The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec. The Stingers were established in 1974 when Sir George Williams University and Loyola College merged to form Concordia University and replaced the preceding Sir George Williams Georgians and Loyola Warriors.
A line-out or lineout is a means by which, in rugby union, play is restarted after the ball has gone into touch. When the ball goes out of the field of play, the opposing team is normally awarded a line-out; the exception is after the ball is kicked into touch from a penalty kick, when the team that was awarded the penalty throws into the line-out. In 2021 World Rugby began trialling what was dubbed the "50:22" rule, wherein the kicking team has the throw-in if the ball travels from the kicker's half and bounces beyond the opposing 22-meter line. This was inspired by rugby league's 40/20 kick.
Heather Moyse is a Canadian athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist, representing Canada in international competition as a bobsledder, rugby union player, and track cyclist and competing at the Canadian intercollegiate level in rugby, soccer and track and field.
Karyn Lynn Bye is a retired ice hockey player. She was the alternate captain of the 1998 Winter Olympics gold-medal winning United States Women's Hockey Team.
Kathleen Flores was an American rugby union player who was the head coach of the U.S. women's national team until January 2011 and the head coach of the Brown women's rugby team. Past coaching tenures include Bay Area Touring Side (BATS) Rugby Club, the SF FOG men and the Berkeley All Blues. She played rugby from 1978 to 1998 for Florida State University, the Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Club and U.S. women's national team. She started coaching for the Berkeley All Blues 1998 and had been head coach and administrator for the U.S. women's national team since 2003. She began coaching the women's rugby team at Brown University in the fall of 2013, following the retirement of Kerri Heffernan. During her time in Rhode Island, she also coached the Providence Women’s Rugby team. She was able to bring them to several division 2 championships.
Rugby shorts are a type of shorts that are worn while playing rugby. They are designed to take the strains of the game and have traditionally been made from cotton, in 1971 Polyester shorts were worn by international rugby teams such as Wales.
Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired player. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program and she went on to play in the Canadian National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and was a co-founder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), in which she was both a player and coach.
Latoya Blackwood is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She made her debut at the 2013 Nations Cup and retired in 2018.
Patricia "Patty" Marie Jervey is an American former rugby union player. She appeared in five Women's World Cups for the United States. She was a member of the Eagles squad to win the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup. The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup was her last appearance for the Eagles. Retiring with 178 points and 38 tries, Jervey is considered one of the ten greatest North American women rugby players.
Phaidra Knight is an American former rugby union footballer who was a member of the United States national team from 1999 to 2017. She participated in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, and won All-World Team honors in the first two World Cups.
Dr. Maria Eugenia Gallo is a Canadian rugby player with 55 caps including the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. A multi-talented athlete, Gallo was also a member of Canada's National Bobsleigh Team for two years (2003–04).
Gillian Florence is a Canadian rugby union player who has participated in five world cups. Starting out as a prop on the national team, she became one of Canada's top flankers.
Jennifer Crawford is an American former rugby union fifteens and sevens player. A former all-time leading Eagles tryscorer at the time of her retirement, Crawford is considered the finest female player produced by North America.
Diane Schnapp is a former American rugby union player. She participated in the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 1999 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Schnapp played at openside flank.
Sherri Sparling is a Canadian former rugby union player.
Dawn Keim is a Canadian female rugby union player. She participated at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was an honorable mention for the list of the ten greatest North American rugby players.
Ellie Karvoski is an American former national field hockey and rugby union fifteens and sevens player. She participated in the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cup's, and the 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup. Karvoski is considered one of the top ten North American women rugby players.
Leslie Cripps is a Canadian rugby union player and former captain of the national team. A national team representative for over a decade, Cripps is considered one of the top ten North American women rugby union players.
Sommer Christie is a Canadian rugby union player who participated at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. She earned an honourable mention in the list of the Ten Greatest North American Women rugby union players.
Candi Orsini is a former American rugby union player. She participated in the 1991, 1994, and 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup. After retiring, Orsini served as an assistant coach of the United States women's national rugby union team. She received an honourable mention to the list of the ten greatest North American Women rugby union players.
