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The Savannah Shamrocks and the Augusta Furies together after the women's opener at Daffin Park, Saturday, September 19. Photo: Savannah Shamrocks RFC
The Savannah Shamrocks and the Augusta Furies together after the women's opener at Daffin Park, Saturday, September 19. Photo: Savannah Shamrocks RFC

Women's Clubs

The Furies Win Their Opener at Savannah, the Harlequins Bring Matrix Rugby to Browns Mill Park, and Women of Old White Post Their Fall

The Augusta Furies posted "FULL TIME, WINNER" on Sunday, September 20 after their opener at the Savannah Shamrocks: "Big runs from our rookies and excellent execution from our vets," per the club, with Muehle and Frankie Blanton the Furies' backs and forwards of the match. Savannah's own account, posted Monday, September 21, had six rookies making their Shamrocks debut on "a brutal hot day." Neither club has posted a score; it goes up here the moment one does. The Furies' fall continues with a round robin hosted by the Magnolia Drifters on Saturday, October 10 and one the Furies host at the Augusta Rugby Pitch on Saturday, November 7; training is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 PM, at 2055 Division Street.

The Atlanta Harlequins, founded in 1984 and Atlanta's D1 women's+ club, hosted DC Furies on Saturday, September 19 at 2 PM at Browns Mill Park, 5099 Browns Mill Road in Stonecrest, their first matrix home game of the season, with a new women's football team, the Metro Atlanta Valkyries, tabling on the sideline. The score goes up here when either club posts it. The Harlequins host Boston Women's+ Rugby on Saturday, October 3 at 4 PM at Mozley Park, per the club's site, then travel to Northern Virginia on Saturday, October 17 and New York on Saturday, November 7. Training is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 10 PM, at English Park through Thursday, November 5, under head coach Kate, in her first fall with the club.

The Savannah Shamrocks' women open their matrix season at home against the Charleston Hurricanes on Saturday, September 26 at 1:30 PM, the first half of a doubleheader with the men, then play at the Asheville Villains on Saturday, October 10. The club's September also has a recruiting event at Crunch on Monday, September 28 at 6 PM, and practice runs Tuesdays at Daffin Park and Thursdays at Georgia Southern, 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

Women of Old White, the 15s side formed in 2024, have their fall posted: Gwinnett Lady Lions on Saturday, September 26, High Country on Saturday, October 3 at Grant Park per Old White's site, the Columbia Bombshells on Saturday, October 17, the Gaston County Hell Hounds on Saturday, November 7, and the Slim Cup in Birmingham on Saturday, November 21. The Gwinnett match is at home at the Atlanta Rugby Grounds on Fairburn Road, a 9:30 AM kickoff. WOW train Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 to 9 PM, at Custer Park in Marietta, no experience necessary. High Country's women, whose September 12 home friendly against the Chattanooga Queens was cancelled for a soggy field per the club, train at Coan Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM, beginners welcome. Atlanta 2.0 Selects are next at home to Birmingham Steel on Saturday, October 17 at the Old White pitch. The Exiles' women's senior side returns to training on Tuesday, September 29 at 7 PM at Innovation Academy in Alpharetta, Tuesdays and Thursdays from there.

At the colleges, Kennesaw State's women won their first home game 53-0 over Alabama at The Perch on Sunday, September 20, North Georgia's women won 84-0 at Nighthawk Ridge, and Georgia Tech's women beat The Citadel at Stamps Field with the score to come. Life University's women's match at Lander on Saturday, September 26 is canceled. Every women's date the clubs have posted is on the calendar.

Correction, September 29, 2026: Kennesaw State's women's score over Alabama, originally given here as 55-0 per the club's post, is 53-0 per the referee society's official record.

Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · Updated Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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