UNIVERSITY OF YORK WOMEN'S RUGBY CLUB

Freshers week………

At the Fresher's Fair, multiple stalls are eager for you to sign up to join their club/sports team. Many try and bribe you via free stationary - is it really worth signing up to the debating society in return for a free fridge magnet? Everyone will give...

The pinnacle of world rugby has arrived in Japan, and no one is more excited than us girls here at UYWRUFC. While the matches are not at prime-time kick-off, they are breakfast and brunch time and we’ve made our schedules fit around the games. Rugby has been embraced b...

Sexism is inherent in the term ‘women’s rugby’. 

'Women's' rugby is not a different entity to ‘men’s rugby’. As our coach often says, ‘rugby is a sport that just so happens to be played by women’. Too often, after telling people I play rugby, I am met with sexist remark...

This term has seen huge success for UYWRUFC, with the 1st XV continuing their dominant, unbeaten streak and the club as a whole growing to the point of setting up a development squad. Many girls join having never played rugby before, and Taster Week in the Autumn term...

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week, a cause which we are really passionate about. Having seen responses to the campaign from others this week, we have reflected on how rugby positively affects our mental health, and some of our members have shared their ex...

You may well have noticed from our incredibly excitable social media posts that UYWRUFC has had a pretty exceptional year, both on and off the pitch. As we approach Roses on the 5th and 6th of May, lets have a little look down memory lane, and celebrate some of the hig...

This week has marked Sexual Violence and Sexual Abuse Awareness week, which this year, amongst the growing storm around Time's Up, #metoo and the enormously successful women's marches across the globe, is particularly pertinent. As high profile women publicly name and...

Last Saturday York’s streets belonged to its women. On the UN Day to Eliminate Violence, the University of York Women’s Rugby Club lead a march against sexual violence and harassment, and stood in solidarity with survivors. 

The march was a result of years of tradition,...

There's never a greater sight that seeing both teams step onto the pitch at the same time, and yesterday provided just that as UYWRUFC took over the 22 Acres for an afternoon of great rugby. The 1st XV took on Sheffield Hallam as arguably the top contenders for top spo...

Here’s something important to know about me: I’m mentally ill. I can’t talk around it because by nature it affects everything about my day to day life and personality. This is my reality.

At one point last winter, I remember I had yet to make it out of bed by about 3pm....