This, the league said, would help it “redefine the perception of rugby in the US, challenging norms and ideals, and creating space for women to discover new role models and showcase their unique strengths”, all ahead of a women’s World Cup on US soil in 2033, two years after the men’s event.
Ilona Maher may be dominating headlines in women’s rugby union with her stint with Bristol in England but things are also stirring in the star’s native US, where on Wednesday the Women’s Elite Rugby semi-professional league took another step towards kick-off in March with the release of team names, crests and colors.
‘High-energy, risk-taking, intense’ US women’s league shows its rugby colors Heading for kick-off in March, Women’s Elite Rugby releases names and logos for six inaugural teams.
Announcing a joint branding project with MATTA, a sports-focused London firm, WER said it would offer a “high-energy, risk-taking, intense” product, “full of inspiring, fearless women athletes and fierce action that will take place on the pitch throughout the season”.
From opening day, the Boston Banshees and the New York Exiles will represent the east coast, the Bay Breakers the west, the Chicago Tempest and Twin Cities Gemini the upper midwest and Denver Onyx the mountain west.
