Our Alumni

The first-ever team photo of the Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club at a tournament in Indiana in the spring of 1976. Thank you to alumni Nancy "Red" Thorne Cahill for sharing this with our team.
The first-ever team photo of the Wisconsin Women’s Rugby Football Club taken at a tournament in Indiana in the spring of 1976. Thank you to alumni Nancy “Red” Thorne Cahill for sharing this with our team.

A Tradition of Success

The Wisconsin Women’s Rugby team was founded in 1975 with a mix of players from the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now nearly five decades later, the WWRFC has built a strong tradition of success in games and a stronger tradition of camaraderie and community off the pitch. As the club thrived, our little sister team – the University of Wisconsin-Madison Women’s RFC – also grew to find its own success on the UW campus.

The WWRFC’s history is rich with a diverse mix of women from all backgrounds and counts several players who excelled beyond our club on to Wisconsin, Midwest and USA select teams, including representation at multiple Rugby World Cups.

If you have alumni information, stories or photos to share, please e-mail the team at ww_rfc AT yahoo DOT com.