Having earned their way to the provincial finals, both teams secured spots in the U Sports...

Sitting in Kingston Hall on the eve of their women’s rugby national championships debut, nine wide-eyed first-years listened attentively to their senior teammates.  Every woman in the room sat with a picture in their hands. The photos depicted each player’s reason for why they play rugby—some had...

History repeated for women’s rugby this past Saturday. In a rematch from last season’s OUA finals, Queen’s fell to the Guelph Gryphons 39-34 at home after failing to capitalize on a late second half comeback.  The Gaels were down 29-5 by the turn of the first half, but subsequently salvaged an otherwise...

Headed into the 2018 season, women’s rugby head coach Dan Valley isn’t ready to have his team rest on their laurels after a banner 2017-18 campaign. “Okay, we had a little bit of success last year. So what?” Valley said in an interview with The Journal earlier this week, amidst preparations to begin...