Category: Olympics | Rugby Americas North

Monaco to host repechage event as rugby sevens prepares for Tokyo Olympics

by ranMedia | Dec 17, 2020 | Jamaica, Mexico, Olympics

Monaco has been selected to host the World Rugby Sevens Repechage, the final qualification event for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, on 19-20 June, 2021. Monaco has been selected to host the World Rugby Sevens Repechage, the final qualification event for the Olympic Games...

BARBADOS’ JARA EMTAGE-CAVE IS FLYING HIGH TO HARVARD

by Amy Goulding | Jul 28, 2020 | Barbados, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Superweek

Bridgetown, Barbados – Barbados might be a small island, but there’s no shortage of beauty, brains and brawn on this nation’s rugby pitches. Just ask 18-year-old Jara Emtage-Cave, one of the island’s most promising up-and-coming women’s players, who not only...

Vázquez hopes to promote change through sport

by Bryan Kelly | Jan 19, 2020 | Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby Americas

Mexico is a country with a rich history, and since the time of the Aztecs it is one in which entertainment has come in the form of sport. One of those ancient sports was tlachtli, a blend of tennis, football and basketball in which arms and feet were not used and the...

2019 Rugby Americas North Year in Review

by Bryan Kelly | Jan 6, 2020 | Americas Rugby Challenge, Americas Rugby Championship, Beach Rugby, Member News, Men's 15s, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby Americas, Rugby World Cup, Superweek

From an epic Rugby World Cup hosted in Japan, to new competitions and milestones in development, the Rugby Americas North region has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments in 2019: Development Level 1 Introducing Rugby course held in Turks and Caicos Islands...

Home triumph for USA in Glendale

by Bryan Kelly | Oct 7, 2019 | Olympics, USA

Nicole Heavirland ran in two tries as USA defeated Australia 26-7 in the Cup final in Glendale to triumph on home soil for the first time on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. Alev Kelter’s early try was quickly responded to by Ellia Green, cutting back...

World Rugby launches ground-breaking preventive exercise programme designed to reduce injuries

by ranMedia | Sep 9, 2019 | Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Member News, Men's 15s, Mexico, Olympics, RAN Sevens, Rugby World Cup, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, USA

World Rugby committed to evidence-based injury-prevention and making rugby as safe and simple to play as possible Activate is a simple-to-implement exercise programme that reduces the risk of injuries in the game and contributes to player performance If implemented...