Texas Women's Rugby

During 40 Hours for the Forty Acres, the Texas Women’s Rugby team aims to raise money for the growth of a sport that allows young women to realize their full potential mentally and physically.

Texas Women’s Rugby is the organization on campus for women to embrace their physicality, feed their competitive spirit, challenge their limitations, and become part of a family by playing the country’s fastest growing sport: rugby. We compete in the DI Southwest Women’s Conference where we face other universities including Texas Tech and Texas A&M. As a sponsored organization, we receive support from the university, but are constantly fundraising throughout the year to afford our team more opportunities.

In the past year, we have brought on a new head coach and assistant coach. Both are University of Texas alumni who are generously volunteering their time to share their passion for rugby. Additionally, we have added 14 rookie players. These new players are going to be the next generation of our team, and our focus for fundraising this year is to build opportunities and structure for them going forward.

Our goal is to raise money for equipment, travel expenses, athletic trainers, and potentially new jerseys. All of these things will allow for better opportunities for our players and will help grow our team and empower young women.

Equipment - Going forward, we will be sharing our equipment with the Men’s Rugby team at our club’s new location at the renovated Wright Whitaker Sports Complex. We practice three days a week, and with that level of use our balls get worn out pretty quickly. We need to be able to replace this equipment as it wears to continue to improve our skills.

Travel – When we travel to our matches, we have to pay for van rentals and hotel stays. In the past, the cost of travel has either been a burden on our players or been so high that it prevented us from being as competitive as our team could be. If we have more funds available to cover these expenses, we will be able to accept invitations to more competitive matches without overburdening our student athletes.

Trainers – Most of the women who join our team have never played a full contact sport, so the health of our players is critical. The personal trainer is present at every practice and game to aid in injury prevention and answer players’ health-related questions.

Jerseys – During nationals in spring of 2014, we were told the numbers on our current jerseys are difficult to see. We would like to upgrade our uniforms so players have the chance to be scouted for college and professional teams.

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Final Countdown: Power Hour Match
Last chance to double your donation! The first $10,000 in gifts during the last hour of the campaign will receive a match. Make your gift to any area of campus and double your impact.
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Lunch Time: Power Hour Match
Take a lunch break for this power hour! The first gifts received on April 12 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. up to $10,000 will receive a match. Make your gift now to any area of campus to double your impact!
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RecSports Sport Clubs Leaderboard
The top three RecSports Sport Clubs with the greatest number of gifts throughout the 40-hour campaign will receive awards.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $500 UT Men's Rugby 369
2 $250 Texas Crew 343
3 $125 Texas Dance 185
4 Texas Women's Rugby 109
5 Texas Taekwondo 104
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Kick Off Challenge
It's go time! The student organization that receives the greatest number of gifts in the first hour of the student event, April 13 from 11:00 AM to 12:00PM, will receive a $250 award. Make your gift now!
Rank Prize Student Organization Gifts
1 $250 Longhorn Band Student Association 56
2 Texas Taekwondo 18
3 Natural Sciences Council 12
4 UT Men's Rugby 9
5 Voices Against Violence 7
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12:15 Class Change Challenge
Bring on the stampede! The student organization that receives the most money during the 12:15 - 12:30 class change will receive a $250 award. The award designation will be determined by the receiving student organization.
Rank Prize Student Organizations Raised
1 $250 Longhorn Band Student Association $933.00
2 UT Men's Rugby $105.00
3 Longhorn Powerlifting $43.00
4 Texas Taekwondo $41.00
5 Natural Sciences Council $37.00
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The Deadline Challenge
It's crunch time. The student organization that receives the greatest number of gifts in the last hour of the student event, April 13 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, will receive a $250 award. Make your gift now!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $250 Longhorn Band Student Association 139
2 Natural Sciences Council 90
3 Texas Rock Climbing 26
4 Texas Gymnastics 19
5 Texas Ballroom 18
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Early Bird CHALLENGE
Get your coffee ready, it's time to kick off the campaign with the Early Bird Challenge! The college, school, unit or organization that receives the greatest number of gifts from 6AM - 7AM on April 12 will receive an additional $3,000 award. The award designation will be determined by the receiving college, school, unit or organization.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music 52
2 Natural Sciences Council 44
3 Voices Against Violence 9
4 College of Pharmacy 5
5 College of Liberal Arts 4
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Happy Hour CHALLENGE
The work day is over, it's time to have some fun! The college, school, unit or organization that receives the most money on April 12 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM will receive an additional $3,000. The award designation will be determined by the receiving college, school, unit or organization.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music $16,225.00
2 College of Natural Sciences $3,578.14
3 School of Undergraduate Studies $3,100.00
4 Texas Exes $2,570.00
5 The Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute $2,150.00
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The All-Nighter CHALLENGE
Not a morning person? Then we have the perfect challenge for you! The participating college, school, unit or organization that receives the most money overnight from April 12 at 10 p.m. to April 13 at 6 a.m. will be awarded an additional $3,000.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music $8,558.00
2 International Office $3,452.00
3 McDonald Observatory $1,808.00
4 Dell Medical School $1,625.00
5 College of Natural Sciences $1,475.00
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Mid Morning Stretch CHALLENGE
Slept in during the Early Bird Challenge yesterday? That's ok! Make your gift during the Mid Morning Stretch! The participating college, school, unit or organization that receives the greatest number of gifts on April 13 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. will receive an additional $3,000. Make a gift now to support your favorite program on campus!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 176
2 Natural Sciences Council 168
3 UT Men's Rugby 152
4 Texas Exes 112
5 Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music 109
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SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!!!!!
LISTEN UP LONGHORNS! The college, school, or unit that receives the most amount of total dollars given online April 12 between 2 PM - 3 PM will receive an additional $1,500. The award designation will be determined by the receiving college, school, unit or organization.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $1,500 Landmarks $4,275.00
2 School of Undergraduate Studies $3,625.00
3 Texas Law $3,425.00
4 School of Architecture $1,900.00
5 College of Liberal Arts $1,675.00
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