Ilona Maher, Alex Sedrick, Naya Tapper, Sammy Sullivan and the rest of Team USA’s women’s rugby team join TODAY in Paris to talk about their win over Australia that earned them a bronze medal.
The U.S. women's rugby team's Olympic success is inspiring more girls to try the sport. When Team USA won its first Olympic medal in women’s rugby sevens in a dramatic fashion last week, a whole generation of potential players were watching. Now, rugby organizations across the country tell TODAY.com that they are fielding emails and phone calls from parents eager to sign their kids up for youth teams.
Giovanni Vaglietti, executive director of USA Youth & High School Rugby, the sole sanctioned governing body for all rugby for players aged 4–18 in the United States, says that inquiries are on the riseon the national level. Their affiliated state organizations are also fielding increased requests for local opportunities, he says. Meanwhile, the inaugural season of the first professional US women's rugby league, Women’s Elite Rugby , will begin in spring 2025.
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