by Bryan Kelly | Jun 9, 2022 | Jamaica, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby World Cup
The next few months are going to be a busy time for Jamaica’s Men’s Sevens Team. The Crocs are set to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England along with the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s in Cape Town, South Africa. They’re also set to...
by Bryan Kelly | May 31, 2022 | Canada, Olympics, RAN Sevens, USA
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 bigger than ever with full strength line-up of teams and hosts Olympic qualification at stake with top four women’s and men’s teams in 2023 Series securing their tickets to Paris 2024. Men’s Series involves a record-equalling 11...
by Bryan Kelly | Apr 15, 2022 | Jamaica, Olympics, RAN Sevens
Next weekend in Nassau, Bahamas, Jamaican stalwart Oshane Edie is set to appear in his 100th game for Jamaica’s Men’s Rugby Sevens Team. In our latest edition of the RAN Offload, we learn about what the sport of rugby has meant to Edie and how his team is...
by Bryan Kelly | Jul 20, 2021 | Olympics, USA, Women's Rugby
Ten years ago, Emilie Bydwell “took a punt” and packed in a secure job to travel from one coast of the United States to the other to fulfil her ambition of making a living out of rugby. At that stage in 2011, the Canadian, who’d taken up rugby as a 14-year-old...
by Bryan Kelly | Jul 20, 2021 | Olympics, USA, Women's Rugby
As you approach Boody, Illinois, there is nothing remarkable about the place but it could soon be ‘home’ to an Olympic champion. On the one road in and the one road out, as you pass on through to Decatur to the north or St Louis to the south, a huge water...
by Bryan Kelly | Jun 16, 2021 | Olympics
World Rugby has launched a major new rugby sevens campaign – “This Is How We Sevens” – as excitement builds towards the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which kicks off in under 50 days. The campaign aims to showcase the vibrancy, excitement and breadth of personalities...