I was photographing the games the afternoon and evening of 7/1. Those photos (809) are also available at my web site. You can view individually or as a slide show and download. albums.tomconry.photography/wpfg-rugby-1

This was my first time photographing Rugby - wow. it was a great experience!

Enjoy - Tom Conry

Hi Folks,
photo's from rugby are now posted under the photo's link at the top of this page. I'm also posting a link here to the pictures I took on the morning of day 1 on pitch 1 - www.flickr.com/gp/ebuckley/5V57E2

Congrats to all of the teams for a great tournament! Every team played with heart and determination and should be proud of the effort they displayed on the field.

Women
BRONZE MEDAL - USA(BRONZE) v Hong Kong PD - 17-5

GOLD / SILVER - Canada East (Silver) v Canada West (Gold) - 12-19

Division II
BRONZE MEDAL - NTRG v Montreal Blue Backs(BRONZE) - 12-19

GOLD / SILVER - Hong Kong Discipline Services(GOLD) v Royals (SILVER) - 10-7

Shield Brackets - No Medals
D.C.Finest(WINNER) v FDNY Rugby - 22-0Congrats to all of the teams for a great tournament! Every team played with heart and determination and should be proud of the effort they displayed on the field.

Women
BRONZE MEDAL - USA(BRONZE) v Hong Kong PD - 17-5

GOLD / SILVER - Canada East (Silver) v Canada West (Gold) - 12-19

Division II
BRONZE MEDAL - NTRG v Montreal Blue Backs(BRONZE) - 12-19

GOLD / SILVER - Hong Kong Discipline Services(GOLD) v Royals (SILVER) - 10-7

Shield Brackets - No Medals
D.C.Finest(WINNER) v FDNY Rugby - 22-0

35+
BRONZE - Sri Lanka

GOLD / SILVER - UK- New South Wales (Gold) v Italy (SILVER) - 14-12

45+
BRONZE - Old Bill v Royal Malaysia PD(BRONZE) - 7-19

GOLD / SILVER - USA Fire (GOLD) v HMPS Old Boys (SILVER) - 12-7

Division I
BRONZE - Wales Fire Service v Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris(BRONZE) - 12-35

GOLD / SILVER - New Zealand Fire Service (GOLD) v Italy (SILVER) - 28-7

For all of the spectators, thanks for coming out to support the teams and please be advised the event is over even though the website lists it is still going on today.

Lastly, thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make this happen and allowed the players to opportunity to come and play the sport they love for their Country.

Safe travels to all and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Show more

A reminder to all teams, the Captains Meeting is tonight (6/29) at 1900 hours at 1800 Cameron Glen Drive. It is a very short distance from the Athletes Village. Directions are in the link below:

www.google.com/maps/dir/Hyatt+Regency+Reston,+Pres…

If you are looking to catch a match on TV and want to visit a Rugby bar, please head over to Shirlington and visit Samuel Becketts, be sure to tell them you are a WPFG 2015 Rugby Competitor.

Samuel Becketts Gastro Irish Pub in Shirlington, VA.
www.samuelbecketts.com

Mark Kirwan is the owner and also a local police officer. Along with this, his bar is very Rugby friendly and he has been a great contributor to our event.

If you need any gear or equipment, please contact Matt Godek at...If you are looking to catch a match on TV and want to visit a Rugby bar, please head over to Shirlington and visit Samuel Becketts, be sure to tell them you are a WPFG 2015 Rugby Competitor.

Samuel Becketts Gastro Irish Pub in Shirlington, VA.
www.samuelbecketts.com

Mark Kirwan is the owner and also a local police officer. Along with this, his bar is very Rugby friendly and he has been a great contributor to our event.

If you need any gear or equipment, please contact Matt Godek at 703.560.1919. The physical location of his store is 2929 Eskridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22031. Godek has been an incredible asset to this event and has donated much of the equipment and his time to make this successful event because he shares a love of this sport. Please contact him for anything you need for your team supplies. Additionally, he will be on site at the games for both days in the parking lot.

www.rugbystore.com

Thanks and enjoy, Dan Show more

Good afternoon,

All Team Captain's were emailed the brackets and some other additional information along with the brackets being posted above under 'Athletes' also.

We still need the team captain of Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris to email us as your provided email is rejecting emails from us. Please contact us at:

Dan.shaw@fairfax2015.com

Jon.lutton@fairfax2015.com

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you on the 30th.

All the brackets for all Divisions are listed above under the tab 'Athletes'. Here is direct link to the page:

fairfax2015.com/sporttimes

Good morning,

We had a few emails get rejected when we attempted to send our information to the team captains. Can the following team captains send an email to us:

35+ - UK Team #1 & #2 (Roger Hemming)
Div I - Italy (Mattia Romano)
Div I - Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris (Jonathan Abadie)

Please send an email to any of the contacts listed below so we can get an accurate email for you.

dan.shaw@fairfax2015.com

jon.lutton@fairfax2015.com

ben.snyder@fairfax2015.com

Thanks!

If any teams are needing someone to fill numbers I can be your guy.didn't think I was going to make it out but looks like I am now. Ben off the pitch for a couple years but played for more than 10 including time as a union rep player.

When will we have the full schedule for the rugby sevens please ?

CALLING ALL FEMALE RUGBY PLAYERS - We need one more female team for the tournament! Please email us if you can play and we will open the registration so you can register your team.

Contact any of one of us if you can play or know a team of "misfits":

dan.shaw@fairfax2015.com

jonlutton@gmail.com

ben.snyder@fairfax2015.com

I'm looking forward to taking photo's of all the action at the rugby. If there's any teams from Ireland can you please let me know, I'm taking photos as one of the games volunteers but I'm also an Irish student journalist so I'd like to do some write-ups with photo's of Irish competitors at the games.

Good evening,

Congratulations on being a competitor in the 2015 WPFG! We wanted to provide a few updates for all of the registered players:

* Registration is closed and bracketing is being done now and each team will receive the final brackets once we are done in the very near future.

* Please review the posted rules and ensure your registered team is aware of all of the rules for the WPFG. There will be no exceptions as our responsibility is to preserve the integrity of the games.

* Attached...Good evening,

Congratulations on being a competitor in the 2015 WPFG! We wanted to provide a few updates for all of the registered players:

* Registration is closed and bracketing is being done now and each team will receive the final brackets once we are done in the very near future.

* Please review the posted rules and ensure your registered team is aware of all of the rules for the WPFG. There will be no exceptions as our responsibility is to preserve the integrity of the games.

* Attached are two pics of the fields we will play on which are artificial turf. They will be re-lined and will, obviously, have Rugby posts installed. We will also have a grass field to warm up on prior to your match. Here is a link to the Park website with the map, we will play on pitch 1 and 4: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/images/map…

* Even though registration is closed, we need some housekeeping done by all teams which they can still access. Please take a few minutes and perform the following actions if they apply to your team:

- Need all players / team managers to insert accurate emails
- Need all teams to identify who is the Team Captains - This is point of contact for whom we will send most information to for each team.
- Need all teams to access entry and only enter actual team names, no nicknames. We want to make sure if you name is called on the podium we get it right!

Thanks and we look forward to some great matches.

Dan Shaw & Jon Lutton Show more

RUGBY is at full capacity and closed for new registrations! Rugby is one of our first sports to close! Be proud and get training! See you in June!

I've seen a lot of discussion on a U.S. Misfits team, but haven't heard if it actually happened. Anyone have any info on it?

Australian Police team may have room for 1 more player in open age div 2. Email the team co-ordinator Barry Randall at:
barry.randall@police.vic.gov.au