#women’s elite rugby

[pwhl-mybeloved]

these all go so hard how tf am I supposed to choose???

[onehotfuckingmess]

okay so a new professional women’s rugby league just dropped their team logos and… they went so hard on this??? like every logo is so good??? and we love bright colors!!!!

(via IG @rugbyevolved)

[inspectorseb]

I’m not a rugby fan but I just found out about the start of Women’s Elite Rugby and their inaugural six teams’ names and logos and these are all absolutely amazing so I just need more people to see these.

[twincitiesgemini]

[the-new-york-groove]

A Moment to Put the New York Exiles Logo on Your Dash

It's simply...*chef's kiss* and I need merch ASAP

graphic via @rugbyevolved // @wer_newyork on IG

[usabond8]

Fears for ceasefire after Hamas suspends release of Israeli captives

[baddawgsports]

Foundational Five Players of Women's Elite Rugby Revealed for New York Exiles

Women’s Elite Rugby (WER), which will be the first professional women’s rugby league in the United States, reveals their foundational five (F5) players for each of the six market teams in preparation for their inaugural season starting in March of this year.  Coming off the announcement of their team names and crests last week, WER continues to build on the momentum and excitement of the league…

[asiarugby]

Women’s Shape of the Game conference identifies how to enhance player and fan experience and maximise the full potential of women’s rugby

Shaping an exciting, relevant and accessible sport over the next decade was the key theme from the World Rugby Women’s Elite Shape of the Game Conference in Los Angeles this week. Continue reading Untitled

[chirpingfromthebox]

In preparation for the new Women's Elite Rugby league starting in March I've created another Tumblr account for my hometown team: The TC Gemini!

So feel free to follow me over there as I enthusiastically try and figure out the mystery that is Rugby in order to help me get through when hockey season ends.

[astralbrawl]

The urge as a rugby lover to shift to be apart of the women’s elite rugby teams….. the names are so fucking badass too

[foreversfangirl]

My dad: *comes into the living room while I’m watching tv* tells me a long winded story about his latest hyperfixation- (drumming. He doesn’t have any interest in playing the drums. He just watches endless hours of YouTube content about drumming) Asks me ten million questions about it and turns it into a full conversation

Me after convo has ended: Wanna hear my cool thing I found out today? *Shares the United States women’s elite rugby league logos and that our city has one of the six founding teams!!*

My dad: cool *leaves*

[autisticbokutoenthusiast]

ep 6 playboyy rewatch stray thoughts

- not gaga auto jumping to nont and jump 👀 guess i rewatch that scene often….

- headlines: someone making noise complaint was killed, drunk partygoer shoots friend, i heard “lgbtq” but didn’t see subs about it…, leaked photos of elites partying on a. yacht with drugs and women

- the section in english is interesting is this a convo between nuth aob and puen?

- i feel like we don’t talk about this aobpuen scene enough….

ep 6 the truth is a glass of wine

- here we have the framing of the baddies but porsche is always cropped out

- zouey being like “we should throw a party” and first and captain immediately start discussing which animals to dress as. i see you

- kerjiejr nont like can yall be serious we are not having an animal themed party…. the theme will be sexy sleepwear skdjrkkrrjjr

- captain is such a menace akjsjdjsjejr wait why are his nails so long i thought he played rugby

- ZOUEYTEENA i’m popping them in my mouth

- is this rooftop the baddies? like what doesn’t their house have damn

- porsche being a menace for no reason

- get it tutor!! yes jump suck that boobie!!

- jump is so tired free my mans jdjdjdjjd on the phone sucking and moaning like it better be teena on the other line

- the sunglasses JUMP HAS CHAIN NECKLACE

- aob can do anything except role playing he’s in love with puen… aobpuen enthusiasts we are so back

- i can’t pretend to be in love with you because be- because because you’re not pretty… enough!!!

- aob crying scene oh i forgot…

- aob also in a chain necklace aurrrkay

- nont on the verge of just giving up

- promnont scene of all time “sex doesn’t change you, just reveals things… is there anything you want to reveal”

- jump walking into the party pointing at prom and walking away my autistic meow meow if this production. he also lookin like a whole meal

- first is so fucking dramatic skdjjdkd if jejdjjg

- why are you toasting me we’ve accomplished jack shit go solve the fucking murder

- it’s the way porsche zouey and prom have similar outfits….

