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| Founded | January 2025 |
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| Location | Lodi, California |
| Ground | Grape Bowl Stadium |
| Coach | Hannah Stolba |
| Captain | TBA |
| League | Women's Elite Rugby |
| 2025 | 3rd |
The Bay Breakers are an American semi-professional women's rugby union team based in Lodi, California. The team was founded in 2025 and is scheduled to play in the inaugural Women's Elite Rugby season.[1][2]
History
[edit]Hannah Stolba was announced as the team's first Head Coach, she most recently served as the head coach of the Berkeley All Blues of the Women's Premier League and led them to a Championship in 2022 and as runners-up in 2023 and 2024.[3] She has also represented the United States women's national rugby union team at the 2010 and 2014 Rugby World Cup's.[3]
The team named the following players as their foundational five members: Olivia Bernadel-Huey, Elena Edwards, Celine Liulamaga, Jade McGrath, and Roxelle Thomas.[4] The Bay Breakers will host games at the Grape Bowl Stadium in Lodi, California.[5]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The Bay Breakers squad for the 2026 Women's Elite Rugby season is:[6][7]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
- Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bay Breakers". Women's Elite Rugby. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ↑ Pengelly, Martin (January 29, 2025). "'High-energy, risk-taking, intense' US women's league shows its rugby colors". The Guardian. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- 1 2 "Women's Elite Rugby (WER) Announces 2025 Head Coaches for Inaugural Season" (Press release). Women's Elite Rugby. October 24, 2024. Archived from the original on March 12, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Allison (February 5, 2025). "Bay Breakers Announce Their Foundational Five Players Ahead of the League's Inaugural Season" (Press release). Women's Elite Rugby. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Smith, Allison (February 19, 2025). "Women's Elite Rugby (WER) Releases Venues, Schedule, and Tickets ahead of Inaugural Kickoff in March" (Press release). Women's Elite Rugby. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Women's Elite Rugby Releases Rosters". The Rugby Breakdown. April 27, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Bay Breakers | Roster". Women's Elite Rugby. Archived from the original on June 23, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Bay Breakers at Women's Elite Rugby
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