2021-22 StFX X-Women Rugby News
STFX X-Women fullback Danielle Franada was named a U SPORTS first team All-Canadian as the national rugby award winners were celebrated at the annual All-Canadian gala.
The AUS champion STFX X-Women will play the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the first quarterfinal game on Wednesday at 11:00 am EST in Kingston, Ont.
tlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2021 women's rugby major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's four head coaches following the regular season.
The Axewomen rugby team finished the 2021 AUS regular season with an undefeated record of 6-0 including a 39-26 victory Friday night over the defending AUS champion X-Women.
Danielle Franada of the StFX X-Women rugby team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending October 10, 2021.
Wednesday evening saw the traditional Thanksgiving weekday game under the lights at Huskies Stadium as the Saint Mary’s Huskies took on the St. Francis Xavier X-Women in AUS women’s rugby action. The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked X-Women were too much for the Huskies as they came away with a 68-7 victory.
The U SPORTS No. 9 ranked STFX Women earned a measure of revenge with a 45-17 win at home against the UPEI Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Antigonish. The Panthers had bested the X-Women in the first game of the season.
It was the sort of game you would expect from the top two teams in the AUS women's rugby conference. The Acadia Axewomen, ranked fourth in the nation, came out on top of a highly anticipated match-up with the StFX X Women by a score of 38-31. The win pushes the Axewomen to a 3-0-0 record, while the X-Women, ranked sixth in the country, are now 1-2-0.
fter the team's first AUS loss since 2015 last weekend to UPEI, the StFX X-Women rugby squad came out proving a point with a 64-5 win over the St. Mary's Huskies Saturday afternoon at STFX Stadium.
On a historic afternoon, UPEI Panthers took down the AUS juggernaut StFX X-Women 38-31.
It’s been 423 days since the defending AUS champion X-Women rugby team have played an interuniversity game, but they dusted off the cobwebs and picked up a pair of pre-season exhibition wins Saturday afternoon at STFX Stadium.
There may be plenty of new faces on the STFX X-Women’s roster since fans last watched them on the pitch, but what remains unchanged – as always – is the championship mindset of the most decorated rugby program in Atlantic University Sport (AUS).