- nonts boots don’t go with the rest of the fit… i’m sorry but it’s true. still love this fit tho

- captain is a FUCKING MENACE kaksjdjd that’s my boy

- discord peeps who said teena had sadistic sex with jason…. i’m starting to think yall are right

- zouey kinda taken himself out here cause he tried to have sex with teena and jump like now look where we are zouey you should have asked a different question skdjdjjdjfj

- wtf is going on with the belly button on captain rn 🤨

- why jump and keen kinda eyeing eachother up a ton like ok…

- PROM AND NONT YOURE FIRST SCENE TOGETHER NONT WORE A MASK PUT YOUR FINGIES DOWN

- i’m obsessed with jump teena soong hanging out also them all teasing jump for being a himbo i love them

- FIRST HAS BEEN STANDING ANGSTILY ON A CHAIR THIS WHOLE TIME AKDJJDJDJRJD

- does jump know jason is the daddy….

- “if we play more games we’ll definitely know” <- me when i’m about to be proven wrong skdjdjjr

- jump and teena hyping eachother up im gonna screammmmmm oh proms there too?!?!?!

- jump in the bg is killing me he’s so fucking funny

- i’m jumping on the teena can’t dance train yall im gonna roast tf outta this boy

- teena straight jamming through all the drama ekktkkrjjt teena is the only character in a romcom im obsessed with him

- teena got thr puppy dog eyes out someone help my man

- “you can choose to be masculine but be awful or be a pussy and not hurt people” ok zouey

- and teena returns to heal position

- captainkeen the only ones who understand the assignment of this game aksjjdkdk

- hold on what goes on with zoueys jacket….

- zouey first and teenasoong being chaotic besties yessss

- jump also understood the assignment

- “twins are so identical” always takes me out like he just says what comes to mind but this is the thing that makes nont want to burn him alive

- jump seems into the wax play before nont starts… being nont…. so noted

- nant appears to at least 3 characters as haunting visions…. aurrrrkay

- the lighting in this nuthphop scene is absolutely fantastic

- prom being so worried for porsche….

- porsche tells prom “if he finds out you gave nant his money he will kill both of you…” which might not mean anything but also….

- phop in his pearls and chains

- oh nuth…..

- nont really loves masks like ok

- here we go captain being a menace

- it’s soongs room?!??!? what?!?! do they all live in the same abandoned hotel?!?!? do they not run into eachother?!?!?!

- captain being a menace again skdjdis

- the bloody handprint still fascinates me

- poor nuth once again. kinda obsessed with nuth going through it in the corner and phop just continuing on. like it’s probably an average day for them…….

- nuthphop enthusiasts how we feeling… who else feels like they’re about to pass out…

- i’m kinda obsessed with the turn of events. like nuth being like i just got got on vid cam cause i was trying to be horny about the fact you made me so jealous i wanted to kill you…. wanna be my bf?

- i love this scene actually….

[moroslavklose]

good lord i havent done one of these in YEARS- tagged by @lemonhemlock , she knows that my fans want to hear more from me (thanks!!)

get to know the blogger tag game

Share your wallpaper: my phone lockscreen is haunted mario

and my home screen (and laptop background) is dead goofy

Last song you listened to: in your eyes by the weeknd

Last Show: last show i watched was ted lasso, as a cynical football fan i was expecting to roll my eyes but... it won me over. i want it to include more football which is why im enjoying season 3

Craving: currywurst 😐 i need to get a grip its the most basic food imaginable

What you are wearing right now: joggers and a rugby shirt

How tall are you: 3 per mertesackers

Piercings: my ears and nose 🤨

Glasses or contacts: no but i feel like my eyesight is not that good maybe i need to get on that

Last drink: kraken black spiced rum and coke... delicious. boutta get back on that this tuesday i need to be drunk so badly

Last thing you ate: egg fried rice and chicken in black bean sauce

Favorite color: always blue. literally every shade of blue is deeply meaningful whether its sky blue or sea blue or schalke blue, elite colour

Current obsession: i feel like it's cheating to say this bc its like my only personality trait but football. im out here watching klaas-jan huntelaar highlights in our good year 2023, arguing abt felix magath and analysing goalkeeping more than i analyse texts for a uni degree. i am deeply invested in beef between oliver kahn and lothar matthäus. football occupies too much space in my brain

Favorite fictional character: oh very interesting question... i was sure i had an answer to this but now i have no idea. maybe evelyn wang from EEAAO, or jobu tupaki, because both of these women changed my brain chemistry when watching this film

The last place you traveled: chania, crete 🙂

aggressively tagging: @niclasfullkrug @kimmichpropaganda @ximenalightwood

[twincitiesgemini]

[theultimatefan]

Angel City FC Launches Performance Optimization Solution From Kitman Labs

Kitman Labs, the global enterprise SaaS platform providing the only single, centralized operating system for performance intelligence in the elite performance industry, today announced a new relationship with LA-based, NWSL club, Angel City Football Club.  On the heels of the NWSL’s deployment of the Performance Medicine Solution from Kitman Labs as its league-wide advanced EMR, Angel City FC will expand the use of iP: Intelligence Platform across the club to include Performance Optimization.  

