Gender Equity for Women's Rugby

This organization is Worth taking a look at here

This also reminds our staff about the challenges WGR has faced over the years in recruiting coaches.  It seems that every time a new boys high school team starts up and the requests go out for coaching help, coaches come out of the woodwork to get invovled.  With probably over thirty boys teams in Wisconsin, they continue to grow.  What we find frustrating and disappointing is that this same call for help is not headed when high school girls look to play the game.  Why is this?  While we have some ideas of our own, we'd like to hear in our comments section why our readers think this may be the case.

We have had some success recruiting coaches from retired former players in the area, but more often we find coaches from the ranks of WGR alumni who return to coach.  DSHA continues to have girls give back to the game:  the Dashers have supplied probably half a dozen coaches, in addition to two USA Rugby employees, and a WGR Board Member who is not involved with coaching.  Memorial, with at least that many coaches coming from their ranks as well, has also produced two head coaches, which are far harder to find than assistant coaches.  Muskego, KM, and Vernon all have or have had coaches who are alumni from their own programs.  WGR would have less teams if not for these mostly volunteers giving back to the game and teaching the next generation.

Two related facts stand out to us:
..more Wisconsin girls have earned scholarships to play collegiate rugby than the boys.  This is a trend that will inevitabley continue.  With the way title ix works, it's girls sports like rugby that are adding scholarships, not boys team sports.  Coaching girls is rewarding and impactful.

..The WGR league plays some high-level rugby,  You will be challenged as a coach to help your players play at the highest level.

A few facts from the website stand out. Some of us find motivation in the disparity noted below.

#1  USA, which has made many improvements over the years, pays 15 men and 7 women, to train full-time for Olympic 7's at the Olympic Training Center.

#2 According to the Women's Sports Foundation,  "by the age of 14, girls drop out of sport at twice the rate boys do."

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