Anna Gildea

Age: 30

Hails From:

Union County, New Jersey

Job That Pays the Bills:

Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, assigned to the Gangs and Organized Crime Bureau

Rugby Life:

• Fordham University (player, Captain)

• Village Lions (player)

• Union County Mudturtles Women’s Rugby (player)

• Empire GU Select Side (player)

• Referee

• Union County High School (U18 girls and boys Assistant Coach)

Leading Like a Boss:

• Union County Mudturtles Women’s Rugby (Founder, President, Head Coach)

• Play Rugby USA (Coach and Youth Development Mentor)

• Montclair State University (Hand Coach)

• Tri-State NSCRO Champions (Head Coach)

• Empire GU (New Club Liaison - her work focuses on building new teams to allow girls and womxn the geographic and financial access to rugby)

• Actively engages teams in community service initiatives.

Why We Love Anna:

• Enjoys coaching and strategizing with her husband, Ryan “Tree” Murphy (Co-Founder of the Montclair State University women’s program, Head Coach of the Union County HS boys team and President of the Union County RFC)

• Sends a big ‘thank you’ to her mom and dad for shuttling her to and from the train station so she could commute to NYC 3x a week to play rugby

• “So many people credit her for the reason they are involved with rugby and stick around. I play hard to make her proud.”