NEWS

ANNOUCEMENTS
15s season is in full swing. This season, the HARC women have joined the newly formed West Division II..

UPCOMING EVENTS
September 19 - Combined Practice/Scrimmage with Rice University
September 26-27 -Division II tournament in Dallas
October 17 - At Austin, 11AM
October 24 - At Texas A&M University, 10AM
November 14 - Home vs. Dallas
November 21 - At New Orleans, vs. New Orleans & Baton Rouge.

TRAINING SCHEDULE
All practices at 7PM Tuesdays at YMCA on Fondren.
Thursdays at YMCA on 34th St.
After the Division II tourney, game day weeks will have practice Tuesday and Thursday. Non-game day weeks will be Thursday only.

2009-10 SEASON
The Houston Women's Rugby Team is a mix of all walks of life, from the old to the young, and from the experienced to the rookies. Our team focus in the upcoming 2009-2010 season is to build our numbers, and work towards becoming a strong and dominant force in the Texas Women's Rugby Union and in the newly formed West Division II. This will be accomplished by increased recruitment and by the continued dedication of our veteran players and Coach.
In addition to the process of becoming better rugby players, the Houston Women's Rugby Team provides a friendly and social atmosphere in which we can relax - rugby style!! The team is commonly found on Saturday nights having a couple pints at the local rugby bar – Ernie’s on Banks!! We hope that you will consider becoming a part of our growing tradition that is Houston Women's Rugby.

HISTORY

HARC's Womens side was formed on July 17, 1998 by the merging the Houston Herricanes with the newly merged HARC men's team. These clubs joined to leverage promote rugby in the Houston area.

HOUSTON HERRICANES WRFC
Contributed by DJ Criste and Angela Bonney.
In 1989, a group of women decided to form another rugby team in Houston. These ladies included former Houston Hearts, former Texas A&M players and women who had never had a chance to play rugby before. After a few games in 1989, they knew they needed a team name other than "that group from Houston", so they chose the HERRICANES. Many people saw the Houston Herricanes play in green jerseys and assume the team color was green. That is only half true. The Houston Herricane team colors were pink and green. The selection of this combination comes from a sale at a rugby warehouse some years ago. It is believed an equipment distributor had several sets of jerseys made in Carribean colors for the summer rugby season. After the big push, the distributor was left with pink and green jerseys that he could not sell at full price. He reduced the price to fire sale costs. Being a newly formed team, the Herricanes leaped at the chance to get low cost, high quality jerseys, and had also selected the team colors. The Herricanes have had success on the field as the TRU Champions and have represented the TRU at the Western Championships many times. The Herricanes made their way to the National Championship in 1995 in the Plate Division. Many Herricanes players and alumni are West Select Side players and a few have been selected to the US Eagle Player Pools.