Angel City FC will now be able to combine performance data - including game, training, gym, physical testing and more - with player-level medical data for a complete, real-time assessment of each athlete.  All data is captured in a single, interactive system - eliminating data and information silos, enabling cross-Departmental communication and supporting informed, data-led decision-making.  Both players and practitioners will be able to access and input data through a dedicated Coach and Player App to allow for real-time data capture and on pitch application.

“Communication, collaboration and cohesion are critical for the success of any elite sports organization.  By combining both the medical data from our new advanced EMR with our performance data, our staff, coaches and players are now equipped with the analytics and actionable intelligence necessary to work together to unlock optimal performance outcomes across the squad,” said Sarah Smith, Head of Medical and Performance at Angel City FC. 

"The purpose of The Intelligence Platform is to unify data, people and processes,” said Stephen Smith, CEO and Founder of Kitman Labs.  “Elite sports organizations are inundated with data - typically incomplete, captured in various departments throughout an organization and largely under used and under leveraged.  Angel City FC now has the ability to centralize and mobilize their data and extract the full value of that data to support evidence-based decision-making at every level of the organization.”

Kitman Labs has an established track record of working with top leagues, teams and athletes across a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, rugby, and American football.  The company's technology is currently being used by leagues and teams within some of the world's most elite sports organizations, including the National Football League (NFL), Premier League, Major League Soccer (MLS), National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). 

This launch follows other recent business strategy moves Kitman Labs has undertaken including two strategic acquisitions of The Sports Office and Presagia Sports. The combined companies represent the industry’s largest network of elite and youth organizations (1000+), creating the industry’s largest dataset of talent, performance, and medical data for all stages of the athlete lifecycle.

[coochiequeens]

Don't let whiners like the example at the end fool you. The TQ+ can still compete "Under new guidelines, transgender people will still be allowed to compete in the "open" section of tournaments, where men and women typically compete against one another.

Rugby, swimming, track and field — transgender women have been banned from international women's events in a growing number of sports. The latest to make that list is chess.

The International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, will effectively stop allowing transgender women from participating in women's competitions until "further analysis" can be made — which could take up to two years.

The organization will also remove some titles won by players who won in women's categories and later transitioned to male. It will also remove some titles won by transgender men. The new policies are slated to go into effect on Monday.

"FIDE recognizes that this is an evolving issue for chess and that besides technical regulations on transgender regulations further policy may need to be evolved in the future in line with research evidence," the federation wrote in a statement.

Over the past few days, several chess federations have come out against the new changes, including in the U.S. and Germany.

"If a person is legally recognised as a woman, it is incomprehensible to us what FIDE still wants to check and why it needs two years for this," the German Chess Federation wrote Friday in a statement.

The new regulations around transgender players

Under new guidelines, transgender people will still be allowed to compete in the "open" section of tournaments, where men and women typically compete against one another.

But many elite events that are exclusively for women will be off limits for people who changed their gender from male to female until "further analysis" is made by the FIDE — which the group described could take up two years.

FIDE also ruled that it has the right to make "an appropriate mark" of a gender change in a player's profile, as well as inform tournaments of any transgender competitors.

Transgender men who won in women's events before transitioning will have their titles abolished. The titles could be renewed if a player detransitions and can "prove the ownership of the respective FIDE ID that holds the title," the federation said. Abolished titles may also be transferred into a "general title of the same or lower level."

Meanwhile, transgender women can keep any titles they earned before they transitioned.

FIDE's reasoning behind the changes

FIDE said it needed to make regulations on transgender players after receiving an influx of requests for gender changes. It ultimately ruled that "change of gender is a change that has a significant impact on a player's status."

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That argument has been common among international governing bodies that oversee sports with intense physical activity — which chess does not.

The National Center for Transgender Equality said the new guidelines were "insulting" to all women and the game itself.

"It assumes that cis women couldn't be competitive against cis men - and relies on ignorant anti-trans ideas," the center wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.

Similarly, chess stars across the world have spoken out against FIDE's new policies, saying they will bring unnecessary harm to transgender competitors.

"The new regulations will make trans chess players all over the world face a horrible dilemma: transition or quit chess," professional chess player Yosha Iglesias wrote on X.

OK first- yes the chess world was hostile to women

Second - any ladies want to take up chess?