At LHS, The girls rugby team went to state and won 15-0. Rugby is a sport that combines speed and strategy to move a ball into an opponent’s territory. Rugby is a full-contact sport yet players wear little-or no protective gear.

Girl’s Rugby’s journey to state has been helped by the things the girls do at practice.

“We practice our strategy, what we’re going to do and how we’re going to get across the field  and how we’re going to make that try,” junior Alexis Kaminski said. “We do that for most of the practice then for about 10 or 15 minutes we do workouts to where we can build up our endurance so we have the capability to run almost the whole field. That’s mainly what it is then afterwords we have scrimmage against each other to put in play what we are going to do.”

The games are very short but require a lot of energy. The games are about 14 minutes.

“People think rugby is a vicious or violent sport but it’s really not if you play it right, “senior Madi Ewing said.”I mean you can get hurt but you just have to know how to play it right”

Before each game all the girls connect with each other.

“It’s really fun before the games everybody’s talking to each other then it’s all serious when we get around our best friends,” senior Imari Brooks said.

The girls at the games are  making their own memories sophomore Jaylen Holloway said, “My favorite memory is when I got scouted for Lindenwood College.”

Other girls’ memories can be a lot different.

“My favorite memory from a game would be break-ways, it’s where you get the ball and there’s a big gap and you sprint, ”senior Jazmine Mosley said.

The experience of being undefeated can be different based on whether you’re a freshman or a senior.

“Good. I’ve never done it before so I guess it feels good to be on a team that’s undefeated,” freshman Daniel Staples said.

Ewing, a senior, had a different view on being undefeated.

“I mean it feels great because in my first couple of years weren’t doing as well as we could have been and we weren’t where we wanted to be,” Ewing said.  “It’s just exciting because there’s actually more than 2 teams so being undefeated is more significant than it used to be.”

The each girls gave great advice to the people would like to play Rugby next year. Mosley said “It’s all about teamwork there’s not I in team. You have to rely on your teammates to help.”

“Don’t be scared to tackle somebody because you may hurt them but you know it wasn’t potential,” Brooks said

“I would say just don’t be afraid people come into rugby scared that they’re going to get hurt in the tackles and they’re scared something horrible is going to happen just because the way people make rugby look. I would just tell someone all you can really do is just have fun and not be afraid to hit basically and not be afraid to tackle,” Ewing said.

“Do it. It is so fun and it’s amazing to see how crazy these girls coming together can be. It’s great. You should really do it because it’s different. It’s women doing different things and basically showing we have more to offer than just what we look like,” Kaminski said.

“Definitely play,” Holloway said “You might be scared at first but give it a try actually try at first before giving up.”

“Pay attention  and workout outside of practice.” Staples said. ”Watch rugby games to understand it better and always ask questions.”

Each player works hard to keep the team together and anyone can play the sport.  There is no experience needed to play Girl’s Rugby. It’s a club. Anyone can join.