Welcome to the Maryland Exiles Women's Rugby Club

Thank you for your interest in our team and welcome to our website!

The Maryland Exiles Women's Rugby Club is a newly formed women's rugby team centered in Montgomery County, Maryland. We play "Fifteens" and "Summer Sevens" rugby against the local senior and college women's teams, as well as in various tournaments along the East Coast. Practices are held weeknights in the Rockville/Silver Spring area during the Fall, Spring, and Summer seasons. We play touch rugby in the Winter to stay in shape. Games and tournaments typically fall on Saturdays about twice a month.

Club History

MDX Women was formed in Fall 2006 by two former University of Maryland rugby players, Veronica Okapalobi (co-founder of the UMD Women's team) and Alina Espinosa.  With the help of Tosan Tutse-Tonwe (co-founder and Assistant Coach of the UMD Women's team, and Maryland Exiles Men's Team player), they rallied support from the president of the Maryland Exiles Rugby Club to create the first women's side team.

During the winter of 2006-2007 our team held Saturday clinics to work on rugby fundamentals and focused on recruiting new players.   In January 2007 Maryland Exiles Women's Rugby Club became a recognized team by the Potomac Rugby Union, allowing us to play other teams in the area.  In Spring 2007 we played three games and entered several sevens tournaments over the summer.  In Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 we had two very successful seasons, competing against both women's and collegiate teams. During Summer Sevens season 2008, we took home third place in the New York Rockaway and PAC 7's tournaments. We are proud to announce that our performance that season earned us an invitation to the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union's Championship Tournament! Then, in Winter of 2009 we were promoted to an associate team of the PRU! In Summer 2009, our sevens team was invited to Nationals!

Currently, we are preparing for our Spring season, beginning February 22 .

New Players

New players are always welcome regardless of age or experience level.   We truly are a group of fun-loving, energetic women looking to have a good time and keep fit.  If you are interested in joining the team, please feel free to stop by a practice or contact us with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.  We hope to hear from you soon!!