USA Women\u2019s Rugby has officially kicked off the new Rugby World Cup cycle with recently appointed Head Coach Jack Hanratty and staff assembling 36 of the top USA based players for a 5-day talent ID and commencement camp in Chula Vista, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The camp will set the tone establishing standards and player pathways for the upcoming season and beyond to the 2029 and 2033 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup cycles. Players and staff will have the opportunity to assess the current state of play for USA Women\u2019s Eagles following the 2025 season and solidify the vision and expectations of players entering the training pool going forward. Together with pathways coaches, Senior Team staff will focus on understanding national physical and rugby IQ levels to identify player potential for developing current and future Eagles.<\/p>\n
With a large portion of the USA Women\u2019s Eagles playing overseas, this camp will focus on domestic talent and identifying new potential. Player invites were based off of Junior National Team & Pathway Camp assessment, Talent ID days and standout competition performance.<\/p>\n
Head Coach, Jack Hanratty brings a new perspective to the set up and expressed his enthusiasm to lead this new era of Eagles;<\/p>\n
“We are delighted to be starting our RWC 2029 journey in Chula Vista with our domestic athletes. This will be an opportunity to see first hand the great work done across the country in clubs, communities, Colleges and WER.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe camp will be focused on identifying a crop of athletes for the start of our 2026 depth chart while establishing some core skill work-ons in areas of the game we want to focus on this cycle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how much talent there is available across the US and the Eagles staff look forward to being active and visible as we build to not only 2029 but to our home World Cup in 2033.”<\/p>\n
The domestic camp will conclude with an internal Stars v Stripes scrimmage giving players a platform to implement and trial new skillsets, player cohesion and work rate as a team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hanratty will next travel abroad where he will convene eligible players for a European alignment camp. USA Women\u2019s Eagles currently contracted professionally overseas\u00a0 will assemble to familiarize with Hanratty and his coaching staff to establish team process, standards and style of play ahead of the PAC4 Competition this April.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2026 USA Women\u2019s Eagles Winter Camp Roster<\/p>\n
Name Current Club Ina Bailey Denver Onyx Cass Bargell Denver Onyx Amy Brice Lindenwood University Hope Cooper Bay Area Breakers Kiyanah Edwards American International College Nana Fa’avesi Unattached Corinne Gallagher Phoenixville White Horse Rugby Carson Hann Denver Onyx Kami Hartrick BYU AJ Haughey Life University Chloe Hill-Huse Castaway Wanderers RFC Harmoni Hopoate American International College Hann Humphreys USA Sevens Malia Isaacs Boston Banshees Sophia Lamphier Bay Area Breakers Jordynn LeBeau Dartmouth College Morgan Linck University of Northern Iowa Leah Lockerman Denver Onyx Nicola Lynch Unattached Lopa Nau Davenport University Gemma Ogoke Harvard University Tiahna Padilla Harvard University Abigail Paton Otago Spirit Sophie Pyrz TC Gemini Sayler Russell Long Island University Lissa Salisbury Life University Courtney Taylor Harvard University Lauren Thomlinson Drury University Taina Tukuafu Bay Area Breakers Mona Tupou Life West Telesi Uhatafe Southern Nazarene University Anna Van Dyk Denver Onyx PK Vincze Boston Banshees Bella Vogel Life University Olivia Woods Sacred Heart University Reece Woods Sacred Heart University <\/p>\n
2026 USA Women\u2019s Eagles Winter Camp Coaches & Staff<\/p>\n
Jack Hanratty | Head Coach<\/p>\n
Sarah Chobot | Assistant Coach<\/p>\n
Melanie Denham | Pathway Coach<\/p>\n
Katie Dowty | Pathway Coach<\/p>\n
Orlando Pulou | Pathway Coach<\/p>\n
Blake Bradford | Set Piece Advisor<\/p>\n
Seb Pearson | S&C Coach<\/p>\n
Luke Richmond | Analyst<\/p>\n
Sam Malette | Lead Athletic Trainer<\/p>\n
Jill Ayres | Athletic Trainer<\/p>\n
Becca Rodriguez | Team Physician<\/p>\n
Tamara Sheppard | General Manager High Performance<\/p>\n
Alana Gattinger | Head of High Performance Operations, 15s<\/p>\n
Aiyana Gilliard | Team Services Manager<\/p>\n
Martha Daines | Head of Women\u2019s Player Systems & Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA Women\u2019s Rugby has officially kicked off the new Rugby World Cup cycle with recently appointed Head Coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,2846],"class_list":["post-441710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-usa-womens-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}