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... 
by Amy Goulding | Jun 15, 2021 | Jamaica, Olympics
With the Sevens Repechage in Monaco just around the corner, the Jamaica Crocs men and women have their sights firmly set on winning in their last chance at Olympic qualification. With one Men’s place and two Women’s places up for grabs, the Crocs are looking to defy... 
by Amy Goulding | Jun 10, 2021 | Mexico, Olympics
This month, Mexico will be sending its finest Men’s and Women’s Sevens players to Monaco to compete for the last chance to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games Sevens Repechage will be held from 19-20 June under strict COVID-19 protocols and... 
