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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE PROVIDENCE WOMEN'S RUGBY DIVISION II TEAM ON

WINNING THE USA RUGBY CLUB DIVISION II ATLANTIC SUPER REGIONAL AND

ADVANCING TO THE USA RUGBY CLUB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

     Introduced By: Senator Tiara T. Mack

     Date Introduced: May 12, 2022

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Since their humble beginnings in 2004, the Providence Women’s Rugby

Team has made a significant mark within the sport in the Greater New England region and has

proven to be a very competitive club in both local and national competitions; and

     WHEREAS, The Providence Women’s Rugby Club won three straight New England

Football Rugby Union (NERFU) Cup Division II Titles in a row from 2007 to 2009, and placed

second in the 2008 and 2009 Northeast Rugby Union (NRU) competitions; and

     WHEREAS, In the 2022 USA Club Rugby Atlantic Super Regional, held in East Aurora,

New York, from April 30 to May 1, the Providence Women’s Rugby Team played with

inspiration, pride and tenacity to emerge victorious and advance to the National Championships

which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 21st and May 22nd of 2022; and

     WHEREAS, In the first game of the Super Regional, the Providence women emerged

victorious in a high-scoring game over Phoenixville White Horse with a score of 31 to 20. In the

Super Regional Finals game against Severn River, which was played in the rain on a muddy

pitch, both teams exhibited enormous amounts of grit and toughness under difficult conditions,

before Providence struck first and scored on a kick by Team Captain Ashley Hanson to take a 3-0

lead. Severn River came back and dominated for a long stretch, taking a 5-3 lead into the last

twenty minutes of the match, when Providence exhibited sterling teamwork and got the ball into

the hands Morgan Brokaw who scored to give Providence the lead for good as they played

ferocious defense and held off numerous Severn River attacks to clinch the game and advance to

the National Finals; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates the

Providence Women’s Rugby Team on winning the 2022 USA Rugby Club Division II Atlantic

Super Regional, and wishing them continued success in Atlanta on May 21st and May 22nd, at

the USA Rugby Club Division II National Championship; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Jay Giroux, Providence Rugby Football Club

Executive Board President, and Vice-President Susan Ely.

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