Wendy Young, the editor of the popular USA based women's rugby website and blog yourscrumhalfconnection.com tells about her ongoing efforts to promote the game. Wendy is a player, referee and coach in the women's game in the USA. She talks about what needs to be done in her country to evolve and develop the women's game.

The USA has launched a slick new social media campaign promoting its international women’s rugby team and counting down its journey to the World Cup later this year. Centred by the website, www.wewantrugby.com. the campaign includes new motivating straplines such as ‘We WaNT to crush preconceptions’ and ‘We WaNT to invade England’ as well as new Twitter, Facebook and Flickr accounts.

The China women’s rugby 7s team took home the USA women's invitational title in Vegas after they beat the home team over the weekend. The tournament, which was also attended by the women’s teams from France, a second USA team, Germany and a selection from Canada Universities, saw the USA ‘Whites’ take to the field to take on China in front of a large home crowd.

The American women’s rugby 7s side will take a squad of 24 player to the USA Rugby Women’s International Invitational Sevens Tournament in Las Vegas next weekend. Recently-appointed head coach Ric Suggitt will oversee two USA teams at the tournament which will also see involvement from the national 7s sides from Germany, France and China.

The USA's Stephanie Bruce joins our roster of bloggers. The flyhalf has won six caps for her country and in her first post she reflects on the recent two test series against Canada and looks ahead to how her country will prepare for the World Cup. She also gives an overview of the landscape of women's rugby in the States and explains why international playes need sympathetic employers!